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Blogs, Bleader Feb 12, 2018
Shootings and homicides decrease as carjackings surge, and other Chicago news

Also, Chicago matches snowfall record with nine straight days of measurable snow.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, Chicago, Illinois, gun violence, gang violence, carjackings, winter weather, National Weather Service, Garry McCarthy, Chicago Bears, Irish American Heritage Center, SEIU, Steve McMichael, Dan Hampton, Otis Wilson, Mike Adamle, Ed O'Bradovich, Election 2019, Chicago Police Department, Xerox, Cook County, Joe Berrios, Fritz Kaegi, Joseph Berrios, Election 2018, Chicago Cubs, Yu Darvish, Los Angeles Dodgers, World Series, Jake Arrieta

Music, Gossip Wolf Jun 14, 2016
Dan Whitaker & the Shinebenders work hard for hard-working country fans

Plus: ESS hosts its ninth annual Experimental Garage Sale, Myth Fest debuts with an ambitious bill of international electronic music, and more.
- By J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil
- Tags: Gossip Wolf, Dan Whitaker and the Shinebenders, Dan Whitaker, Shinebenders, Truck Ride, Cole’s, Bernice’s Tavern, country, Stony Island Stomp, Booze Is Good, Experimental Sound Studio, Experimental Garage Sale, ESS, ninth annual, circuit bending, electronics, raffle, Myth Fest, Myth Festival, Irish American Heritage Center, Jonas Rathsman, Waze and Odyssey, Tyree Cooper, Hieroglyphic Being, Steve Mizek, Savile, Argot Soundsystem, Contintental, ten years, birthday, anniversary, barbecue, bar, Humboldt Park

Blogs, Bleader Mar 14, 2016
David Cross returns to stand-up, Saint Patrick's Day celebrations continue, and more things to do in Chicago this week

Shen Yun, Bring Your Own Beat, Culinary Fight Club, and more happenings from March 14-17.
- By Brianna Wellen
- Tags: Arts, Do This, Underneath the Lintel, Links Hall, Chicago Sinfonietta, Bring Your Own Beat, Symphony Center, Confidential Musical Theatre Project, Stage 773, Shen Yun, Civic Opera House, Culinary Fight Club, Chop Shop, Off the Paddy Wagon, the Cornservatory, Saint Patrick's Day Celebration, Irish American Heritage Center

Blogs, Bleader Jun 16, 2013
Reader's Agenda Sun 6/16: Bloomsday, Eleventh Dream Day, and HMS Pinafore

What's on the Reader's Agenda for Sunday, June 16
- By Tosten Burks
- Tags: Do This, Arts, Bloomsday, James Joyce, Irish American Heritage Center, Eleventh Dream Day, Hideout, HMS Pinafore, Cahn Auditorium

Blogs, Bleader Mar 16, 2013
Reader's Agenda Sat 3/16: the river goes green, the Saint Patrick's Festival, and TMBG

What's on the Reader's Agenda for Saturday, March 16, 2013
- By Katie Kather
- Tags: Do This, Arts, Saint Patrick's Day, river dyeing, Saint Patrick's Festival, the Vic, Irish American Heritage Center, They Might Be Giants

Blogs, Bleader Dec 9, 2012
Reader's Agenda, Sun 12/9: botanic Hanukkah, a Hurricane Sandy benefit, and a pop-up book fair

What's on the Agenda for Sunday, December 9, 2012
- By Drew Hunt
- Tags: Do This, Arts, Hanukkah, Chicago Botanic Garden, Prop Thtr, Avondale, Irish American Heritage Center, Sandy benefit, From Lake Show to Jersey Show, Empty Bottle, Pop Up Book Fair, Chicago Writers House

Blogs, Bleader Jun 12, 2012
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An appraisal of Conan O'Brien at Just for Laughs

Asher Klein and Kevin Warwick discuss Conan's live show on Monday, June 11, with Rahm Emanuel and Jack McBreyer stopping by the Chicago Theater
- By Asher Klein and Kevin Warwick
- Tags: Arts, Laughs Week, Conan O'Brien, Just for Laughs, late night TV, Vince Vaughn, Jim Belushi, live TV, Irish American Heritage Center, Video

