May 2018

• The three things you need to know today: Mon, Jun 4
• Camp: A Comedy Show
• Beck, Blink-182 and Elvis Costello top the Riot Fest 2018 lineup
• The three things you need to know today: Sun, Jun 3
• The three things you need to know today: Sat, Jun 2
• The Color Run
• The 606 Block Party
• Brickworld Chicago
• The revolutionary Time Out Market concept is coming to Montréal
• The Instagram-friendly 29Rooms exhibition is coming to Chicago
• Riot Fest is teasing its 2018 lineup with a video soundtracked by polka covers
• The three things you need to know today: Fri, Jun 1
• The three things you need to know today: Thu, May 31
• The three things you need to know today: Wed, May 30
• The best art exhibits to see in Chicago in June
• The best free things to do in June in Chicago
• Harry Styles + Kacey Musgraves
• GoGo Penguin
• Hubbard Street Dance: Summer Series
• Kathy Griffin
• Dave Stone
• Red Bull Music Presents: Queen!
• Black Girl Magic
• Princess Nokia
• The three things you need to know today: Tue, May 29
• The three things you need to know today: Mon, May 28
• The three things you need to know today: Sun, May 27
• The three things you need to know today: Sat, May 26
• Ludlow Liquors
• “Hunt and Peck: Alternative Expressions of the Keyboard”
• “Parallel Lives”
• “Entrapment”
• “No Concessions”
• ACTIVATE will turn the Riverwalk into a futuristic art bazaar on June 7
• Meet Máximo, the giant new dinosaur skeleton moving into the Field Museum
• Alt-J
• Robert Plant + Jon Langford
• The MCA is hosting an interactive celebration of Chicago footwork
• The three things you need to know today: Fri, May 25
• The three things you need to know today: Thu, May 24
• 10 things to do in Chicago during Memorial Day weekend
• David Byrne + Benjamin Clementine
• Lane Tech Memorial Day Carnival
• The three things you need to know today: Wed, May 23
• The three things you need to know today: Tue, May 22
• Sam Prekop on the Sea and Cake’s new album, ‘Any Day,’ and going with the flow
• Red Bull is bringing Queen! upstairs to Metro for a Pride weekend blowout
• The three things you need to know today: Mon, May 21
• The three things you need to know today: Sun, May 20
• The three things you need to know today: Sat, May 19
• Mark Bittman: How to Grill Everything
• Stephanie Izard: Gather & Graze
• Bark in the Park
• North Coast Music Festival 2018 lineup
• The Hideout’s Picnics on the Porch concert series returns this summer
• A Never Nude meetup is coming to Navy Pier to promote ‘Arrested Development’ season 5
• Real Chicagoans share their go-to date night spots
• Chicago Architectural River Cruise (90-minute)
• You can pay $5,500 a night to stay in a ‘glamping tent’ on the terrace of this River North hotel
• You can eat a Kuma’s Corner burger on a rooftop this summer
• Lincoln Yards may host as many as five Live Nation entertainment venues
• Conrad Chicago
• Star Wars Celebration convention is coming to Chicago in 2019
• 10 essential Illinois Craft Beer Week events in Chicago
• Taste of Chicago releases summer food lineup, with 26 new vendors
• NW Side Craft Beer Ride
• New England IPA Tap Takeover
• Trek to the Waterfall
• The site of the failed Chicago Spire may host two new towers
• The best things to do with the kids in Chicago in June
• Sportsman’s Club will host backyard bashes with Roister, Fat Rice and Spiaggia
• North Coast Music Festival
• The Aon Center’s proposed Sky Summit attraction looks terrifying
• Jamiroquai and Miguel will headline North Coast Music Festival
• “Amplified: Chicago Blues”
• Broadway in Chicago shows coming to theaters in the Loop
• The three things you need to know today: Fri, May 18
• The three things you need to know today: Thu, May 17
• The three things you need to know today: Wed, May 16
• The three things you need to know today: Tue, May 15
• Slow Mass + Cru + Nnamdi
• Chicago Nerd Comedy Festival
• BOING! Festival
• The Public House Theatre
• Lil Bub's Hello Earth Arcade Party
• Rhiannon: The Fleetwood Mac Pop-Up
• The three things you need to know today: Mon, May 14
• The three things you need to know today: Sun, May 13
• The three things you need to know today: Sat, May 12
• That’s the Spot: G and P Spot Basics
• Bryan Adams
• Jill Scott
• Diana Ross
• Go your own way at a new Fleetwood Mac-themed pop-up bar
• The three things you need to know today: Fri, May 11
• Chicago’s best budget hotels
• Pipeworks Recurring Pipedream Pop-up
• Here’s the complete Millennium Park Summer Film Series lineup for 2018
• Take a look inside Ballast Point Brewing’s new West Loop brewpub
• Nine Inch Nails is playing two nights at Aragon Ballroom—and you’ll have to stand in line for tickets
• An exhibition devoted to ‘Hamilton’ will open in Chicago this fall
• Anita Baker
• The three things you need to know today: Thu, May 10
• ACTIVATE will once again host pop-up parties in Loop alleys this summer
• The owner of the Chicago Cubs wants to bring a pro soccer team to the Lincoln Yards development
• Live in Lincoln Park
• The three things you need to know today: Wed, May 9
• House of Vans has unveiled its lineup of free summer concerts
• Fat Rice chef Abraham Conlon honored with 2018 James Beard Best Chef Great Lakes award
• The three things you need to know today: Tue, May 8
• 10 ways to celebrate Mother’s Day in Chicago with the whole family
• Lagunitas Beer Circus is expanding and moving to Douglas Park this summer
• Windy City West Indian Carnival
• BrunchCon
• Illinois State Fair
• The three things you need to know today: Mon, May 7
• The three things you need to know today: Sun, May 6
• The three things you need to know today: Sat, May 5
• The Wiener’s Circle is opening a new location in the Chicago Dogs’ Rosemont ballpark
• Here’s the complete Chicago SummerDance schedule
• A new block of ‘Hamilton’ Chicago tickets is going on sale—and it could be your last chance
• Get a $1 burrito at the opening of the latest Dos Toros location
• Fiestas Puertorriqueñas
• “Antarctic Dinosaurs”
• Uncommon Ground
• Here’s the summer lineup for ROOF on theWit’s Movie Mondays
• The Flaming Lips and George Clinton will headline Taste of Chicago’s concert series
• Clare Cooney's ‘Runner’ is a highlight of the Chicago Critics Film Festival
• The three things you need to know today: Fri, May 4
• The three things you need to know today: Thu, May 3
• Parson’s Chicken & Fish reveals its expanded, renovated patio
• Juanes + La Santa Cecilia
• Black Star + Madame Gandhi
• Brandi Carlile + Martha Redbone Roots Project
• The Flaming Lips + La Butcherettes + Half Gringa
• Where to celebrate May the Fourth in Chicago
• Jonathan Lethem
• Firebrand Theatre’s new season will open with ‘Caroline, or Change’
• The best movie screenings in Chicago in May
• Tequila Corralejo Taqueria Throwdown
• Tour de Fat will bring beer, bikes and music to Humboldt Park this summer
• Tour de Fat
• Time Out Love Chicago Awards 2018: the winners
• Chicago filmmaker Nick Alonzo’s ‘The Art of Sitting Quietly and Doing Nothing’ will premiere at the Nightingale