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Music, Gig Poster of the Week Nov 27, 2020
Singing with Grace on the gig poster of the week

This week's featured gig poster was created by Chicago artist and musician Erin Page.
- By Salem Collo-Julin
- Tags: Gig Poster of the Week, gig poster, gig poster of the week, concerts, Erin Page, Uncommon Ground, Reivers, fundraisers, NIVA, GoFundMe, Grace, CIVL, concert posters, music venues

Blogs, Bleader Dec 29, 2017
The best things to do in Chicago on New Year's Eve

Hip-hop artist Noname, the Annoyance Theatre's Steamworks: The Musical, and more recommended events for New Year's Eve in Chicago
- By Steve Heisler
- Tags: Arts, Do This, Food & Drink, Music, burning bluebeard, the infinite wrench, champagne, new year's eve, voyager, noname, leor galil, lincoln hall, a night of witchcraft and wizardry, the laboratory, harry potter, DJ My Boy Elroy, uncommon ground, Beer Drinkers and Hell Raisers, big star, public house theatre, bye bye liver, marshall's landing, merchandise mart

Blogs, Bleader Dec 1, 2017
The Reader’s Made in Chicago Holiday Market, and more of the best things to do this weekend

Christmas and Winter Beer Festival at Delilah's, and more goings-on about town the weekend of December 1-3
- By Steve Heisler
- Tags: Arts, Do This, pine, uncommon ground, made in chicago holiday market, winter beer festival, delilahs, the revival, t murph, faded, interview show, mark bazer, old town school of folk music, jessica easto, read it and eat, craft coffee

Blogs, Bleader Mar 6, 2017
‘What’s Next for Illinois?’ with Ameya Pawar, the International Dinner Crawl, and more things to do in Chicago this week

Cinema Slapdown, First Tuesdays with Mick and Ben, Gender Breakdown, and more happenings from March 6-9.
- By Brianna Wellen
- Tags: Arts, Do This, What's Next for Illinois, Heartland Cafe, Ameya Pawar, Cinema Slapdown, The Lobster, Film Row Cinema, First Tuesday With Mick and Ben, Hideout, Tuesday Funk, Hopleaf, International Dinner Crawl, Rebellious Magazine, Onward, G Herbo, Lil Bibby, Metro, ThaWalls, Navy Pier, The Company You Keep, Uncommon Ground, JC Brooks, Gender Breakdown, Collaboraction

Blogs, Bleader Mar 21, 2016
A conversation with Thurston Moore, Rick Bayless at the Good Food Festival, and more things to do in Chicago this week

The Macy's Flower Show, Koval Distillery Dinner, and more happenings from March 21-24.
- By Brianna Wellen
- Tags: Arts, Do This, Good Food Festival, UIC Forum, RE|Dance Group, What Brings Me to This Place, Hamlin Park Fieldhouse Theater, It's Happening, Links Hall, Thurston Moore, Old Town School of Folk Music, Northern Triangle, Rational Park, Macy's Flower Show, Juiceboxxx, Empty Bottle, Koval Distillery, Uncommon Ground

Blogs, Bleader Jan 25, 2016
Get crocked at the Reader's Winter Mix-Off, a documentary about supper clubs, and more things to do this week

Poetry's Wintertime Party, a Charlotte Moorman exhibit, and other weekend happenings in Chicago from January 25-28.
- By Brianna Wellen
- Tags: Arts, Do This, CH Distillery dinner, Uncommon Ground, Super Smash Brothers, Emporium Arcade Bar, MoCP at 40, Museum of Contemporary Photography, All Things Must Pass, Tower Records, Gene Siskel Film Center, Charlotte Moorman, Block Museum of Art, Old-Fashioned, Wisoncisn supper club, Chicago Restaurant Week

Food & Drink, Restaurant Review Dec 29, 2015
At Appellation, Chicago's best cheese shop offers dinner and drinks

Stick to the formaggio at the wine-bar adjunct of Pastoral's new Andersonville outpost.
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Restaurant Reviews, Appellation, Pastoral, wine bar, Greg O'Neill, Ken Miller, Jesse Williams, Birchwood Kitchen, Lula, Floriole, Uncommon Ground, Bar Pastoral

Blogs, Bleader Aug 18, 2014
Video
The debut of Uncommon Ground's Greenstar, the first organic brewery in Illinois

