Archive for September, 2007
2 Degrees of Separation
29 September 2007Chicago may be the third largest city in the United States, but there are times when it feels like a really, really small town. When you get into niches, you might as well be living on Wisteria Lane and your neighbors are the Brady’s and the Cleaver’s and there’s an obnoxiously cute kid named Opie. […]
Update: Lyric Opera Strike Averted
28 September 2007Update: The parties reached a tentative agreement, so the show will go on.
The Lyric Opera’s set to open its season with La Traviata tomorrow evening, and plans on celebrating its annual ball at the Hilton Chicago on Sunday, but the American Guild of Musical Artists has other ideas. The union represents the singers’ agents, […]
October’s Major Events
26 September 2007Oct 4 - 17
Chicago International Film Festival
Oct 7
Chicago Marathon
Oct 9 - 14
Fashion Focus Chicago
Oct 14
Ballo’s 2nd Annual Meatball Contest
Herron Memorial Ride & Walk
Oct 20
State Street Halloween Happening Parade
Oct 22
London Symphony Orchestra
Oct 27 - 28
Last Chicago Antique Market for 2007!
Oct 28
Bob Dylan & Elvis Costello
Oct 27 - 31
Boo! Halloween Weekend
Chicago Traffic Reports
26 September 2007It’s time to update the Chicago Traffic Reports glossary. On September 7 the Northwest Tollway was renamed the “Jane Addams Expressway”, so if you’ve been hearing that mentioned on traffic reports lately and had no idea where it was, now you do! Below’s the complete report.
Fashion Focus Chicago
24 September 2007Chicago has become known internationally for its fashion designers. Experience why from October 9 through 14 with Fashion Focus Chicago. With five runway shows in Millennium Park, World Fashion Chicago presented by Sister Cities International, neighborhood shopping tours, Shop CHICago and more, you can go from fashion disaster to fashion plate in less than a […]
