July 2017

• The Hideout Block Party
• 5 Chicago art openings to see in August
• "Floating Museum: River Assembly"
• The Floating Museum's first exhibit will sail the Chicago River in August
• "TRIVIUM"
• "Kill the Messenger"
• Enter to win VIP prize packs for Chicago Hot Dog Fest 2017
• "Domestic Disturbances"
• Wicker Park Fest brought music, dancing and oversized games to Milwaukee Avenue
• Jeni's celebrates its newest location with free scoops this week
• The Roots capped off Tour de Fat's premiere at Northerly Island
• Drink up! The Cook County soda tax is about to go into effect
• Parson’s Chicken & Fish is looking at a second location in Lincoln Park
• Rotofugi will host a Blink-182 pop-up shop during Lollapalooza
• The three things you need to know today in Chicago: Sat, July 29
• The best comedy shows to see in August in Chicago
• Six free concerts you can attend during Lollapalooza 2017
• The Blackstone is hosting a free dino-themed dance party for Lollapalooza, complete with a velociraptor
• West Loop’s Brooklyn Boulders is transforming into a giant escape room this fall
• Arcade Fire just announced a Lollapalooza aftershow at Metro
• The three things you need to know today in Chicago: Tue, Aug 1
• Great at being drunk and naked? Now’s your chance to get cast on ‘Shameless’
• The three things you need to know today in Chicago: Mon, July 31
• The three things you need to know today in Chicago: Sun, July 30
• Jason Sudeikis will host ‘The Roast of George Wendt’ at Second City
• 56 exciting openings in Chicago in August
• The Greenhouse Theater Center launches MC-10 Playwrights Ensemble
• The Chicago Kickout Kickball Tournament and Cookout
• 8 Chicago theater shows to see in August
• 360 Chicago is hosting a solar eclipse dance party in August
• MLS All-Star Week
• The Den Theatre
• The spectacular Riverwalk fireworks display is returning in August
• Proxi
• 20 great things to do in Chicago for tourists
• Huggable Riot Presents: Judgmental Institutions
• Ayahuasca Baby
• ‘Significant Other’ will open About Face Theatre’s 2017–2018 season
• The HERold
• OPIE
• Elske reps Chicago on Eater’s list of ‘12 Best New Restaurants in America’
• Sad Clown
• Hideout Block Party is making a triumphant return this fall
• The best transportation apps for Chicagoans
• Blink-182
• Mac DeMarco + Middle Kids
• Dustin Wong & Takako Minekawa + Mouth Captain
• This $95 cocktail involves rare Scotch, virtual reality and your nose
• A Malört 5K will allow you to take shots before (and after) you run
• You can party with Chance the Rapper after his Lollapalooza performance
• West Town record store Permanent Records is closing
• 11 things to do with kids in Chicago in August
• Everything you need to know about catching the solar eclipse in Chicago
• The three things you need to know today in Chicago: Fri, July 28
• The three things you need to know today in Chicago: Thu, July 27
• The three things you need to know today in Chicago: Wed, July 26
• The three things you need to know today in Chicago: Tue, July 25
• Kite Festival
• Wicker Park and Bucktown neighborhood guide
• Chicago's 'Pokémon Go' festival was a complete fiasco
• Landscape
• You can buy this Frank Lloyd Wright house in the west suburbs (if you have a million bucks)
• Gulden’s mustard is doling out free hot dogs to ketchup-hating Chicagoans this week
• The best attractions in Wicker Park and Bucktown
• Cheap eats in Wicker Park and Bucktown
• The Picasso is turning 50 and Chicago is throwing it a party
• Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams is opening a new Chicago shop and launching a new flavor
• Dont Fret is transforming Publican Quality Meats into a Chicago corner bar this weekend
• The three things you need to know today in Chicago: Fri, July 21
• BIG & little's Restaurant
• Dox Quality Greek
• More than 1.2 million could see refunds in red light camera settlement
• The three things you need to know today in Chicago: Mon, July 24
• The three things you need to know today in Chicago: Sun, July 23
• The three things you need to know today in Chicago: Sat, July 22
• Montego Glover is the next Angelica Schuyler in Chicago ‘Hamilton’ cast
• And the winner of Battle of the Burger 2017 is…
• A new study has identified the least affordable neighborhoods in Chicago
• The best Chicago bathroom to have sex in, according to the love gurus at OkCupid
• The surreal work of artist Takashi Murakami is coming to the MCA
• 15 things to do while everyone else is at Lollapalooza
• Kids Write It: 20 Years of Intergenerational Storytelling
• Welles Park Craft Beer Fest
• Interview: Local filmmaker Harley McKabe talks about her debut short film, 'The Other Guy'
• Emporium Logan Square will host a Run the Jewels pop-up bar during Lolllapalooza
• “Revoliutsiia! Demonstratsiia! Soviet Art Put to the Test”
• "Tarsila do Amaral: Inventing Modern Art in Brazil"
• “Alejandro Cesarco: Song”
• Chicago is celebrating its international communities with a massive dumpling festival this fall
• "Senga Nengudi: Improvisational Gestures"
• “Jennifer Packer: Tenderheaded”
• “William Blake and the Age of Aquarius”
• Here’s the Southpaw bobblehead a few lucky fans will get at the White Sox “Game of Thrones” night
• The three things you need to know today in Chicago: Thu, July 20
• The three things you need to know today in Chicago: Wed, July 19
• Blink-182 is (probably) playing an aftershow at Metro during Lollapalooza
• Heinz Ketchup trolls Chicago with its new 'Dog Sauce'
• "Michael Rakowitz: Backstroke of the West"
• The three things you need to know today in Chicago: Tue, July 18
• Harold Washington Library just opened up an awesome new reading room for kids
• Talenti is handing out another 20,000 free pints of gelato in Millennium Park
• Check out the 14 burgers you'll be eating at Battle of the Burger 2017
• Your first look at Lonesome Rose, the latest concept from Land & Sea Dept.
