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- City Life, Public Service Announcement Oct 30, 2020
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Halloween events, loud music, and mascot run-ins
Upcoming events and recommendations from our listings coordinator
- Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Feature Oct 29, 2020
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Nightmare fuel
What we՚re watching and thinking about heading into Halloween and the election
- Music, Gig Poster of the Week Oct 28, 2020
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Riot Fest throws two drive-in Halloween parties on the gig poster of the week
This week’s featured gig poster was created for Riot Fest by graphic designer Monique Doron and art director Dan Wade.
- Music, Gossip Wolf Oct 27, 2020
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Beloved DIY space Situations signs off with a Halloween livestream
Plus: Angel Marcloid of Fire-Toolz drops an album of fizzy jazz fusion as Nonlocal Forecast.
- City Life, Shop Local Oct 5, 2020
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Double, double toil and trouble
Cursed by COVID this Halloween season? The Malliway Brothers conjure up alternatives to get you in the spirit.
- Music, Gig Poster of the Week Oct 23, 2019
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Trying out a new bat signal on the gig poster of the week
This week's featured gig poster was created by local artist Chris Day.
- City Life, Public Service Announcement Oct 16, 2019
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Get out of the house and go to these haunts
Things to do this Halloween
- Music, Music Feature Oct 15, 2019
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Because Count Orlok can’t speak for himself
Maxx McGathey of Gramps the Vamp scores silent horror films, including Nosferatu and The Man Who Laughs, which opens the Music Box of Horrors—and whose disfigured hero inspired the Joker.
- Music, Gossip Wolf Oct 15, 2019
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Metro hosts a memorial for musician and mensch Rob Warmowski
Plus: Jeremiah Meece of The-Drum teases an imminent album of spooky electro, and Flossmoor’s newest record store throws a release party with Black Pegasus.
- Blogs, Bleader Nov 28, 2018
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How Logan Arcade got its Misfits-playing robot dogs
The Biscuits began life as decrepit Chuck E. Cheese animatronics in the collection of Logan Arcade proprietor James Zespy—and now they're lean, mean horror-punk machines.
- Music, Music Feature Oct 24, 2018
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The Reader’s guaranteed unboring homegrown Halloween mix
Nothing against “Monster Mash,” but Chicago has spawned lots of scary songs that sound good all year—these 13 tracks cover house, psych rock, techno, boogie, hip-hop, extreme metal, pop punk, and more.
- Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Feature Oct 17, 2018
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A roundup of 15 Halloween shows to thrill and chill you
Explore haunted houses, meet a vampiric rabbit, two Frankensteins, and Freddy Krueger’s hot brother
- Blogs, Bleader Oct 15, 2018
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German pop princess Kim Petras gets dark and campy with a Halloween-themed mixtape
Kim Petras opens for South African singer-songwriter Troye Sivan at the Chicago Theatre this weekend.
- Blogs, Bleader Oct 30, 2017
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Eddie Johnson calls for tougher Illinois gun laws after study shows many guns used in crimes are purchased in the suburbs, and other Chicago news
Also, the Democratic primary for Illinois attorney general is heating up.
- Arts & Culture, Feature Oct 25, 2017
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Behind the gory scenes of Splatter Theater
The Annoyance’s savagely funny 30-year-old slasher spoof is a triumph of a certain schlocky stagecraft.
- Music, Gossip Wolf Oct 24, 2017
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Steve Mizek’s Argot label celebrates five years of top-shelf electronic music
Plus: Cole’s hosts a Halloween cover-band benefit for Mexico and Puerto Rico, and Mute Duo pair their taut, atmospheric sound with the art of Dmitry Samarov.
- Blogs, Bleader Oct 24, 2017
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Mucca Pazza collide surreal silent film and frantic cartoons in ‘Mr. Spider Goes Home to Spiderland’
Punk marching band Mucca Pazza premiere a playful video to celebrate their new Trick or Treat EP.
- Blogs, Bleader Oct 23, 2017
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Halloween reads: real-life horror stories from the Reader archive
True-life tales of murder, clowns, horror movie music, and more
- Blogs, Bleader Nov 2, 2016
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Chicago reportedly on pace to see more than 730 homicides in 2016, and other news
Also, an alderman with Cubs fever proposes "Javier 'Javy' Baez Way" for Humboldt Park.
- Blogs, Bleader Oct 31, 2016
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Northalsted Halloween Parade, Art Spiegelman, and more things to do in Chicago this week
Ten fun things to do in Chicago on Halloween and the rest of the week.
- Music, Gossip Wolf Oct 25, 2016
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Bands dress up as better bands for Halloween at Cole’s
Plus: Gramps the Vamp celebrate their spooky, funky new LP, and south-suburban MC Calez raps about his impending fatherhood.
- Columns & Opinion, Identity & Culture Oct 24, 2016
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How not to be an offensive jerk this Halloween
Don’t even think about going as a “bad hombre."
- Blogs, Bleader Oct 21, 2016
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The Halloween Gathering Festival, Mutt Strutt, and more things to do in Chicago this weekend
Portrait of Myself as My Father, Chicago Moth StorySlam, and more happenings from October 21-23.
- Blogs, Bleader Oct 19, 2016
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Chicago experimentalist M. Sage twists a Screamin' Jay Hawkins classic into an eerie shadow of itself
Matthew Sage, who runs the excellent local Patient Sounds label, covers "I Put a Spell on You" for a Halloween compilation.
- Blogs, Bleader Oct 17, 2016
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A sandwich designed for vampires at Revival Food Hall’s Danke
Chef Scott Manley has created a bloody good seasonal sandwich.