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Arts & Culture
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Valentine's Day
Feb 10, 2015
Our top 12 picks for celebrating (or ignoring) Valentine's Day in Chicago
From dinners to parties to a horror convention, we've got you covered.
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Chicago Reader's Guide to Valentine's Day
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Valentine's Day
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Thalia Hall
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Anti-Valentine's Day Party
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Casablanca
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Music Box
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My Bloody Valentine
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Logan Auditorium
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I'll Do Anything to See Boobs Tonight
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Gorilla Tango
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Love Is Sweet
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Blokes and Birds
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Naked Girls Reading
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Everleigh Social Club
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Valentine's events 2015
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events
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dating
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couples
Blogs
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Bleader
Nov 5, 2013
Reader
's Agenda Tue 11/5:
Once Upon a Dream
,
Uncaged
, and
Dummy
What's on the
Reader
's Agenda for Tuesday, November 5
By Jillian Sandler
Tags:
Do This
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Arts
,
The Rascals
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E Street Band
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Underground Garage
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Little Steven Van Zandt
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Once Upon a Dream
,
Uncaged
,
Gorilla Tango
,
Improv Zoo
,
Dummy
,
Colleen Doyle
,
Jason Shotts
Blogs
,
Bleader
Dec 24, 2012
Reader
's Agenda, Christmas Eve: Notable plays, movies, and some Porn and Chicken
Reader
's Agenda, Christmas Eve, 2012
By Drew Hunt
Tags:
Do This
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Arts
,
Charles Dickens Begrudgingly Performs A Christmas Carol Again
,
Marissa Oberlander
,
The Christmas Schooner
,
Zac Thompson
,
It's a Wonderful Life: Live at the Biograph!
,
Julia Thiel
,
For you moviegoers
,
holiday options abound as The Music Box screens both White Christmas and Frank Capra's version of It's a Wonderful Life. The double feature is preceded by an audience singalong
,
with Santa Claus himself manning the theater's legendary organ. Meanwhile
,
fans of holiday horror and holiday comedies ought to visit Logan Theater for screenings of Silent Night
,
Deadly Night 2 and National Lampoom's Christmas Vacation
,
Porn and Chicken
,
Best Dance Party
,
Best of Chicago
,
Evil Olive
,
Gorilla Tango
,
Season's Geekings: A Gorilla Tango Burlesque Holiday Special
Blogs
,
Bleader
Dec 10, 2012
The
Reader
's Agenda: Mon 12/10: pop-punk shows, HATCH Projects artists, and Gorilla Tango's holiday special
What's on the Agenda for Monday, December 10, 2012
By Drew Hunt
Tags:
Do This
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Arts
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Warped Tour
,
The Starting Line
,
House of Blues
,
Vinne Caruana
,
the Movielife
,
Chicago Artists' Coalition
,
West Loop
,
HATCH Project
,
Marissa Lee Benedict
,
Brittany Ransom
,
Life in Some Form
,
Gorilla Tango
,
Bucktown
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Season's Geekings: A Gorilla Tango Burlesque Holiday Special
Blogs
,
Bleader
Dec 2, 2012
The
Reader
's Agenda: Sun 12/2
What's on the Agenda for Sunday, December 2, 2012
By Drew Hunt
Tags:
Arts
,
Tokyo
,
Suzuki Junzo
,
Monica Kendrick
,
Empty Bottle
,
Eight-Sided Infinity
,
Plastic Crimewave Syndicate
,
Pandava
,
Frank Rosaly & Steven Hess
,
Gorilla Tango
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Season's Geekings: A Gorilla Tango Burlesque Holiday Special
,
Bah Humbug
,
Charles Dickens
,
Piccolo Theater
,
Evanston
,
Asher Klein
Blogs
,
Bleader
Oct 16, 2012
The
Reader
's Agenda: Tue 10/16
What's on the Agenda for Tuesday, October 16, 2012
By Drew Hunt
Tags:
Do This
,
Chrissy Murderbot
,
Flying Lotus
,
Metro
,
Teebs
,
Jeremiah Jae
,
Gorilla Tango
,
Bucktown
,
Donna/Madonna
,
Magnus Nilsson
,
Fäviken Magasinet
,
The Publican
Blogs
,
Bleader
Oct 12, 2012
A haiku on reviewing Gorilla Tango's
Boobs of the Dead
Distillation of a critic's experience
By Tony Adler
Tags:
Theater
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Arts
,
Gorilla Tango
Blogs
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Bleader
Oct 12, 2012
Sunday in the Park With George
and midnight with zombies: new performing arts reviews
Fresh reviews from
Reader
critics
By Meg Pier
Tags:
Theater
,
Arts
,
Comedy
,
Dance
,
Boobs of the Dead: A Walking Dead Burlesque
,
Gorilla Tango
,
Scarrie
,
Hell in a Handbag
,
Mary's Attic
,
Splatter Theater
,
Annoyance
,
The Death of Life
,
WildClaw
,
Storefront
,
Frankenstein
,
City Lit
,
Neighborhood 3: Requisition of Doom
,
Strawdog
,
Nightmares on Lincoln Avenue
,
Conservatory
,
Sonday in the Park With George
,
Chicago Shakespeare Theater
,
The Great Fire: A Traveling Truck Show
,
Making Noise Quietly
,
Steep
,
The Amen Corner
,
ETA Creative Arts Foundation
,
Black n Blue Boys/Broken Men
,
Goodman
,
Unnatural Spaces
,
Guld Literary Complex
,
Catholic Repertory
,
American Theater Company
,
44 Plays for 44 Presidents
,
Neo-Futurists
,
Happiness
,
Alluvium Group
,
Oracle
,
The Mistakes Madeline Made
,
LiveWire
,
Greenhouse
,
One Name Only
,
Black Ensemble
,
Ruby Wilder
,
Tympanic
,
Teatro Luna
,
Luna Negra Dance Theater
Blogs
,
Bleader
Sep 25, 2012
The
Reader
's Agenda: Tue 9/25
What's on the Agenda for Tuesday, September 25, 2012
By Drew Hunt
Tags:
Do This
,
Tuesdays on the Terrace
,
Museum of Contemporary Art
,
Gorilla Tango
,
Attend the Tale of Danny Tanner: A Full House Musical
,
Tony Adler
,
Uncharted Books
,
Logan Square
,
Edward McClelland
,
John K. Wilson
,
Why Obama Will Win in November
Blogs
,
Bleader
Mar 11, 2009
New Reader reviews
New Reader reviews
By Tony Adler
Tags:
Performing Arts
,
Onstage
,
Arts
,
Chicago Dramatists
,
Playground Theater
,
Storefront Theater
,
Teatro Luna
,
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
,
Theatre Mir
,
The Arab-Israeli Cookbook
,
Brick Wall
,
Gorilla Tango
,
Camp Freedom
,
Black Sheep Productions
,
Everything Freezes
,
Sideshow Theatre
,
The Goat
,
Redtwist
,
Marriott Lincolnshire
,
Playing with Fire
,
BoHo Theatre
,
Police Academy: Insurgency Emergency
,
New Millennium Theatre
,
The Secrets Project
,
Genesis Ensemble
,
S-E-X-Oh! The Remix
,
The Shape of a Girl
,
Pegasus Players
,
The Solid Gold Cadillac
,
Open Eye Productions
,
Trying Too Hard
,
Athenaeum
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