• Photos from Pitchfork Music Festival 2017, Sunday
• The five best things we saw on Saturday at Pitchfork Music Festival
• You can see former VP Joe Biden at the Chicago Theatre in December
• The five best things we saw on Sunday at Pitchfork Music Festival
• Photos from Pitchfork Music Festival 2017, Saturday
• 15 reasons dating in Chicago is better than dating in NYC
• Photos from Pitchfork Music Festival 2017, Friday
• The five best things we saw on Friday at Pitchfork Music Festival
• The Gift Theatre to stage ‘Hang Man,’ ‘Hamlet’ and ‘Cosmologies’ in 2018
• The Budlong Hot Chicken teases fourth location at Merchandise Mart
• The three things you need to know today in Chicago: Mon, July 17
• The three things you need to know today in Chicago: Sun, July 16
• The three things you need to know today in Chicago: Sat, July 15
• Gene Simmons' Rock & Brews restaurant chain is coming to Chicago
• Elevated Films kicks off its summer series with 'Person to Person' screening
• The latest Lake Shore Drive proposal would reshape Chicago's coastline
• You can rent this Frank Lloyd Wright house in Wisconsin for your next vacation
• You can drink a Chicago hot dog cocktail made with actual Vienna Beef (seriously)
• All the Pitchfork Music Festival afterparties you have to hit up this weekend
• Chicago's first annual Thai Food Festival is happening this weekend
• Find the best Chicago events every day with Amazon Alexa
• Get up close and personal with African penguins at Lincoln Park Zoo
• SAUCED Night Market coming to House of Vans in August
• When will Chicago get the cat café it deserves?
• 20 biggest bummer restaurant and bar closings of 2017 (so far)
• Hard Rock Hotel is checking out of the Carbide and Carbon Building
• Cards Against Humanity just launched a new pink deck for ‘Her’ that’s exactly the same, just more expensive
• Adler Planetarium is hosting a huge block party for the solar eclipse
• You can peek inside vintage CTA buses in Daley Plaza today
• You can take a tour of a 200-square-foot tiny house this weekend
• Video Game Art Gallery is getting a permanent home near the 606
• The three things you need to know today in Chicago: Wed, July 12
• The three things you need to know today in Chicago: Fri, July 14
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• Enter to win the ultimate Pitchfork Renegade Craft Fair giveaway
• Battle of the Burger 2017
• Navy Pier’s new performance lawns offer free programming and killer views
• 5 Chicago art openings to see in July
• "By the Light of the Moon: Nocturnal Japanese Prints"
• "Steve McQueen: End Credits"
• The three things you need to know today in Chicago: Tue, July 11
• Kendrick Lamar announces 'DAMN.' pop-up shop in West Loop
• Unifest on the River
• Wicker Park Fest 2017 lineup
• Strip Joker
• Jay-Z will bring his ‘4:44’ tour to the United Center
• Chicago Riverwalk will host international food and wine festivals this summer
• The Burlington is hosting a belated baby shower for Beyoncé
• Steep Theatre snags premieres by Ayad Akhtar, Calamity West, Simon Stephens and Penelope Skinner
• Gorillaz kicked off its U.S. tour in Chicago with a house music dance party
• Show off your Jedi threads at a ‘Star Wars’ costume party in Millennium Park this weekend
• Pitchfork Music Festival 2017 aftershow guide
• Joey Purp + Southside (808 Mafia) + Kami
• Win a VIP Lollapalooza experience
• Colin Stetson + Justin Walter
• The three things you need to know today in Chicago: Sun, July 9
• The three things you need to know today in Chicago: Sat, July 8
• Jeff Rosenstock + Laura Stevenson
• Vagabon + Tasha
• Check out the Riot Feast's carnival-inspired food and decor
• Endangered species condoms will be handed out at Lincoln Park Zoo tonight
• The Newberry Library wants your help transcribing these books of magic
• The Roustabouts extend Ike Holter’s ‘Put Your House in Order’
• Headquarters Beercade is hosting a 'Rick and Morty' beer brunch
• The Field Museum and Off Color Brewing team up on a fantastically nerdy beer
• Bill Murray's 'Caddyshack'-themed restaurant is heading to Rosemont
• Lollapalooza 2017 VIP experience sweepstakes rules
• For $150 a night, you can stay in a tropical Airbnb above Lost Lake
• Johalla Projects
• Steppenwolf announces casting for ‘Rembrandt,’ ‘Crucible’
• Chicago rites of passage
• North Avenue Beach is getting a swanky new resort-inspired restaurant
• The three things you need to know today in Chicago: Mon, July 10
• The three things you need to know today in Chicago: Fri, July 7
• The three things you need to know today in Chicago: Thu, July 6
• You can see a free Cirque du Soleil performance at Taste of Chicago this weekend
• 12 new dishes to eat at Taste of Chicago 2017, ranked from worst to best
• A 90210 musical parody will bring West Beverly to the Broadway Playhouse
• Photos from Navy Pier's Fourth of July fireworks
• Bars to play outdoor games in Chicago