A Hofbräuhaus veteran launches Greenstar Brewing with two organic pale ales that showcase rich malts.
- By Philip Montoro
- Tags: Beer and Metal, Music, Food & Drink, Beer and Metal, beer, metal, Greenstar Brewing, Uncommon Ground, APA, IPA, Michael Cameron, Martin Coad, Growing Home, Slow Food Chicago, Hofbrauhaus Chicago, Brew and Grow, Larry Coble, MOSA, Midwest Organic Services Association, Wilhelm Kreuzer, Helen Cameron, Willy's Wit, Kolsch, organic, certified, Meshuggah, Trap Them, High on Fire, Fertile Green, Organic Shadows, Organic Infernal, Video

Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Sidebar Jun 6, 2013
Pivoting toward the Pivot Multi-Arts Festival

The former Fable Festival becomes a two-week, multidisciplinary party.
- By Chelsea Hohn
- Tags: Performing Arts Sidebar, Pivot Arts, Uptown, Andersonville, Edgewater, Fable Festival, Ice Cream and Improv, Lickity Split Frozen Custard & Sweets, RE Dance Group, The Lonely Visitors, Senn High School Auditorium, Mucca Pazza, Goose Island, Neo-Futurists, The Carter Family Family Show, Backroom Shakespeare Project, The Taming of the Shrew, Theatre Oobleck, Charles Baudelaire, Possession: Baudelaire in a Box, Manual Cinema, ADA/AVA, Backyard BBQ Reading Series, Tanya Palmer, The Coffee House Music/Plays, Kitchen Sink Cafe, Uncommon Ground, Rough Magic!, Molly Shanahan, Mad Shak, The Delicate Hour, Berger Park, Waterfront Cafe, Cafe Antarsia Ensemble

Blogs, Bleader Sep 6, 2012
The Reader's Agenda: Thu 9/6

What's on the Agenda for Thursday, September 6, 2012
- By Drew Hunt
- Tags: Do This, XI Quarterly, Cleo's Bar & Grill, Ukrainian Village, Detroit, Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr., Double Door, Wicker Park, Kid Color, Uncommon Ground, Wrigleyville, Story Club, JT Berg, Nico Lang, Cailin Bergh.

Blogs, Bleader Jun 14, 2012
Taste of Randolph and other food and drink events

A Father's Day goat roast, a pizza-filled fest, a farewell pot luck, and more.
- By Alison Marcotte
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Food & Drink, Food Chain, Gino's East, Uncommon Ground, DANK-HAUS, Taste of Randolph, Chicago Pizza Fest, Logan Square Kitchen, Farewell Pot Luck, Red Door, Leinenkugel Brewing Co, The Plaza at The Park Grill, Chefs On The Grill, ENO Wine Room, Alpine Brand Sausages

Blogs, Bleader Mar 22, 2012
A fried-chicken-eating contest and more food and drink events this week:

A Templeton Rye documentary, The Beat Cop's Guide to Chicago Eats, a survivalist's supper, and more.
- By Daniel Gerzina
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Capone's Whiskey: The Story of Templeton Rye, Gaper's Block, Andrew Huff, Kristian Day, Mayne Stage Theater, the Southern, Francesca's Forno, Fred Noe, Jim Beam, Moonshine, Basil Hayden's, Weegee's Lounge, Three Floyd's, Saint Baldrick's Foundation, Dark Lord, Paskbord, Ikea, UNICEF, Taste of Tap, World Water Week, Top Chef, Dave Levitski, Sprout, Crux, Centered Chef, A Razor, A Shiny Knife, Sgt. David J. Haynes, Christopher Garlington, The Beat Cop's Guide to Chicago Eats, Chicago Foodways Roundtable, Kendall College School of Culinary Arts, Bread and Wine, Vinejoy, Standard Market, Cary Kanno, Haymarket Pub and Brewery, Fear No Art, The Dinner Party, Billy Branch, Poetry Slam, Marc Smith, MCA, Naomi Beckwith, Three Aces, Matt Troost, Stacy Bowie, Edith Yokley, Mayne Stage, What's Brewing in Chicago? The Politics of Beer, Elizabeth Garibay, Chicago History Museum, Tales, Taverns, and Towns, Pete Crowley, Illinois Craft Brewers Guild, The Stew Supper Club, Darkroom, Sepia, Green City Market, Growing Power, Desserts for Deserts, Hoosier Mama Pie Company, Katherine Anne Confections, Uncommon Ground, Fresh Moves, Greenhouse Loft, Samuel Adams, Alpine Spring, Franklin Tap

