Archive for the 'Pop Culture' Category
Michael Buble’ is coming to Chicago with his “Crazy Love” tour on March 27, 2010. He will be performing in the enormous All State Arena. If you want to get tickets close enough to actually see him on stage, the Michael Buble’ fan club site always has preferred fan club seats available in advance of when [...]
December 16th, 2009 | Posted in 312, 630, 708, 773, 815, 847, Chicago events, IL, Lincoln Park, Music Festivals Bands, Pop Culture, The Suburbs, This Weekend in Chicago, Uptown, wrigleyville | No Comments
The buzz about Black Friday Ads and Sales has grown from being just an inside retail industry term a few years ago to a regularly used term that ends up on posters and fliers sent to the public weeks before the day after Thanksgiving actually arrives.
The change may have to do with the recession and how badly retailers have [...]
November 23rd, 2009 | Posted in 312, 630, 708, 773, 815, 847, Chicago Consumer News, IL, Lombard, Naperville, Pop Culture, Shopping in Chicago, The Suburbs, This Weekend in Chicago | 2 Comments
This is a great weekend to spend time downtown in Chicago. The Michigan Avenue Lights Festival is happening, which leads us right into Thanksgiving on Thursday and then the Black Friday Sale Madness on Friday. Millennium Park’s Ice Skating Rink also opens and the Museum of Science and Industry has their annual Christmas Tree Exhibit [...]
November 20th, 2009 | Posted in 312, 773, Chicago Loop, Chicago events, Holidays & Christmas, Hotels, IL, Michigan Avenue Chicago, Pop Culture, Shopping in Chicago, Sights, Entertainment, Events & Attractions, Theater Plays Broadway Shows in Chicago, This Weekend in Chicago | 7 Comments
I got an email from the nice people at Ebay last week letting me know that they would be on Michigan Avenue with a truck full of computers and a bunch of personal shoppers to help you find what you need in gifts to buy and ship anywhere in the USA this holiday season.
I saw the truck [...]
November 10th, 2009 | Posted in 312, 773, Business Local, Chicago Consumer News, Chicago Loop, Chicago events, Holidays & Christmas, IL, Michigan Avenue Chicago, Pop Culture, Shopping in Chicago, Sights, Entertainment, Events & Attractions, This Weekend in Chicago, wrigleyville | 1 Comment
The Tony Award Winning Musical Theater Show Jersey Boys will be leaving Chicago and the LaSalle Bank Theater in 2010. The last block of tickets are on sale now for the first week in January, and selling quickly. I can’t stress enough that if you have not seen this musical, you should soon because there [...]
September 28th, 2009 | Posted in 312, 630, 708, 773, 847, Chicago Loop, Chicago Vacation Sights Tours and Tips, IL, Pop Culture, Sights, Entertainment, Events & Attractions, Theater Plays Broadway Shows in Chicago | No Comments
Eddie Izzard just announced that he will be back in Chicago performing his Stripped 2 The Big Intimacy Standup Comedy Tour to a larger crowd than ever at the United Center on January 8th 2010. The tickets go on pre-sale this morning Sept 14th at 10 am through Ticketmaster with the code Bees. Otherwise there [...]
September 14th, 2009 | Posted in 312, 630, 708, 773, 847, Chicago News, Chicago events, IL, Improv and Sketch Comedy Shows, Pop Culture, Sights, Entertainment, Events & Attractions, This Weekend in Chicago | 2 Comments
The Chicago International Film Festival is a little event run by a few people on a shoestring budget but it packs a big punch. Somehow, the Chicago International Film Festival manages to get access to the latest independent films and often times show the award winners that year before they have gone mainstream. This year the Chicago [...]
September 1st, 2009 | Posted in 312, 773, Chicago News, Chicago Vacation Sights Tours and Tips, Chicago events, Lakeview, Lincoln Park, New Movies, Pop Culture, Sights, Entertainment, Events & Attractions, This Weekend in Chicago, Uptown | No Comments
Steve Martinis a man of many talents. We all love his comedy and stand-up, we have all seen his dramatic talents and now he has branched out in another creative direction. Bluegrass Banjo Music. Steve Martin is going to be playing with his band for one show at the Cadillac Palace Theater in Chicago on [...]
August 27th, 2009 | Posted in 312, 773, Chicago Loop, Chicago Vacation Sights Tours and Tips, Chicago events, IL, Pop Culture, Sights, Entertainment, Events & Attractions, This Weekend in Chicago | 2 Comments