Music, Music Sidebar Jul 7, 2011
Best of the rest of the week's fests

Warped Tour, Chosen Few Old School Reunion Picnic, Irish American Heritage Festival, and Roscoe Village Burger Fest round out the weekend
- By Luca Cimarusti
- Tags: Music Sidebar, Warped Tour, Chosen Few, Irish American Heritage Festival, Roscoe Village Burger Fest, Less Than Jake, Simple Plan, Attack Attack!, Hawaiians Pepper, Winds of Plague, Foxy shazam, Grieves, Black Veil Brides, Blood on the Dance Floor, Aggrolites, Set Your Goals, the Acacia Strain, Unwritten Law, Hellogoodbye, Lucero, Big D & the Kids, Reliant K, Chosen Few DJs, Wayne Williams, Alan King, Tony Hatchett, Terry Hunter, Frankie Knuckles, Ten City, the Tossers, Gaelic Storm, McPeake, the Mickey Finns, Dooley Brothers, Baal Tinne, Shannon Rovers, Foghat, Smithereens, Otter Petter, Super Happy Fun Club, Canasta, Todd Carey, First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre, Irish American Heritage Center

Blogs, Bleader May 19, 2011
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This Week's Movie Action

New reviews and notable screenings in this week's issue.
- By J.R. Jones
- Tags: Film, The Autobiography of Nicolai Ceausescu, Gene Siskel Film Center, Andrei Ujica, Romania, Bill Cunningham New York, New York Times, The First Grader, In the Land of the Free..., Angola 3, Human Rights Watch Film Festival, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, Johnny Depp, Priest movie, Paul Bettany, The Topp Twins: Untouchable Girls, New Zealand, Charlie Chaplin, The Circus, Alfred Hitchcock Frenzy, Frenzy movie, University of Chicago Doc Films, The Great Dictator, Frank Borzage, Little Man, What Now?, Portage theater, Jafar Panahi Offside, Offside movie, Irish American Heritage Center, John Conroy, Steve McQueen, Hunger movie, Music Box, Sidney Lumet, The Verdict, movies, Video

Arts & Culture, Calendar Mar 10, 2011
Saint Patrick's Day 2011 in Chicago

Where to don the green
- Tags: Calendar, St. Patrick's Day, Chicago, Abbey Pub, Atwood Cafe, Blokes & Birds, Dunlays on Clark, E. Leaven, Emerald Loop, Fado, Navy Pier, The Gage, Kit Kat Supper Club, Chicago's Historic Irish Pubs, Mike Danahey, Allison Hantschel, Mayne Stage, Garfield Park Conservatory, Mrs. Murphy & Sons Irish Bistro, Hideout, She-Nannigans House of Beer, Symphony Center, Beverly Arts Center, Temple Bar, parade, Irish American Heritage Center, Mahoney's Pub & Grille, Vie, Morton's the Steakhouse, E. Leaven Food Company, Emerald Loop Bar & Grill, Fado Irish Pub, Kit Kat Lounge & Supper Club, The Mayne Stage Theater

Music, Music Sidebar Jul 8, 2010
Other Festivals

The rest of the weekend's notable music festivals
- By Kevin Warwick
- Tags: Music Sidebar, Great Performers of Illinois, Irish American Heritage Festival, Kuma's Corner, Roscoe Village Burger Fest, World's Largest Block Party, Spoon, Tossers, Elders, metal, burgers, Earthride, Gin Blossoms, Red Fang, Irish American Heritage Center, Millennium Park

