A feed from Chicago Guide 2009-11-18T01:09:15-06:00 tag:www.chicagomag.com,2009-11-18:487 Copyright (c) 2009, Chicago Magazine Chicago Magazine Rivista tag:www.chicagomag.com,2009-11-18:64122009-11-18T01:09:15-06:002009-11-18T01:09:15-06:00

Don't-miss picks for 11.18.09 through 11.24.09: Take heed, Palin: You're not the only rogue on tour. Vagabond Opera brings klezmer cabaret to Chicago. … Plus, Moth Story Slam returns … Peter Gallagher recollects … Osgood and Kogan toast Chicago (and we toast them) … and more]]>

tag:www.chicagomag.com,2009-11-11:63632009-11-11T12:28:24-06:002009-11-11T12:20:12-06:00

Don't-miss picks for 11.11.09 through 11.17.09: Cool jazz meets the king of klezmer … House Theatre meets rocker Jon Langford … Bartók meets the movies … Frank Lloyd Wright meets happy hour … and more]]>

tag:www.chicagomag.com,2009-11-04:63332009-11-04T12:36:19-06:002009-11-04T12:36:19-06:00

Don't-miss picks for 11.04.09 through 11.10.09: The Muppets take Chicago … Margaret Atwood does dramatic … Stefon Harris shakes up a bebop shrine … Harold Ramis, Matt Groening, and Tony Kushner wax on … and more]]>

tag:www.chicagomag.com,2009-10-28:62982009-10-28T01:17:07-06:002009-10-28T01:17:08-06:00

Don't-miss picks for 10.28.09 through 11.03.09: Druids at CST … Monsters at Auditorium … dinosaurs in Brookfield … ghosts in West Town … and more]]>

tag:www.chicagomag.com,2009-10-21:62642009-10-21T12:12:36-06:002009-10-21T12:12:36-06:00

Don't-miss picks for 10.21.09 through 10.27.09: Frankenstein plays it avant-garde … Steve Martin plays it straight … Jay Farrar and Ben Gibbard play it cool … plus, Michael Chabon, Aleksandar Hemon, Augusten Burroughs … and more]]>

tag:www.chicagomag.com,2009-10-14:62352009-10-14T01:16:45-06:002009-10-14T01:16:45-06:00

Don't-miss picks for 10.14.09 through 10.20.09: Windmill wishes, impossible dreams … more fall color than your prematurely winterized brain can imagine … Second City, Hyde Park–style … Spike Lee's go-to jazz man … and more]]>

tag:www.chicagomag.com,2009-10-07:62072009-10-07T01:09:07-06:002009-10-07T01:09:07-06:00

Don't-miss picks for 10.07.09 through 10.13.09: A tale of two Lucindas … and two Joshes … plus, two much-anticipated stage adaptations … a free peek at Lincoln's pockets … free days at the MSI … and more]]>

tag:www.chicagomag.com,2009-09-30:61802009-09-30T12:35:00-06:002009-09-30T03:10:32-06:00

Don't-miss events for 09.30.09 through 10.06.09: New LaBute … scenes from the Great Plague … puppets from the dark side—and then there's the free beer and tours of Blago's campaign office]]>

tag:www.chicagomag.com,2009-09-23:61592009-09-23T12:03:41-06:002009-09-23T12:03:41-06:00

Don't-miss events for 09.23.09 through 09.29.09: Top shows from this week's theatre bill; for our full Fall Theatre Preview, pick up the October issue of Chicago, on stands now. Plus: X's and O's from a real-life Gossip Girl and free jazz in Hyde Park]]>

tag:www.chicagomag.com,2009-09-16:61282009-09-16T12:16:33-06:002009-09-16T12:16:33-06:00

Don't-miss picks for 09.16.09 through 09.22.09: Ravinia wraps with a biggie … Thomas Frank weighs in on Kansas … Beer returns for one night only … and in Freebies: Joffrey alfresco, plus Dybek, Kotlowitz, and Baryshnikov sightings]]>

tag:www.chicagomag.com,2009-09-09:60932009-09-09T12:51:08-06:002009-09-09T12:51:08-06:00

Don't-miss picks for 09.09.09 through 09.15.09: Something's in the water this week: Redmoon gets wackier … Del Close returns to the screen … R.E.M.'s Peter Buck plays a starter-band stage … Niffenegger and Hemon go head to head … plus, CSO tickets for crazy cheap]]>

tag:www.chicagomag.com,2009-09-02:60572009-09-02T12:07:00-06:002009-09-03T09:43:36-06:00

Don't-miss picks for 09.02.09 through 09.08.09: An Oscar nom comes home … poets pay ode to the fair dino … Burnham goes celluloid … Plus, a Million Dollar Broadway nod and more]]>

tag:www.chicagomag.com,2009-08-26:60212009-08-26T12:01:35-06:002009-08-26T12:01:35-06:00

Don't-miss picks for 08.26.09 through 09.01.09: Father Pfleger on film … Michelle O., jazz muse … Cleve Jones drops in … free science … and more]]>

tag:www.chicagomag.com,2009-08-19:59862009-08-19T05:15:00-06:002009-08-20T04:10:11-06:00

