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Music, Music Feature Mar 17, 2020
COVID-19 hits live music hard

You can still support artists and staff by buying merch and donating to fundraisers.
- By Philip Montoro
- Tags: Music Feature, COVID-19, coronavirus, outbreak, pandemic, shutdown, closures, social distancing, self-quarantine, fundraisers, staff, merch, support, GoFundMe, Beat Kitchen, Bottom Lounge, Burlington, Cafe Mustache, Cobra Lounge, Constellation, Cole's Bar, Dorian's, Empty Bottle, Bite Cafe, AliveOne, the Owl, Hideout, Hungry Brain, Liar's Club, Live Wire Lounge, Martyrs', Metro, Promontory, Reed's Local, Reggies' Rock Club, Reggies' Music Joint, Smart Bar, Gman Tavern, Sleeping Village, SPACE, Subterranean, Thalia Hall, Dusek's, Punch House, Tonic Room, Whistler, COVID-19 relief fundraisers

Arts & Culture, Valentine's Day Feb 11, 2020
Drown your sorrows

A Valentine’s Day bar guide based on relationship status
- By Rima Parikh
- Tags: Valentine's Day, bar guide, relationship status, Beauty Bar, Mariano's, Cole's Bar, Berlin, Marz Brewing, Green Mill, The Owl, Three Dots and a Dash, Spyners Pub, Sluggers

Blogs, Bleader Dec 10, 2014
Reader premiere: Exhausted, the debut LP from noise-rock group Den

An exclusive stream of the interstellar weirdo-noise LP
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: Whoa, Music, Den, Exhausted, noise-rock, BLVD, Cole's Bar, Oozing Wound, Wishgift, Foul Tip

Best of Chicago, Music & Nightlife Jun 25, 2014
Readers' Poll
Best dive bar

Cole's Bar
- Tags: Music & Nightlife, Best of Chicago 2014, Cole's Bar, Skylark, Best dive bar, Cole's, Readers' Poll

Best of Chicago, Music & Nightlife Jun 25, 2014
Readers' Poll
Best neighborhood bar

Cole's Bar
- Tags: Music & Nightlife, Best of Chicago 2014, Cole's Bar, Small Bar, Best neighborhood bar, Cole's, Readers' Poll

Blogs, Bleader Nov 29, 2013
Video
Sperm blowout, hoop dreams deferred, and the rest of this week's screenings

New reviews and notable screenings in this week's issue
- By J.R. Jones
- Tags: Film, Delivery Man, Starbuck, Vince Vaughn, Lenny Cooke, Ben Safdie, Joshua Safdie, Third Ward TX, Joe Swanberg, All the Light in the Sky, Jane Adams, Claire Denis, Bastards, Kasi Lemmons, Black Nativity, Forest Whitaker, Angela Bassett, Langston Hughes, Disney Frozen, Hans Christian Andersen, Homefront movie, Jason Statham, Sylvester Stallone, Michael Powell, Emeric Pressberger, Black Narcissus, The Red Shoes, Gene Siskel Film Center, Joe Dante, The Burbs, University of Chicago Doc Films, Olivier Assayas Carlos, Jean-Luc Godard Contempt, Joseph Losey, The Servant, Claire Denis, The Intruder, W.C. Fields, Million Dollar Legs, Joel McCrea, Girls About Town, Terence Davies, Of Time and the City, Dario Argento, Suspiria, Patio Theater Chicago, The Sound of Music, Music Box Chicago, Block Museum of Art, Joel Coen, Ethan Coen, Inside Llewyn Davis, Logan Center for the Arts, From 2337 West Monroe Street, Fred Hampton, Greg Sestero, The Disaster Artist, The Room movie, Cinema Minima, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Deck the Holodeck, Cole's Bar, Chicago movies, Video