Music, Music Sidebar May 27, 2010
Summer Guide: Follow the Music

The biggest and best of the music fests
- By Reader staff
- Tags: Music Sidebar, Chicago Gospel Music Festival, Millennium Park, Do-Division Street Fest, Chicago Blues Fest, Ribfest Chicago, Metronome Celebration, Taste of Randolph Street, Takin' It to the Streets, Inner-City Muslim Action Network, Marquette Park, Taste of Chicago, Green Music Fest, African/Caribbean International Festival of Life, Washington Park, Irish American Heritage Festival, Irish American Heritage Center, Chicago Folk & Roots Festival, Welles Park, West Fest, Pitchfork Music Festival, Union Park, Milwaukee Avenue Arts Festival, Wicker Park Fest, Grant Park, Neon Marshmallow Fest, Viaduct Theater, Caribbean Festival, Union Park, African Festival of the Arts, Washington Park, Chicago Jazz Festival, Viva! Chicago Latin Music Festival, Constellation

Arts & Culture, Calendar Apr 15, 2010
Chicago Earth Day Events

The celebration turns 40 this year.
- By Lauri Apple
- Tags: Special Event, Gompers Park, Lincoln Park Zoo, Irish American Heritage Center, Loyola University, Quinlan Life Sciences Building, Spertus Institute of Jewish Studies, Spertus Institute

Blogs, Bleader Feb 27, 2009
Heads Up

This week's talks, tastings, and events
- By Julia Thiel
- Tags: Food & Drink, Food Chain, Paul Kahan, Open That Bottle Night, Masouleh, Metropolitan Brewing, Publican, Friday Night Lenten Fish Fry, Irish American Heritage Center, Oriental Institute, Trader Vicâ€™s, Brew Masters, Banana Split 7-Inch, Shawn McClain, Soup-Off, The Haute Cuisine of Ancient Mesopotamia, Chicago Restaurant Week

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Shootings and homicides decrease as carjackings surge, and other Chicago news

Also, Chicago matches snowfall record with nine straight days of measurable snow.

Dan Whitaker & the Shinebenders work hard for hard-working country fans

Plus: ESS hosts its ninth annual Experimental Garage Sale, Myth Fest debuts with an ambitious bill of international electronic music, and more.

David Cross returns to stand-up, Saint Patrick's Day celebrations continue, and more things to do in Chicago this week

Shen Yun, Bring Your Own Beat, Culinary Fight Club, and more happenings from March 14-17.

Reader's Agenda Sun 6/16: Bloomsday, Eleventh Dream Day, and HMS Pinafore

What's on the Reader's Agenda for Sunday, June 16

Reader's Agenda Sat 3/16: the river goes green, the Saint Patrick's Festival, and TMBG

What's on the Reader's Agenda for Saturday, March 16, 2013

Reader's Agenda, Sun 12/9: botanic Hanukkah, a Hurricane Sandy benefit, and a pop-up book fair

What's on the Agenda for Sunday, December 9, 2012

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An appraisal of Conan O'Brien at Just for Laughs

Asher Klein and Kevin Warwick discuss Conan's live show on Monday, June 11, with Rahm Emanuel and Jack McBreyer stopping by the Chicago Theater

Best of the rest of the week's fests

Warped Tour, Chosen Few Old School Reunion Picnic, Irish American Heritage Festival, and Roscoe Village Burger Fest round out the weekend

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New reviews and notable screenings in this week's issue.

Saint Patrick's Day 2011 in Chicago

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The biggest and best of the music fests

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The celebration turns 40 this year.

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Also, Chicago matches snowfall record with nine straight days of measurable snow.

Plus: ESS hosts its ninth annual Experimental Garage Sale, Myth Fest debuts with an ambitious bill of international electronic music, and more.

Shen Yun, Bring Your Own Beat, Culinary Fight Club, and more happenings from March 14-17.

What's on the Reader's Agenda for Sunday, June 16

What's on the Reader's Agenda for Saturday, March 16, 2013

What's on the Agenda for Sunday, December 9, 2012

Asher Klein and Kevin Warwick discuss Conan's live show on Monday, June 11, with Rahm Emanuel and Jack McBreyer stopping by the Chicago Theater

Warped Tour, Chosen Few Old School Reunion Picnic, Irish American Heritage Festival, and Roscoe Village Burger Fest round out the weekend

New reviews and notable screenings in this week's issue.

Where to don the green

The rest of the weekend's notable music festivals

The biggest and best of the music fests

The celebration turns 40 this year.

This week's talks, tastings, and events

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