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90°? Rainy? Bring it indoors!

90°? Rainy? Bring it indoors!

| June 25, 2010 | 0 Comments

Weekend preview The masses have to choose from the Pride Parade, Eric Clapton Crossroads Fest, Jimmy Buffett, Green Fest, Taste Of Chicago, and Fountain Square Arts, but we drag you indoors.

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It’s Mobfest again!

It’s Mobfest again!

| June 23, 2010 | 0 Comments

Mobfest 2010 The industry staple of Chicago music’s summer diet, Mobfest returns this weekend for self-help showcases and panels.

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Skinny dipping with Essex Chanel & more weekend fun

Skinny dipping with Essex Chanel & more weekend fun

| June 18, 2010 | 0 Comments

Spring’s over Celebrate the end of spring with some wildly varied weekend shindigs.

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Still Hard, Still Haiti

Still Hard, Still Haiti

| June 16, 2010 | 0 Comments

Concert For The Women Of Haiti Thursday, June 17th The Wilmette Theater on Central Ave. will host a Hope For Haiti benefit concert Thursday night to avert the typical dry-up of recovery funds to the earthquake-torn Caribbean nation.

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Withdrawl Symptoms

Withdrawl Symptoms

| June 16, 2010 | 0 Comments

June 17th-18th We searched the whole wide world just to find you these recommendations.

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A Weekend From Your Weekend

A Weekend From Your Weekend

| June 11, 2010 | 0 Comments

The Week In Preview There’s too much going on this weekend. Yeah, we said it. Some people were downtown at 6:30 this morning for the Blackhawks’ championship parade, and that’s before hooligans can disperse to Blues Fest, the Cubs/Sox series at Wrigley, and street fests including Old Town Art Fair, Lincoln Square Ribfest, Andersonville Midsummer […]

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Pleasure Or Pain?

Pleasure Or Pain?

| June 9, 2010 | 0 Comments

Thursday, June 10th We have no idea what the town will look like tomorrow. Maybe we’ll be covered in the blood-red water of Daley Plaza. Maybe nervousness will be pervasive. Our heads will hurt. But the shows go on.

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Blues Fest Periphery

Blues Fest Periphery

| June 9, 2010 | 0 Comments

The city’s annual celebration has never been limited to Grant Park, and often the most memorable sets happen in the surrounding venues.

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What Final?

What Final?

| June 8, 2010 | 0 Comments

Wednesday, June 10 So you’ve had a week to digest our June issue and each tasty morsel that fell in your lap. Unbowed, you rotate your head slowly each direction and drool, “More!”

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What A Long, Strange Weekend It’ll Be

What A Long, Strange Weekend It’ll Be

| May 27, 2010 | 0 Comments

Memorial Day Weekend Preview If you’ve been saving up all your rockin’ in May, now’s the time to let it out. Especially because we have a new issue out Tuesday.

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The Week In Preview 5/24

The Week In Preview 5/24

| May 24, 2010 | 0 Comments

Week Of May 24th, 2010 Monday’s, um, gone with the wind, but there’s three more days to rockin’ consider before it’s Memorial Day weekend, remember?

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Sat-a-day picks!

Sat-a-day picks!

| May 20, 2010 | 0 Comments

Saturday, May 22nd, 2010 Get your weekend in order. This weekend has Lucky Boys Confusion offshoot AM Taxi, a special set from The Steepwater Band, and, of course, the Country Throwdown.

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Friday’s picks!

Friday’s picks!

| May 19, 2010 | 0 Comments

Showtime, May 21st This week’s highlights include Dengue Fever, Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings, and JC Brooks & The Uptown Sound.

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Coheed And Cambria preview

Coheed And Cambria preview

| May 12, 2010 | 0 Comments

Congress Theatre, Chicago Friday, May 14, 2010 I used to think Coheed And Cambria were the J.R.R. Tolkien of bands, but it turns out they’re really George Lucas.

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Plants & Animals preview

Plants & Animals preview

| May 12, 2010 | 0 Comments

Lincoln Hall, Chicago Saturday, May 15, 2010 The faces of anger in rock ‘n’ roll are legion — polemics, posturing, and power chords among them — but for their second album, Plants & Animals go with passive aggressive.

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