Arts & Culture, Feature Oct 2, 2013
The migration of the hipster

A Chicago history, 1898-present
- By Aimee Levitt
- Tags: Feature, hipsters, Flat Iron Building, Bridgeport, neighborhoods, New York Times, next Seattle, Richard Lloyd, Jeff Huebner, history, Real World, Ed Marszewski, Lumpen Times, Liz Phair, Urge Overkill, Veruca Salt, Smashing Pumpkins, Tom Handley, Joe Judd, Shane Bugbee, Elliot Dicks, gentrification, Clem Jaskot Jr., Phyllis' Musical Inn, bars, Gold Star Bar, Nelson Algren, Wicker Park, HotHouse, Double Door, Pontiac, Subterranean, Flat Iron Building, Myopic Books, Quimby's Bookstore, Autonomous Zone Infoshop, Buys Bee, Earwax Cafe, Urbus Orbis, commercialization, bohemia, brohemia, Sarah Crawford, Fine Arts Building, artists' colonies, coffeehouses, nightclubs, The Little Room, South Loop, artists, tea, Auditorium Hotel, Ralph Clarkson, Henry Blake Fuller, George Ade, Hamlin Garland, Lorado Taft, Jane Addams, Bertha Palmer, Jackson Park, Hyde Park, Midway Studios, Floyd Dell, Evening Post, Evening Post's Friday Literary Review, Paul Durica, Margery Currey, salons, Sherwood Anderson, Edgar Lee Masters, Carl Sandburg, Ben Hecht, Margaret Anderson, The Little Review, Richard Lloyd, Chicago winters, Towertown, Bauhaus, Bauhaus School, River North, Maxwell Bodenheim, them restaurants, Gold Coast House of Correction, Big John's Coal Scuttle, Jake Loeb, Thomas Dyja, Tree Studios, Prohibition, tearooms, Green Mask, Ballyhoo Cafe, drag shows, Dil Pickle Club, Washington Square Park, Newberry Library, Bughouse Square, Jack Jones, Tooker Place, Mae West, Ben Reitman, Chicago Tribune, alcohol, Charles Collins, Mitchell Dawson, Harriet Monroe, Clarence Darrow, Emma Goldman, Theodore Dreiser, Ring Lardner, Edgar Lee Masters, Joseph Weil, Bill Haywood, Jack Johnson, Chicago Literary Times, Michigan Avenue Bridge, douchebags, yuppies, bros, Alfreda Gordon, Chicago Sunday Times, development, beatniks, hippies, New Yorker, Emily Hahn, Slim Brundage, College of Complexes, Piper's Alley, Lincoln Restaurant, Maury's, Cholly Wendorf, Bill Smith, Steve Goodman, John Prine, Bonnie Koloc, Hairy Who, Will Leonard, University of Chicago, Old Town School of Folk Music, Bill Savage, Northwestern University, Frank Ryan, Norman Mailer, Dee Paira, Gavin Morrison, Rainbo Club, Logan Square, Jason Hammel, Logan Beach, Lula Cafe, Amalea Tshilds, Joe Bryl, Longman & Eagle, Reno, Bang Bang Pie, Parsons Chicken & Fish, Cozy Corner, Cole's Bar, Helen's, Two-Way Lounge, Whirlaway Lounge, The Whistler, Scofflaw, Weegee's Lounge, Logan Square Farmers Market, Dill Pickle Co-Op, Cafe Mustache, New Wave Coffee, Abraham Conlon, Adrienne Lo, Matthias Merges, Jared Wentworth, Paul McGee, Maria Jaimes, Fireside Bowl, The Mutiny, John McDermott, Logan Square Neighborhood Association, Latinos, buying property, Bridgeport, Pilsen, Jason Vincent, Bruce Finkelman, Thalia Hall, Modern Cooperative, furniture stores, Nightwood, Co-Prosperity Sphere, public transportation, mass transit, Version Fest, Mash-Tun Festival

Blogs, Bleader Aug 9, 2013
Assembling a picture of Chicago, neighborhood by neighborhood

Two local bloggers have organized a reading celebrating Chicago's neighborhoods.
- By Aimee Levitt
- Tags: Books, Arts, Neighborhoods, Chi Lit: Tales of the Neighborhoods, Rachel Hyman, Paul Dailing, Anthology of Chicago, 1001 Chicago Afternoons, Ben Hecht, 1001 Afternoons in Chicago, Chicago Daily News, Cole's Bar, Nelson Algren, Bill Savage, Paul Dunica, Shannon Cason, Molly Meacham, Robert Loerzel, Streeterville, Bucktown

Arts & Culture, Culture Vultures Mar 27, 2013
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This week’s Culture Vultures recommend:

The Secret Keeper, the Fabulous Ladies of Fitness, and Bunheads
- By Hannah Gold and Hannah Lorenz
- Tags: Culture Vultures, Rachel Laritz, Ever Mainard, Scott Silberstein, Court Theatre, The Secret Keeper, books, audio-books, Kate Morton, The Shit Show, Fabulous Ladies of Fitness, dance parties, Cole's bar, FLOF, HMS Media, Bunheads, Sutton Foster, Amy Sherman-Palladino, Gilmore Girls, TV, television, Cole's

