Follow your senses as well as your heart along with other brainy hetero and queer singles at Nerds at Heart’s fifth anniversary Nerd Fest V, the annual  bash runs from 4-7 p.m. on Nov. 6 at The Frontier (1072 N. Milwaukee Ave.). In honor of the quinquennial, the format is a “five senses” trivia night....
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When you walk into the Congress Theater, you are probably going to see one of the many different artists who perform there, ranging from Dweezil Zappa to Three 6 Mafia. But if you walk into the theater on a Sunday morning, during the winter months, you’ll experience something completely different: up to 20 vendors...
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Image via Wikipedia Karen Gagich is an independent ceramics paint artist in Wicker Park who said her days are numbered in a neighborhood that was once thriving with artists from all over the world—but is now dying out. The program manager of the Wicker Park & Bucktown Chamber of Commerce said artists are moving...
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Families lined up along the streets and children stood there bearing the cold Chicago winds on Dec. 11, waiting, hoping they could maybe get one glimpse of Santa on his way through the streets of Bridgeport and Canaryville on the city’s South Side. Sirens could be heard off in the distance and children grew...
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The arrival of the new state-of-the-art Coast Guard Cutter Mackinaw at Navy Pier, 600 East Grand Avenue, on Friday, Dec. 3, 2010 at 8:30 a.m. will be a big time event. First the cutter will be welcomed in grand fashion by Fire and Police boats, a live military band and hundreds of students throughout...
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Underground Christmas Carols mean a John Waters collection to some people. For others, it means a staycation to nearby Wisconsin to visit Cave of the Mounds in Blue Mounds and the Fourth Annual Caroling in the Cave, Dec. 3-5 this year. Performers from all over southern Wisconsin serenade spectators deep underground in the beauty...
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Calling all residents of zip codes 60612, 60603, 60616, 60605, 60653, 60608, 60604, 60607, 60611, 60606 and 60601. Columbia students, this may include YOU. Take a plunge, and visit the John G. Shedd Aquarium, 1200 S. Lake Shore Drive, at special discounted rates. This deal is brought to you by the 2nd Ward  and...
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The Writing Laboratory Project at Chicago’s George Armstrong International Studies Elementary School at 2110 W. Greenleaf Ave., will be busy Nov. 19th as 500 students from 3rd to 5th grade, compete in an essay contest on the topic, “Changing the World One Heart at a Time.”  The student essays will address how and why...
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AnySquared Projects is an artists’ collaborative that organizes events and exhibitions. Last summer, AnySquared coordinated the 2010 Milwaukee Avenue Arts Festival’s South End Galleries & Community Mural on Medill and also organized the LIP (Life in Progress), an October art series, which was one of 12 selected featured programs highlighted out of hundreds during Chicago Artists...
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