Since our 20 most eligible singles weren’t quite as controversial as our top 25 Chicago pizzas list, we saw nothing but love for the most anticipated event of the summer. Together with The Auxiliary Board of Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago magazine hosted Summer Lovin’ 2010 on June 18th at the Museum of Contemporary Art. In case you missed out, check out these media highlights.
Real estate expert Dennis Rodkin was featured on CLTV’s HomesPlus this weekend, giving a walking tour of Lakeshore East to host Rochelle Vayo Adkinson. Lakeshore East was named one of Chicago’s 20 best towns and neighborhoods by Rodkin in the April 2010 issue of Chicago magazine.
Our top five picks for things to do this week: What’s melodious and beer-filled and chocolatey all over? Your big fat week of free delights.
POCKET GUIDE: A cultural short-list for July, in order of buzz
On Wednesday, May 26th, SKYY Vodka and Warners Bros., in partnership with Chicago magazine, hosted Cocktail Couture—a cocktail reception and VIP advance screening of Sex and the City 2. Chicago raffled off a $1,000 Mario Tricoci gift card and guests sipped on none other than Carrie’s cocktail of choice, the Cosmopolitan.
BACKGROUND NOISE: I definitely don’t watch Chicago movies like a normal person.
Chicago Shakespeare Theater announced a couple of additions to its 2010-11 World’s Stage series this morning, one of which is National Theatre of Scotland’s critically-acclaimed Black Watch. But, it’s the much frothier Funk It Up About Nothin’, a hip-hop adaptation of Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing, we’re especially interested in today…
List Price: $1.65 million
The Property: A 65-foot span of windows on the ninth floor of an ornate Beaux-Arts building frames an extraordinary view of the boats, runners, and trees that make Belmont Harbor a summertime jewel…
Tonight, American Theater Company (ATC), a stalwart off-Loop house in North Center, will present part one of its ambitious Silver Project, a series of plays that attempts, one year at a time, to chronicle the 25 years since the theatre company was founded. If you go tonight, you can catch a quirky gem titled ‘cause I know you got soul…
Our top five picks for things to do this week: What do Tinariwen, Mos Def, Califone, and The Books have in common? Click to find out.
