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
The Chicago Gourmet Festival 2009 is going to be a huge foodie event in Chicago. On Saturday September 26th and Sunday September 27th in Millennium Park (age 21 and up because there is a lot of wine!) there will be many opportunities to revel in being a foodie and try out new wines with some [...]
September 1st, 2009 | Posted in 312, 773, Chicago events, Food, Restaurants & Dining, Gold Coast Chicago, Hotels, Hyde Park, IL, Lakeview, Lincoln Park, Sights, Entertainment, Events & Attractions, This Weekend in Chicago | 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
The jets are buzzing by the high rise office building I work in downtown and I am reminded that the Chicago Air and Water Show is this weekend! Every year the City of Chicago is generous in providing this entertaining weekend event free for everyone. But if you want good seats, get out early on [...]
August 11th, 2009 | Posted in 312, 773, Airports and Tourism Travel, Chicago Loop, Chicago Vacation Sights Tours and Tips, Chicago events, IL, Lakeview, Lincoln Park, Pop Culture, Sights, Entertainment, Events & Attractions | 2 Comments
The Chicago Blues Festival showcases the music Chicago is known for. If you are a fan of the Blues Brothers or maybe have seen BB King on commercials you may think you know something about the Blues. The thing is there is an entire world of Blues Music in Chicago with an incredible depth of talent [...]
April 24th, 2009 | Posted in 312, 708, 773, Airports and Tourism Travel, Chicago Loop, Chicago Vacation Sights Tours and Tips, Chicago events, Jazz & Blues Music, Pop Culture, Sights, Entertainment, Events & Attractions, This Weekend in Chicago | 2 Comments
An entrant into the show last year. Lookin good!
The International Kennel Club of Chicago hosts it’s annual dog show this weekend at McCormick Place in Chicago. The Dog Show runs from February 18th through February 22nd at McCormick Place West 2301 S. Martin Luther King Drive, Chicago, IL 60616.
Tickets are $13 (adults) and $17 for [...]
February 19th, 2009 | Posted in 312, 630, 708, 773, 847, Airports and Tourism Travel, Business Local, Chicago Loop, Chicago Vacation Sights Tours and Tips, Michigan Avenue Chicago, Pop Culture, Sights, Entertainment, Events & Attractions | No Comments
The transformers lineup at the Chicago Auto Show
So, you still want to go to the Chicago Auto Show even in the recession? A lot pf people do actually. There were a lot of people there even though people aren’t really buying cars right now.
Here is your guide to leaving your checkbook at home and still [...]
January 30th, 2009 | Posted in 312, 630, 708, 773, 847, Airports and Tourism Travel, Chicago Consumer News, Pop Culture, Sights, Entertainment, Events & Attractions, This Weekend in Chicago | 1 Comment
The Chicago Cubs are turned the Wrigley Baseball Field Stadium into an ice skating rink this winter for an unusual ice skating experience. I am curious to see how this will turn out. I don’t think anyone ever thought that we need an ice rink in the middle of Wrigley Field, but here we go anyway.
The original [...]
December 15th, 2008 | Posted in 773, Airports and Tourism Travel, Chicago Vacation Sights Tours and Tips, Lakeview, Lincoln Park, Pop Culture, Sports | 1 Comment
The International Exposition of Sculpture Objects and Fine Art (SOFA) is planned for Festival Hall in Navy Pier in Chicago on November 6-9. This is an amazing contemporary art show and well worth the admission to attend. The work on display at SOFA ranges from glass to ceramics to textiles and sculpture. Even if you are not [...]
October 28th, 2008 | Posted in 312, Art Galleries and Museums, Chicago News, Shopping in Chicago, Sights, Entertainment, Events & Attractions, This Weekend in Chicago | 1 Comment
The Magnificent Mile Lights Festival is a yearly event not to miss on Michigan Avenue in Chicago. Everyone comes downtown to Michigan Avenue at Christmas time. Not because there isn’t shopping in all the shopping malls across Chicagoland, but because of the lights and the festivities that happen there. Michigan Avenue got the name the Magnificent Mile [...]
October 24th, 2008 | Posted in 312, Business Local, Chicago Loop, Chicago News, Chicago Vacation Sights Tours and Tips, Holidays & Christmas, Michigan Avenue Chicago, Shopping in Chicago, Sights, Entertainment, Events & Attractions, This Weekend in Chicago | 2 Comments
The Art Institute of Chicago is hosting a new free exhibit called 360 Degrees: Art Beyond Borders for the next 10 months: September 27, 2008 through June 16, 2009. 360 Degrees Art Beyond Borders is unlike most exhibits at the Art Institute of Chicago because it combines efforts and exhibits with the other major cultural institutions in [...]
September 26th, 2008 | Posted in 312, Art Galleries and Museums, Chicago Loop, Chicago Vacation Sights Tours and Tips, Sights, Entertainment, Events & Attractions, This Weekend in Chicago | No Comments
Oktoberfest is a rite of passage every October in the German Neighborhoods of Chicago. The locals get together at St. Alphonsus and enjoy the beers, music and comraderie before it gets cold for the winter and we all hibernate until spring. If we lived in Bavaria Oktoberfest would be a 16 day long festival of [...]
September 16th, 2008 | Posted in 773, Food, Restaurants & Dining, Neighborhood Festivals, Pop Culture, Sights, Entertainment, Events & Attractions, This Weekend in Chicago | No Comments