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Blogs, Bleader Mar 23, 2018
Cedric the Entertainer and more of the best things to do in Chicago this weekend

WhiskyFest and more goings-on March 23-25.
- By Rachel Yang
- Tags: Arts, Do This, LeVar Burton, Fourth Presbyterian Church of Chicago, whisky, whiskey, WhiskyFest, Hyatt Regency, Mia Chung, You for Me for You, Victory Gardens Theater, Windy City Rollers, UIC Pavilion, Cedric the Entertainer, Chicago Theatre, Aura Aura Pop-up, Ace Hotel

Blogs, Bleader Feb 24, 2017
A Field Museum-themed pop-up bar, an Oscars viewing party, and more things to do in Chicago this weekend

The Windy City Rollers' Juanna Rumble Cup, The NoSleep Podcast live, and more happenings from February 24-26
- By Brianna Wellen
- Tags: Arts, Do This, Juanna Rumble Cup, UIC Pavilion, Windy City Rollers, Silent Party, the Promontory, Tell Me Something Good, Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Derrick Adams, Soulful Chicago Black History Book Fair, Hashbrown Chili Cook-Off, Spudnik Press, the Backroom, Specimens, Field Museum, Chicago Athletic Association, Empty Bottle Book Club, Handmaid's Tale, the Empty Bottle, OscArts of Life PArty, North Bar, The NoSleep Podcast, SPACE

Blogs, Bleader Sep 16, 2014
Reader's Agenda Tue 9/16: Black and Blue Gala, Taste Around Town, and EMA

What's on the Reader's Agenda for Tuesday, September 16
- By Brianna Wellen
- Tags: Do This, Arts, Windy City Rollers, Black and Blue Gala, Taste Around Town, Gilt Bar, Carriage House, Au Cheval, Max's Wine Dive, Spoon, Chicago Theatre, EMA

Blogs, Bleader Sep 12, 2014
Windy City Rollers celebrate a decade of cruisin' and bruisin'

The roller derby league holds the Black and Blue Gala in honor of their ten-year anniversary.
- By Brianna Wellen
- Tags: Boom!, Sports, Windy City Rollers, Juanna Rumbel, Sister Sledgehammer, UIC Pavilion, Logan Square Auditorium, Val Capone, roller derby

Blogs, Bleader Jan 18, 2014
Reader's Agenda Sat 1/18: Windy City Rollers, Soul Summit, and Heavens What Have I Done?

What's on the Reader's Agenda for Saturday, January 18
- By Jillian Sandler
- Tags: Do This, Arts, Windy City Rollers, UIC Pavilion, Manic Attackers, Fury, Double Crossers, Hell's Belles, Soul Summit, Double Door, Sloppy White, Dave Mata, Duke Grip, DJ Akalepse, New York, DJ E da Bos, Los Angeles, Miguel Gutierrez, Marie Antoinette, Chicago Cultural Center

Arts & Culture, Show us your [____] Jan 21, 2013
Show us your . . . gnarly derby injury

Windy City Roller Moby Nipps is the type to roll with the punches
- By Gwynedd Stuart
- Tags: Show us your [____], Windy City Rollers, Moby Nipps, roller derby, broken fingers, Brewcity Bruisers, Milwaukee

Blogs, Bleader Aug 18, 2012
The Reader's Agenda: Sat 8/18

What's on the Agenda for Saturday, August 18, 2012
- By Drew Hunt
- Tags: Do This, The Oak Park Micro Brew Review, Oak Park, the Running of Bulls pub crawl, Pamplona, Windy City Rollers, the Brian Jonestown Massacre, Anton Newcombe, Metro, Aufheben, Monica Kendrick

Best of Chicago, Sports & Recreation Jun 20, 2012
Critics' Picks
Best Roller Derby Nickname

Brawla Poundstone
- By Kevin Warwick
- Tags: Sports & Recreation, Best of Chicago 2012, roller derby, Brawla Poundstone, Paula Poundstone, Windy City Rollers, Critics' Picks

Blogs, Bleader Jun 1, 2012
There's always an alternative in Chicago sports, except . . .