Don't miss picks for 08.05.09 through 08.11.09: French shenanigans on the lake … German jazz at the Green Mill … Project Runway at Cityscape … Naked turns 50 … more]]>

tag:www.chicagomag.com,2009-08-12:59542009-08-12T12:20:00-06:002009-08-19T10:59:37-06:00

Don't-miss picks for 08.12.09 through 08.18.09: Who's crazier: Tracy or Tracy? … a Lolla redux for less … Béla Fleck's banjo odyssey … roving hordes of natty cyclists … more]]>

tag:www.chicagomag.com,2009-08-05:59342009-08-05T02:07:00-06:002009-08-05T02:08:18-06:00

Don't miss picks for 08.05.09 through 08.11.09: Speed dialing Steppenwolf …  bidding farewell to a true Chicago character actor …  Bill Kurtis on Abraham Lincoln … a Vampire Weekend sighting … and more]]>

tag:www.chicagomag.com,2009-07-30:59192009-07-30T12:31:15-06:002009-07-30T12:31:15-06:00

Chicago Guide: The Plan for Today—or, as the case may be, Tonight, Tomorrow, or This Weekend—an infrequent, not-at-all scheduled newsflash we’ll post whenever we’ve got an unmissable event worth sharing. These might be ...]]>

tag:www.chicagomag.com,2009-07-29:59132009-07-29T12:50:00-06:002009-07-29T02:47:41-06:00

Don’t-miss picks for 07.29.09 through 08.04.09: The Loop gets its long-awaited sexual Awakening … Lakeview drowns its sorrows at the thought of a beer-free Wrigley … The hands-down-best singer in Chicago belts in back-to-back gigs … SNL’s “Pat” returns—now 100-percent woman … A local lit darling lays out the carpet squares … and more]]>

tag:www.chicagomag.com,2009-07-22:58792009-07-22T12:10:44-06:002009-07-22T12:10:47-06:00

tag:www.chicagomag.com,2009-07-15:58302009-07-15T12:05:29-06:002009-07-15T12:05:29-06:00

tag:www.chicagomag.com,2009-07-08:57952009-07-08T01:05:32-06:002009-07-08T01:05:32-06:00

tag:www.chicagomag.com,2009-07-01:57702009-07-01T01:13:12-06:002009-07-01T01:13:14-06:00

This week only! The Ten: double-dip pairings of top-notch concerts (and one musical flick), each featuring one suburban and one city option. Now, get out there and pursue happiness with these don’t-miss events for the week of 07.01.09 through 07.06.09 … ]]>

tag:www.chicagomag.com,2009-06-24:57392009-06-24T12:14:34-06:002009-06-24T12:14:35-06:00

Don’t-miss events for 06.24.09 through 06.30.09: Cool As Ice @ The Neo-Futurarium … Shellac @ Bottom Lounge … Gay Men’s Chorus @ Lakefront]]>

tag:www.chicagomag.com,2009-06-17:57002009-06-17T12:05:17-06:002009-06-17T12:05:18-06:00

Don’t-miss free events for 06.17.09 through 06.23.09: Bob Odenkirk and Archer Prewitt, times two … South Shore Opera Co’s season finale … big Plans in Millennium Park ]]>

tag:www.chicagomag.com,2009-06-10:56712009-06-10T12:30:43-06:002009-06-10T12:30:44-06:00

Don’t-miss events for 06.10.09 through 06.16.09: We Believe @ Chicago Theatre … Strauss at Midnight @ Storefront Theater … A Lovin’ Spoonful @ Sidetrack … more!]]>

tag:www.chicagomag.com,2009-06-03:56322009-06-03T12:02:00-06:002009-06-05T02:35:28-06:00

tag:www.chicagomag.com,2009-05-27:56172009-05-27T04:22:56-06:002009-05-27T04:22:56-06:00

The Five
Don’t-miss events for 05.27.09 through 06.02.09

1. Win or Lose @ Highland Park Movie Theater
2. Unwigged & Unplugged @ Chicago Theatre
3. Do-Division @ Division and Damen …]]>

tag:www.chicagomag.com,2009-05-20:55852009-05-20T11:02:00-06:002009-05-20T11:57:40-06:00

The Five
Spend Memorial Day in Chicago—and love it—with these don’t-miss events for the long weekend:

1. The Crowd You’re in With @ Goodman
2. Eric Bogosian @ The Gift
3. Warm/Cool Decorator @ Second Bedroom …]]>

tag:www.chicagomag.com,2009-05-13:55602009-05-13T11:55:44-06:002009-05-13T11:55:44-06:00

The Five
Don’t-miss free events for 05.13.09 through 05.19.09

1. Manifest @ Columbia
2. Eighth Blackbird, Pacifica Quartet @ the U. of C., Roosevelt
3. Michael Pollan @ Harold Washington …]]>

tag:www.chicagomag.com,2009-05-06:55182009-05-06T12:53:10-06:002009-05-06T12:53:10-06:00

The Five
Don’t-miss events for 05.06.09 through 05.12.09

1. Monty Python’s Terry Jones @ Lakeshore Theater
2. Static: A Headphones Tour @ North Lakeside Cultural Center
3. Dan Deacon @ Metro]]>