Archive for January, 2008

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This week’s band: Diana Rein

When you see Diana Rein in person, don’t let her diminutive size fool you. This lady’s voice packs a punch. Reminiscent of Susan Tedeschi and Sheryl Crow with a bit of KT Tunstall thrown in, she’s soulful, bluesy, and warm.
This week’s featured song is the first one she wrote, but it’s certainly no amateurish effort. […]

 

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The Frantic

The Frantic is a pop/punk rock band from the south side of Chicago. They’ve played on the Warped Tour and Q101’s Twisted. They were selected as a breakout band by Blender Magazine. They’re heading out on a multi-state tour that will take them as far north as Albany, NY, and as far south as Tallahassee, […]

Half-Price Theater Tickets

Most people know that in New York you can visit the ticket booth in Times Square for day-of half-price tickets. Chicago offers a similar service, but with more options.
HotTix has three walk-up booth locations, but what really makes it wonderful is you can actually get tickets to some shows online, and sometimes for performances a […]

Chicago Originals Restaurant Week

Chicago Originals is a group of independent restaurants who’ve banded together to promote local flavor. From January 27th through February 3 some of the members are offering 2- or 3-course prix fixe menus for $20.08 in their own version of Restaurant Week.
Cafe Bernard
2100 N Halsted
(773)871-2100
Cafe Central
455 Central Ave, Highland Park
(847)266-7878
Cyrano’s Bistrot & Wine Bar
546 N […]

Chicago Trivia: Police, Schmolice

Chicago has a reputation for political corruption and police brutality, and both have been in the forefront lately. There was a time when Chicago was entirely without a police force after the whole department was fired by an outgoing Mayor. When was this, and for how long?
This week’s prize is Two 5-course tasting menus […]

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