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Blogs, Bleader Apr 7, 2017
National Robotics Week, Focus on Syria, and more things to do this weekend

Funny Grabs Back, Ali Wong, and more happenings from April 7-9.
- By Brianna Wellen
- Tags: Arts, Do This, Liz Gerring Dance Company, Horizon, Columbia College Dance Center, Funny Grabs Back, Pinwheel Records, the Ladylike Project, The Interview Show, Hideout, Sweet Spirit, Empty Bottle, Midwest Rum Fest, Logan Square Auditorium, Ali Wong, Chicago Theatre, National Robotics Week, Museum of Science and Industry, Six Organs of Admittance, Empty Bottle, Focus on Syria, Osama Alomar, Dr. Rock, the Franklin, Coco Picard, The Chronicles of Fortune

Blogs, Bleader Jan 6, 2017
A Gwendolyn Brooks celebration, Fact-checking in the Age of Trumpism, and more things to do in Chicago this weekend

Ian’s Party, The Interview Show viewing party, and more happenings from January 6-8.
- By Brianna Wellen
- Tags: Arts, Do This, Mark Bazer, The Interview Show, Hideout, Verge, Links Hall, Ian's Party, 1st Ward, Double Door, Subterranean, Embracing the Chaos, Dittmar Gallery, A Closer Look at the Ordinary, Catherine Edelman Gallery, Fact-checking in the Age of Trumpism, Uncharted Books, Revise the Psalm, Gwendolyn Brooks, Logan Center for the Arts, Cocktails and Humor, CH Distillery, Arguments & Grievances, North Bar

Blogs, Bleader Dec 2, 2016
Renegade Holiday Craft Fair, Marc Maron, and more things to do in Chicago this weekend

The Nutcracker, Krampusfest, and other happenings from December 2-4
- By Brianna Wellen
- Tags: Arts, Do This, Mark Bazer, The Interview Show, Hideout, Laura Jane Grace, Women & Children First, Honey, Same Planet Different World Dance Theatre, Dovetail Studios, Renegade Holiday Craft Fair, Bridgeport Art Center, Krampusfest, Martyrs, Michael Lenehan, Book Cellar, Marc Maron, the Vic, Reindeer Crawl, D.S. Tequila, Moscow Ballet, The Nutcracker, Rosemont Theater, Stephanie Izard, Daniel Biss, Patrick Klepek, Vice

Blogs, Bleader Oct 3, 2016
A vice-presidential debate party, Joe Swanberg live, and more things to do in Chicago this week

Adam Ruins Everything Live!, Taco vs. Pizza, and more happenings from October 3-6
- By Brianna Wellen
- Tags: Arts, Do This, Allison Crutchfield, Beat Kitchen, Adam Ruins Everything, Adam Conover, Park West, Vice Presidential Debate Watch, Chicago History Museum, Tuesday Funk, Hopleaf, Baudelaire in a Box, Links Hall, Reading Under the Influence, Sheffield's, The Interview Show, Hideout, Taco vs. Pizza, Empty Bottle

Blogs, Bleader Sep 7, 2016
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The Hideout family celebrate 20 years on Saturday with a relaxed, neighborly reunion party

The Hideout isn't having a full-blown Block Party this year, but you can still see Eleventh Dream Day, Kelly Hogan, the Lawrence Peters Outfit, Robbie Fulks, the JC Brooks Band, Devil in a Woodpile, the reunited Mr. Rudy Day, and many more.
- By Bill Meyer
- Tags: Chicagoland, Do This, History, Music, Hideout, Katie Tuten, Tim Tuten, Jim Hinschliff, Mike Hinschliff, Mr. Rudy Day, Eleventh Dream Day, Tim Samuelson, reunion, anniversary, 20th, Robbie Fulks, Lawrence Peters, Jon Langford, Skull Orchard, White Mystery, Vision Celestial Guitarkestra, Plastic Crimewave, Steve Krakow, Devil in a Woodpile, JC Brooks, Kelly Hogan, Andy Hopkins, Geoff Greenberg, Rick Rizzo, Janet Beveridge Bean, Amazing Mr. Ash, Nora O’Connor, Gerald Dowd, Liam Davis, Matt Rizzo, Horizon of Darkness, Soup & Bread, The Interview Show, Plaster Caster, Weeds, Hideout Block Party, Video

Blogs, Bleader Nov 30, 2015
Rick Bayless, ZooLights with beer, and more things to do in Chicago to kick off December