Blogs, Bleader Mar 15, 2012
This week's food and drink events

The Good Food Festival, a curling and lasagna event, Saint Patrick's Day specials, and more.
- By Daniel Gerzina
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Girl and the Goat, Kilgus Farms, Stillwater Artisanal Ales, Virtue Cider, Underground Goat, Cityscape Bar, Graystone Wines, Italiasia, Sheffield's, Founders Kentucky Breakfast Stout, Good Food Festival, Localicious, Autre Monde Cafe, Big Bowl, Big Jones, Chicago Diner, City Provisions, Duke's Ale House and Kitchen, Province, Trattoria No. 10, the Bedford, Saigon Sisters, Browntrout, Uncommon Ground, Revolution Brewing Company, Half Acre, Goose Island, Templeton Rye, Sunnyside Up, Real Dirt on Farmer John, Markethouse, Lent, Bell's Ale, Green Line, Good Food Festival, Bruce Sherman, North Pond Restaurant, Mark Mendez, Vera, Rob Levitt, Butcher & Larder, Paul Virant, Vie, Culinary Historians of Chicago, Jennifer McLagan, Kendall College School of Culinary Arts, Chicago Curling Club, Twisted Butter, World Senior Curling Championship, U.S. Curling Team, Ram Brewery, Saint Patrick's Day, 25 Degrees, The Gage, Pizza Persona, The Southern, Jerry's Wicker Park, Renaissance Hotel Chicago, Dinner Tales, Blackbird, Paul Kahan, Mercadito, Patricio Sandoval, Olmeca Tequila, Chichicapa Mezcal, Double A, Firestone Walker XV, DJ Grimsborg, Mas de Gourgonnier, Daniel Hodge, H2Vino, Les Baux de Provence, Bistro Campagne.

Blogs, Bleader Mar 8, 2012
Craft spirits tasting and other food and drink events

A craft spirits tasting at the Chicago Botanic Garden, a Cheese 101 class, Kilbourn Park's Gardening Exchange Event, Brews for History, and more.
- By Daniel Gerzina
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Chicago Botanic Garden, Death's Door Spirits, Templeton Rye Spirits, Angel's Envy, Rhum Clement, Dumante, Kindred Spirits, Hoyt's Chicago, Goose Island, Nicholas Barron, Setai Fifth Avenue, Femme Du Coupe, Mad Men, Joan Holloway, Fleur de Lis Flower Shop, Alliance Francaise, Festivale de la Francophonie, Soiree Commune, Signature Room, 97.1 The Drive, Bob Stroud, Kilbourn Park Organic Greenhouse, David Snyder, Uncommon Ground, The Southern, Butch McGuire's, Chicago House, Fairmont Chicago, ENO Wine Bar, Matt Whalen, Pastoral Lakeview, Carnivale, Casa Noble, St. Patrick's Day, Guinness, Bailey's, Katherine Anne Confections, Brews for History, Chicago Metro History Fair, Haymarket Pub and Brewery, Beer and Revolutionaries, Bill Savage.

Music, Soundboard Jun 30, 2011
Soundboard: June 30-July 6

White Fence, Fucked Up, Hex Machine, Devin Townsend Project and other notable shows
- By Miles Raymer, Peter Margasak, Brian Costello, Monica Kendrick, and Leor Galil
- Tags: Soundboard, Devin Townsend Project, Hex Machine, Origin, Bill Callahan, Karayorgis/Dijkstra Quintet, Fucked Up, Jeff the Brotherhood, Bill Fox, Carla Morrison, Trevor Watts & Veryan Weston, White Fence, Diogo Nogueira, Borgore, House of Blues, Beat Kitchen, Reggie's Rock Club, Hungry Brain, Lincoln Hall, Uncommon Ground, Darkroom, Heaven Gallery, Hideout, Empty Bottle, Pritzker Pavilion, Millennium Park, Metro, Reggies’ Rock Club