There's always an alternative in Chicago sports—except to the overall dominance of the Bears
- By Ted Cox
- Tags: Mudville, No Alternative Week, Sports, Chicago Cubs, White Sox, Blackhawks, Bulls, Bears, Comiskey Park, Bill Veeck, Windy City Rollers, Variations on a Theme

Arts & Culture, Calendar Jul 27, 2011
The Reader Agenda

Literary fare, a circus party, distillery tours, and more
- By Julia Thiel
- Tags: Special Event, Windy City Rollers, Printer's Ball, Poetry Slam Double Decker Bus Tour, Milwaukee Avenue Arts Festival, Aloft Loft, A Boy and His Vagina, Windie City Shootout

Best of Chicago, Sports & Recreation Jun 23, 2011
Best local athlete

Derrick Rose voted best local athlete
- Tags: Sports & Recreation, Best local athlete, Readers' poll, Derrick Rose, Jonathan Toews, Joakim Noah, Windy City Rollers

Blogs, Bleader Apr 26, 2011
Celebrating the Reader's New Look
- By Alex Parker
- Tags: Inside the Reader, Food Chain, Free Shit, Swag, Behind Our Scenes, Chicago Reader, redesign, Gaztro-Wagon, Windy City Rollers, Open Books, Bagel on Damen, Gene Siskel Film Center, Tamalli Space Charros, Provenance Food & Wine

Blogs, Bleader Jan 30, 2010
Dinner & a Show: Saturday, 1/30

Recommended events paired with nearby restaurants.
- By Whet Moser
- Tags: Chicagoland, Food Chain, Film, Music, Food & Drink, Performing Arts, Arts, Gates of Slumber, Thai Village, Magda Mayas, Heaven Gallery, Birchwood Kitchen, The Third Man, The Odd Man Out, film noir, Music Box, El Tapatio, The Chaser, Sprout, Talk Derby To Me, Windy City Rollers, Wishbone, The Train, 16th Street Theater, Czech Plaza, Busch Fest, Mary's Attic at Hamburger Mary's, Hopleaf

Blogs, Bleader May 8, 2009
Video
Love on Wheels

Ruth Leitman's Redwalls video "Game of Love" screens Saturday in Dyke Delicious - May Shorts at Chicago Filmmakers.
- By Ed M. Koziarski
- Tags: Film, Neko Case, Windy City Rollers, Redwalls, Chicago filmmakers, Dyke Delicious, Mass Romantic, Cyra K. Polizzi, May Shorts, Ruth Leitman, Game of Love, Middle Cyclone, Marie Ullrich, Catherine Crouch, Barbara Seller, Alissar Gazal, Diane Wilkins, Jamie Lawrence, Donna Marie Nuod, Lipstick & Dynamite, Video

Blogs, Bleader Jan 30, 2009
The Windy City Rollers: now in town

The Windy City Rollers return to action -- at the UIC Pavilion.
- By Ted Cox
- Tags: Chicago, UIC Pavilion, Windy City Rollers, Roller derby

Blogs, Bleader Jul 18, 2008
Las Tortugas de San Luis

San Luis Potosi style tortas at Cicero's Las Tortugas de San Luis
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Food & Drink, Food Chain, Windy City Rollers, Las Tortugas de San Luis, Enchiladas potosinas, tortas, Mexican food, Cicero

Blogs, Bleader Feb 1, 2008
Redwalls video shoot needs warm bodies

Redwalls video shoot this weekend
- By Miles Raymer
- Tags: Music, Crickets, Chicago, Windy City Rollers, Redwalls

Blogs, Bleader Jun 1, 2007
The Whole Hog Project: So what does mulefoot taste like?

Results of the Whole Hog Project's first mulefoot tasting.
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Food & Drink, Food Chain, The Land Connection, Mulefoot, Tommy Clair, Crystal Creek Farm, Windy City Rollers

News & Politics, Feature Dec 9, 2004
When Rumbel Met Sledgehammer

How Kelly Simmons and Elizabeth Gomez went from hating each other's guts to starting Chicago's first DIY roller derby league.
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Feature, Windy City Rollers, roller derby, flat track, Texas Rollergirls, women's sports, DIY, Elizabeth Gomez, Kelly Simmons, Keith Coppage, Roller Derby to Rollerjam

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WhiskyFest and more goings-on March 23-25.

The Windy City Rollers' Juanna Rumble Cup, The NoSleep Podcast live, and more happenings from February 24-26

What's on the Reader's Agenda for Tuesday, September 16

The roller derby league holds the Black and Blue Gala in honor of their ten-year anniversary.

What's on the Reader's Agenda for Saturday, January 18

Windy City Roller Moby Nipps is the type to roll with the punches

What's on the Agenda for Saturday, August 18, 2012

Brawla Poundstone

There's always an alternative in Chicago sports—except to the overall dominance of the Bears

Literary fare, a circus party, distillery tours, and more

Derrick Rose voted best local athlete

Recommended events paired with nearby restaurants.

Ruth Leitman's Redwalls video "Game of Love" screens Saturday in Dyke Delicious - May Shorts at Chicago Filmmakers.

The Windy City Rollers return to action -- at the UIC Pavilion.

San Luis Potosi style tortas at Cicero's Las Tortugas de San Luis

Redwalls video shoot this weekend

Results of the Whole Hog Project's first mulefoot tasting.

How Kelly Simmons and Elizabeth Gomez went from hating each other's guts to starting Chicago's first DIY roller derby league.

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