The Interview Show, BrewLights, and more events in Chicago from November 30-December 3
- By Brianna Wellen
- Tags: Arts, Do This, Agenda, Down the Rabbit Hole, The Interview Show, Lyra Hill, Moon Moods, Brew Lights, Lincoln Park Zoo, Planned Parenthood, East Room, Festival of Poets Theater, McCormick Tribune Ice Rink

Blogs, Bleader Feb 1, 2013
Reader's Agenda Fri 2/1: The Interview Show, Big Freedia, and John Malkovich

What's on the Reader's Agenda for Friday, February 1, 2013.
- By Drew Hunt
- Tags: Do This, Arts, Mark Bazer, The Interview Show, Jon Langford, Stephanie Izard, Girl & the Goat, Bill Zehme, Lost in the Funhouse: The Life and Mind of Andy Kaufman, Schadenfreude, Ryan Gosling, Big Freedia, Empty Bottle, Baathhaus, Swimsuit Addition, John Malkovich, Jack Unterweger, The Infernal Comedy: Confessions of a Serial Killer, Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Blogs, Bleader Jan 4, 2013
Reader's Agenda Fri 1/4: Shatner's World, the Interview Show, and Ian's Party

What's on the Reader's Agenda for Friday, January 4, 2013
- By Drew Hunt
- Tags: Do This, Arts, Mark Bazer, Hideout, The Interview Show, Rebecca Skloot, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, Moto, Homaro Cantu, Henry Wishcamper, Other Desert Cities, The Stone Chromatics, Shatner's World: We Just Live In It, William Shatner, Paramount Theatre, The Transformed Man, Ian's Party, The Arrivals, The House that Gloria Vanderbilt, and Dr. Manhattan, Township, Quenchers, cheap beer

Blogs, Bleader Oct 5, 2012
The Reader's Agenda: Fri 10/5

What's on the Agenda for Friday, October 5, 2012
- By Drew Hunt
- Tags: Do This, Chicago Artists Month, Bridgeport Arts Center, Reggie's Rock Club, Smoke Dza, Mr. Muthafuckin' Exquire, Flatbush Zombies, Leor Galil, Cashius Green with Pheo, Nakim, Kembe X & Alex Wiley, the Hideout, Wicker Park, Mark Brazer, The Interview Show, Curtis Duffy, Michael Muser, Lil' Rel, Frank Catalan

Blogs, Bleader Aug 3, 2012
The Reader's Agenda: Fri 8/3

What's on the Agenda for Friday, August 3, 2012
- By Drew Hunt
- Tags: Do This, Steve Walters, Screwball Press, Metrospective, Wrigleyville, Logan Square, Township, Whistler Records signee Cains & Abe, My Life is Easy, The Interview Show, Mark Bazer, Gillian Flynn, Lagunitas Brewing, Tony Magee.

Blogs, Bleader Jun 1, 2012
The Reader's Agenda: Fri 6/1

What's on the Agenda for Friday, June 1
- By Drew Hunt
- Tags: Do This, Agenda, the Interview Show, Do Division Street

Blogs, Bleader Jun 4, 2010
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The Interview Show: Charlie Trotter, Tracy Letts
- By Whet Moser
- Tags: Chicagoland, Food Chain, Food & Drink, Performing Arts, Arts, The Interview Show, Mark Bazer, Tracy Letts, Charlie Trotter, Kid Sister, Hannibal Burress, Moto, Homaro Cantu, Ben Roche, Video

Blogs, Bleader May 7, 2010
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The Interview Show: Homaro Cantu, Ben Roche, Jonathan Eig, and Yuri Lane

The lineup for tonight's edition of the Interview Show, plus Steve James talking Allen Iverson.
- By Whet Moser
- Tags: Chicagoland, Food Chain, Film, Food & Drink, Mark Bazer, The Interview Show, Hideout, Homaro Cantu, Jonathan Eig, Yuri Lane, Steve James, No Crossover: The Trial of Allen Iverson, 30 for 30, Straight Outta LA, Ice Cube, John Scheinfeld, We Believe: The Movie, Ben Roche, Video

Blogs, Bleader May 6, 2010
This Week's Food and Drink Events

A tasting of Indonesian cuisine, an interview with Moto chefs Homaro Cantu and Ben Roche, a lecture on the politics of foie gras, and more.
- By Sam Worley
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Wine Enthusiast, wine producers, jazz, Blackbird, Lockwood, Boka, Tru, Toast of the Town, Field Museum, Field Museum Education Program, Fred Scherrer, Scherrer Winery, California Wine Dinner, Naha, Carrie Nahabedian, rose, chardonnary, pinot noir, cabernet, Colleen Taylor Sen, Curry: A Global History, Chicago Public Library, Sip Coffee House, The Rice Table, rendang daging, opor ayam, krupuk, Indonesian cuisine, Deleece Grill Pub, Josh Hansen, Lagunitas Brewing Company, pork belly, panzanella, sausage, Wilco Tango Foxtrot, Dogtown Pale Ale, molecular gastronomy, Moto, Future Food, Planet Green, Homaro Cantu, Ben Roche, The Interview Show, Mark Bazer, Hideout, Northwestern University, Michaela DeSoucey, Gullet Politics, easy target, foie gras, animal rights, Chicago Foodways Roundtable, Kendall College, Green City Market, Peggy Notabaert Nature Museum, Lincoln Park