Blogs, Bleader Feb 24, 2011
This Week's Food and Drink Events

An Oscar viewing party, a celebration of chicken wings, a whiskey dinner, and more.
- By Sam Worley
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Uncommon Ground, Templeton Rye, Quince, Austrian wine dinner, Scott Quint, Andy Motto, Morton Arboretum, Beer and Chocolate Tasting, Two Brothers Brewing Company, Graham's Fine Chocolates & Ice Cream, Wolfgang Puck, Oscars, Academy Awards, viewing party, Governors Ball, Black Swan, Natalie Portman, Mark Kasper, Kit Kat Louge & Supper Club, West Town Tavern, Alsace, Gustave Lorentz, wine dinner, Wing Fest, Jake Melnick's Corner Tap, Chicago Neighbors United, Best of the Fest, Cadillac Dave and the Chicago Redhots, XRT, WXRT, Lin Brehmer, Lord of the Wings, Bailey Auditorium

Food & Drink, Food & Drink News Feb 3, 2011
Valentine's Day Specials (2011)

Where Cupidity reigns
- Tags: Food & Drink News, Valentine's Day, restaurant listings, specials, Balsan, The Bento Box, Big Jones, Bistro Bordeaux, Blokes & Birds, Boka, The Bristol, Ceres' Table, Chizakaya, The Gage, Girl & the Goat, Graham Elliot, Hearty, Jacky's on Prairie, Henri, Los Moles, Marigold, Mercadito Chicago, Morton Arboretum, Nana, People Lounge, Prairie Fire, Province, Ria, Saigon Sisters, Shokran, Sixteen, SushiSamba Rio, Swissotel Chicago, Taxim, 312 Chicago, Uncommon Ground on Devon, Uncommon Ground, Vie, West Town Tavern

Blogs, Bleader Jan 13, 2011
This Week's Food and Drink Events

A meal with Jim Beam, a meal for James Beard, a meal by Julia Child, and more.
- By Sam Worley
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Three Sisters Garden, Tracey Vowell, Frontera Grill, Topolobampo, Sarah Stegner, George Bumbaris, Pleasant Ridge Reserve, Collaborative Chef dinners, Prairie Fire, Check, Please!, Alpana Singh, Dawgs, Please! Franks 'n' Dawgs, Vanille Patisserie, Julia Child, Avis DeVoto, As Always, Julia, Mastering the Art of French Cooking, Joan Reardon, Naha, Alliance Francaise, Madelaine Bullwinkel, Beer Bistro Menu, Bernie Lubbers, Jim Beam, Fred Booker Noe III, Bourbon Dinner and Tasting, Harmony Grill, Shubas, Dietzler Farm, Graziano Family of Wines, Uncommon Ground, Daniel Jacob, Dirk Flanigan, Henri, the Gage, James Beard, James Beard House, Dalmore, Jura, scotch tasting, vertical tasting

Blogs, Bleader Dec 9, 2010
This Week's Food and Drink Events

A pastry market, a holiday entree demonstration, and plenty of beer tastings.
- By Sam Worley
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Delilah's, holiday beer tasting, Christmas, Three Floyds, Logan Square Kitchen, Christmas market, Mayana Chocolate, Celestial Kitchens, Flour Cake and Pastry, Floriole Bakery, Sweet Miss Givings, Tinycakes, Defloured, Fritz Pastry, ChicaGourmets, Jam, Jeffrey Mauro, Antonin Rodet, Seifried, Check, Please!, Cheese, Please!, Marion Street Cheese Market Cafe, Alpana Singh, Alpana Pours, Gale Gand, Chocolate and Vanilla, Corner Cooks, Uncommon Ground, Half Acre Beer Dinner, Gossamer Golden Ale, Half Acre Beer, Daisy Cutter Pale Ale, Dietzler Farm, Thunder and Sons Brown Ale, Slagel Family Farm, Louis John Slagel, Markethouse, Scott Walton, the Bluebird, Coniston, Meantime, Dark Hose, Great Lakes

Blogs, Bleader Nov 11, 2010
This Week's Food and Drink Events

A history of candy, a celebration of pinot noir, a conference on sustainable meat, and more.
- By Sam Worley
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Robert Morris University, Shedd Aquarium, sustainable seafood, Right Bite, Jenny Lewis, Sweet Chicago Tours, Dandy Candy History, Culinary Historians of Chicago, Columbian Exposition, Great American Cooking Expo, Alterra Coffee, Mike Ebert, Whole Foods Market, Jason Handleman, Arlington Park Racetrack, pinot noir, Pinot Days, Grand Festival, wine dinner, Uncommon Ground, Province, Navy Pier, Meg Bell, Koval Distillery, Paul McGee, The Whistler, Adam Seger, Hum Botanical Spirit, Provenance Food and Wine, State of the Plate, Niman Ranch, Paul Willis, Kendal College, Christ Koetke, Dietzler Farms, Organic Prairie, Robert Kenner, Food, Inc., Harold Washington Library Center, Robert Morris University, Moonshine Brewing Company, Matt Wilde, Bob Kitrell, brewer's dinner

