Februrary 4, 2009 – The Tile Shop celebrated its internationally themed grand opening in Countryside on February 4th, hosted by The Tile Shop, Chicago Home + Garden, and Via Bella. Guests checked out the new showroom and sampled food and wine from various regions of the world as The Tile Shop offered a way to bring the international beauty home with their exotic and unique stone and tile.
Photos by Randy Belice
January 24, 2009– Grammy award nominated rock band Kings of Leon graced the stage at House of Blues in Chicago to perform a sold-out ‘Dare 2 Dream’ benefit concert. The event, presented by the Lisa Klitzky Foundation and hosted by Platform One Entertainment, was to raise funding for pediatric research and treatment at University of Chicago Comer Children’s Hospital. The event brought the band, their fans, and children undergoing treatment to overcome cancer together for a soul-shaking show.
January 25, 2009 — After 1,500 performances and 3 1/2 years, WICKED flew out of Chicago. Over 300 cast & crew members celebrated at Vertigo Sky Lounge at the Dana Hotel & Spa.
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Two Dudes A-Drinking
Before you know it, Thanksgiving will be over and everyone will need a drink. Or three. In Drinking & Writing Vol. IV: The 12 Steps of Xmas, Neo-Futurists Steve Mosqueda and Phil Ridarelli ruminate on hard-drinking authors from Kerouac to Bukowski to Cheever and Capote, as well as on their own drunken…
Scrooged!
Stores have had their halls decked since Halloween, but for those of us not running a retail establishment, the holiday season is just getting started. This year, leave consumer culture to the mallrats (who has money for excessive shopping anyway?) and go rogue with a couple of irreverent holiday…
Great Scott!
F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby is a classic tale of wealth, privilege, consequence, and the schism between the haves and have-nots. It’s also, as you probably remember from high school, a full-length book—which means Gatz, a marathon theatrical staging of the unabridged novel by the New York troupe Elevator Repair Service, runs a good six-plus…
It’s been an emotional week, but election-day jitters are nothing compared to the 400-hundred-year-and-counting eau de anxiety that clings to Macbeth. The backstage whispers—Ghosts! Accidents! Funny business!—are almost as old as the play itself, but Radio Macbeth blows the…
July 31, 2008 – Parkways Foundation, the philanthropic partner of the Chicago Park District, held the second annual GALApalooza at the Petrillo Band Shell giving guests an exclusive sneak preview of the transformation of Grant Park into the Lollapalooza venue. Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings, a Lollapalooza featured band, took the stage for an unforgettable performance. Emcee Marty Lennartz from WXRT and Perry Farrell, founder of Lollapalooza, were special guests at this year’s GALApalooza. Proceeds from this year’s event benefited the Buckingham Foundation Restoration Project.
June 19, 2008 – Parkways Foundation, the philanthropic partner of the Chicago Park District, hosted the sixth annual Garden Party at Northerly Island. Over 650 attended the event which raised a record $300,000 for a new soccer field at McKinley Park. The theme of the afternoon was a tribute to the Century of Progress World’s Fair. Guests enjoyed a reception featuring young violinist from Sherwood Park in Chicago’s Englewood neighborhood, a performance by the GoGirlGo! dancers also from Sherwood Park and Chicago designer Maria Pinto added excitement to the reception with a fashion preview featuring 12 looks from her collection.