Blogs, Bleader Apr 2, 2010
Dinner & a Show: Friday 4/2

Recommended events paired with nearby restaurants.
- By Whet Moser
- Tags: Chicagoland, Food Chain, Film, Music, Visual Art, Food & Drink, The Chicago Aldermen Project, 50 Aldermen/50 Artists, Johalla Projects, The Bluebird, Daniel Everett, Museum of Contemporary Art, MCA, New Artists/New Work, Silver Spoon, The Interview Show, Mark Bazer, Steve James, No Crossover, Kid Sister, The Southern, High on Fire, Lincoln Hall, Kith & Kin, Dillinger Escape Plan, South Coast, Mid-August Lunch, Music Box, Deleece

Blogs, Bleader Apr 1, 2010
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Toni Preckwinkle on The Interview Show; Next Up, Steve James & Kid Sister

Mark Bazer's latest lineup of local luminaries.
- By Whet Moser
- Tags: Chicagoland, Politics, Clout City, The Interview Show, Steve James, No Crossover: The Trial of Allen Iverson, Landmark's Century Centre, Brian Dickie, Chicago Opera Theater, COT, Frederica von Stade, Laura On Laura, Barrel of Monkeys, Laura Grey, Laura McKenzie, Toni Preckwinkle, Hideout, Prisoner of Her Past, late-onset PTSD, Video

Blogs, Bleader Mar 5, 2010
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Toni Preckwinkle on The Interview Show

Toni Preckwinkle, Democratic candidate for Cook County Board President, sits down with Mark Bazer at the Hideout.
- By Whet Moser
- Tags: Chicagoland, Politics, Clout City, Mark Bazer, Toni Preckwinkle, Hyde Park, Hyde Park Issue, Paul Kahan, Bloodshot Records, Rob Miller, Nan Warshaw, Hideout, The Interview Show, Video

Blogs, Bleader Apr 29, 2009
Special Soup and Bread--and TIFs--tonight

Ben Joravsky talks tough on TIFs tonight at an encore Soup and Bread.
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Food & Drink, Food Chain, Tifs, Scott Waguespack, Ben Joravsky, The Hideout, Martha Bayne, The Interview Show, Mark Bazer, Soup and Bread, blogsherpa, Daniel O'Neil, EveryBlockChicago

Blogs, Bleader Jun 5, 2008
"What the Hell Is the City Council Up to?"

Mick Dumke at the Hideout Friday
- By Kate Schmidt
- Tags: News, Clout City, Chicago City Council, Mick Dumke, The Hideout, The Interview Show, Mark Bazer

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Funny Grabs Back, Ali Wong, and more happenings from April 7-9.

Ian’s Party, The Interview Show viewing party, and more happenings from January 6-8.

The Nutcracker, Krampusfest, and other happenings from December 2-4

Adam Ruins Everything Live!, Taco vs. Pizza, and more happenings from October 3-6

The Hideout isn't having a full-blown Block Party this year, but you can still see Eleventh Dream Day, Kelly Hogan, the Lawrence Peters Outfit, Robbie Fulks, the JC Brooks Band, Devil in a Woodpile, the reunited Mr. Rudy Day, and many more.

The Interview Show, BrewLights, and more events in Chicago from November 30-December 3

What's on the Reader's Agenda for Friday, February 1, 2013.

What's on the Reader's Agenda for Friday, January 4, 2013

What's on the Agenda for Friday, October 5, 2012

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The lineup for tonight's edition of the Interview Show, plus Steve James talking Allen Iverson.

A tasting of Indonesian cuisine, an interview with Moto chefs Homaro Cantu and Ben Roche, a lecture on the politics of foie gras, and more.

Recommended events paired with nearby restaurants.

Mark Bazer's latest lineup of local luminaries.

Toni Preckwinkle, Democratic candidate for Cook County Board President, sits down with Mark Bazer at the Hideout.

Ben Joravsky talks tough on TIFs tonight at an encore Soup and Bread.

Mick Dumke at the Hideout Friday

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