Blogs, Bleader Jul 21, 2012
The Reader's Agenda: Sat 7/21

What's on the Agenda for Saturday, July 21, 2012
- By Drew Hunt
- Tags: Do This, Tour de Fat, Palmer Square, Devtochka, Guantanamo Baywatch, Miles Raymer, Logan Square, Township, Pink Torpedo, Slushy, Scoundrel, Cole's Bar, Ladybros Comedy Showcase, Milwaukee Avenue Arts Festival, Kristin Clifford, Julia Solomon, Ever Mainard

Best of Chicago, Arts & Culture Jun 20, 2012
Critics' Picks
Best Place for Stand-Up by Everybody and Their Grandmother, Free of Charge

Cole's open mike
- By Brian Costello
- Tags: Arts & Culture, stand-up comedy, free stand-up comedy, everybody and their grandmother, Cole's Bar, Cole's open mike, Ken Witzgall, Hannibal Buress, Tim Meadows, Cole's, Cole’s, Critics' Picks

Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Feature Sep 15, 2011
Accidental comic

Adam Burke didn't mean to become a comedian, but it's working out pretty well
- By Brian Costello
- Tags: Performing Arts Feature, Adam Burke, stand-up, comedy, Spike Mulligan, Bill Hicks, Kiss Kiss Cabaret, Greenhouse Theater, Chicago Social, Hug City, Speak Easy, Cole's Bar, Cameron Esposito

Blogs, Bleader May 1, 2010
Dinner & a Show: Saturday 5/1

Recommended events paired with nearby restaurants.
- By Whet Moser
- Tags: Chicagoland, Food Chain, Film, Music, Food & Drink, Performing Arts, Arts, Quasi, Lincoln Hall, Crepe & Coffee Palace, Two-Craft Minimum, Cole's Bar, Chicago Style Crafters, Revolution Brewing Company, Harlem, Jaill, Empty Bottle, A Tavola, Lazer Crystal, Co-Prosperity Sphere, Kevin's Hamburger Heaven, Harry Brown, Landmark's Century Centre, Duke of Perth, Floored, Gene Siskel Film Center, Cibo Matto, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Circle Theatre, Jimmy's Place

Blogs, Bleader Apr 29, 2010
5/1 — Free Chicago Style Crafters Show at Cole's Bar

On Sat 5/1, Chicago Style Crafters hosts its first craft show at Cole's Bar.
- By Sam Worley
- Tags: Visual Art, Free Shit, Other Stuff, Apropos of Nothing, Swag, Chicago Style Crafters, crafts, craft shows, free events, Cole's Bar, Logan Square

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COVID-19 hits live music hard

You can still support artists and staff by buying merch and donating to fundraisers.

Drown your sorrows

A Valentine’s Day bar guide based on relationship status

Reader premiere: Exhausted, the debut LP from noise-rock group Den

An exclusive stream of the interstellar weirdo-noise LP

Readers' Poll
Best dive bar

Cole's Bar

Readers' Poll
Best neighborhood bar

Cole's Bar

Video
Sperm blowout, hoop dreams deferred, and the rest of this week's screenings

New reviews and notable screenings in this week's issue

The migration of the hipster

A Chicago history, 1898-present

Assembling a picture of Chicago, neighborhood by neighborhood

Two local bloggers have organized a reading celebrating Chicago's neighborhoods.

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This week’s Culture Vultures recommend:

The Secret Keeper, the Fabulous Ladies of Fitness, and Bunheads

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What's on the Agenda for Saturday, July 21, 2012

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Best Place for Stand-Up by Everybody and Their Grandmother, Free of Charge

Cole's open mike

Accidental comic

Adam Burke didn't mean to become a comedian, but it's working out pretty well

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You can still support artists and staff by buying merch and donating to fundraisers.

A Valentine’s Day bar guide based on relationship status

An exclusive stream of the interstellar weirdo-noise LP

Cole's Bar

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New reviews and notable screenings in this week's issue

A Chicago history, 1898-present

Two local bloggers have organized a reading celebrating Chicago's neighborhoods.

The Secret Keeper, the Fabulous Ladies of Fitness, and Bunheads

What's on the Agenda for Saturday, July 21, 2012

Cole's open mike

Adam Burke didn't mean to become a comedian, but it's working out pretty well

Recommended events paired with nearby restaurants.

On Sat 5/1, Chicago Style Crafters hosts its first craft show at Cole's Bar.

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