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

A pie contest, a vegan festival, a German buffet, and more.
- By Sam Worley
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Uncommon Ground, Great Lakes Brewing Company, Cleveland, Eliot Ness Amber Lager, Burning River Pale Ale, Chicago VeganMania, veganism, Chicago Diner, Soul Vegetarian, Carol J. Adams, The Sexual Politics of Meat: A Feminist-Vegetarian Critical Theory, Rock Bottom Brewery, Oktoberfest, Rocktoberfest, knockwurst, spaetzle, German cuisine, beer, City Provisions Deli, crop mob, Spence Farm, Frontera Grill, Blackbird, Bucktown Apple Pie Contest, apple pie, Gale Gand, Holstein Park, Jack Bishop, America's Test Kitchen, America's Test Kitchen Healthy Family Cookbook, The Book Table, Academy for Global Citizenship, Chicago Public Schools, school lunch, nutrition, Global Grazing, Bill Kim, Paul Kahan, Stephanie Izard

Blogs, Bleader Aug 26, 2010
This Week's Food and Drink Events

A spirits dinner, a pig roast, a beer party, and more.
- By Sam Worley
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, ChicaGourmets, Argentine Steak and Wine Dinner, La Nina, Tango Sur, Uncommon Ground, Death's Door Spirits, The American Family Farm, family farms, Jon Hoek, pig roast, Belstra Milling, Belstra Farm, Kennedy-King College, Revolution Brewing, Half Acre, Three Floyds, Goose Island, Belgian Fest, Purple Asparagus, Corks & Crayons, Uncommon Ground on Devon, Chicago Gourmet, Dine Around

Food & Drink, Restaurant Review Jul 1, 2010
Farm to Table

Twelve restaurants featuring market fare
- By Mike Sula, Martha Bayne, Gary Wiviott, Anne Spiselman, Kate Schmidt, Nicholas Day, and David Hammond
- Tags: Restaurant Reviews, Balsan, Bonsoiree Cafe & Delicacies, Browntrout, David Burke's Primehouse, Elate, Erwin, Mado, Markethouse, North Pond, Perennial, Uncommon Ground on Devon, Uncommon Ground, Vie, Bonsoiree

Blogs, Bleader Jun 23, 2010
Ain't Easy Being Green

The Green Chicago Restaurant Co-op has released its inaugural list of area restaurants that are certified green.
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Environment, Eco, Green Chicago Restaurant Co-op, Ina Pinkney, Dan Rosenthal, Green Restaurant Association, Green Seal, Ina's, Avec, Big Jones, Blackbird, Blind Faith Cafe, The Dining Room at Kendall College, Frontera Grill, Topolobampo, Keefer's, Poag Mahone's, Simone's Bar, Roti Mediterranean Grill, Trattoria No. 10, Uncommon Ground

Blogs, Bleader Jun 17, 2010
This Week's Food and Drink Events

A paella parade, an apiary tour, an absinthe tasting, and more.
- By Sam Worley
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, paella, El Coto de Tioja Paella Parade, Whole Foods Lincoln Park, Shana Petrone, fashion show, raffle, Sweet Summer Solstice Potluck Supper, Chicago Honey Co-op, Show Food Chicago, bee etiquette, Chicago Foodways Roundtable, O Canada, Canadian cuisine, Chad Rubel, Judy Hevrdejs, Beth Fisher, Patrick La Reviere, Erika Dufour, Kendall College, Rebecca Wheeler, Argyle Avenue, Asian cuisine, Growing Home, Wood Street Urban Farm, Growing a Green, Health Neighborhood, Harry Rhodes, WBEZ, Chicago Public Radio, Kocoa Scott-Winbush, Fork and the Road, A Tavola, absinthe, Delilah's, Vincent van Gogh, Uncommon Ground, Goose Island, Brian Millman, Demolition, Prince Edward Island mussels, Rock Bottom Brewery, Pig Out Around the World Beer Dinner, pork

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