Archive for July, 2007

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Chicago Trivia - Enter to win!

30 July 2007

This week’s question: What was the first Pullman car called? (Hint: check the blog)
Email answer, name and address to trivia@thelocaltourist.com and check back July 30.
Once again, thank you to McCormick & Schmick’s Seafood Restaurant . They’ve provided this week’s prize: a $75 gift certificate for dinner for two!!! If it seems like I have an […]

This week’s band is…

30 July 2007

This week’s featured band, Helicopters, is one of the top 5 competing in the national Lollapalooza Last Band Standing contest. They’ll be appearing with the other four at Double Door on Wednesday.
A panel of celebrity judges will be deciding who actually gets to play at this weekend’s huge music fest.
Other bands include Glint (Nyack, NY), Sirsy […]

August’s Major Events

29 July 2007

August 1 - 4
2007 Jazz Dance World Festival
August 4
Annual Doggie Wash and Day Spa
August 4 & 5
Gold Coast River North Art Fair
August 7
BBQ & Bingo at Bin 36
August 18
A Day of Beauty with Reggie Wells
August 18 & 19
Chicago Air & Water Show
August 22
Movies In The Park: Chicago History Museum
August 25
Taste of Greece
August 26
25th Annual Accenture […]

Can’t Keep A Good Church Down

29 July 2007

Old St. Patrick’s is the oldest public building in Chicago, but it hasn’t been easy to get that title. Three times in its extended history it’s narrowly escaped destruction.
The building itself was dedicated on Christmas Day, 1856. The parish had begun ten years earlier, founded by Irish immigrants who had escaped political and religious persecution […]

Uh oh, I may be a groupie…

26 July 2007

I first heard of Disonic last summer. I was at Logan Square Auditorium to check out another local band, and Marq Withers gave me a demo cd of three songs. I listened to it in the car on the way home, and I was hooked. They were passionate and energetic and stuck in my head. […]

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