October 2020

• How 5 Chicago restaurants are preparing for winter
• Pilot Project Brewing is filling its patio with heated cabanas
• How safe are outdoor dining igloos? Chicago experts weigh in.
• Curtis Duffy’s Ever pivots to takeout as indoor dining shutters
• Pumpkin Smash 2020
• How to find your Election Day polling place in Chicago
• A three-step guide to voting by mail in Chicago
• Time Out Market Chicago is going into hibernation for the winter
• FYI: It’s technically illegal to take a selfie with your ballot in Illinois
• Restaurants react to Chicago’s indoor dining ban
• Chicagoans can cast their vote at United Center on Election Day
• What you need to know about same-day voter registration in Chicago
• Here’s where you can drop off your mail-in ballot in Chicago
• When will Chicago reopen and what are the latest social distancing rules?
• Cyndee Schaffer on “Mollie's War”
• A new luxury campground near Chicago nets a big-name chef
• Chicago’s health commissioner suggests canceling Thanksgiving travel plans this year
• Parson’s Chicken & Fish confirms a third Chicago location
• The 15 biggest lies Chicagoans tell themselves (and others)
• State bans indoor dining and drinking in Chicago as cases surge
• Museum of Illusions Chicago
• Take a look at this over-the-top DIY haunted house in Avondale
• Virtual Día de Muertos Xicágo
• PAWS Chicago 5K Walk/Run
• Highway of Horror
• “I Put a Spell on You”
• Center Sunday
• “Flyers Over Fulton”
• Trick or Treat from 6 Feet
• It’s October and it’s snowing in Chicago, which isn’t as unusual as it sounds
• The Region
• The Great Tree at Macy's Walnut Room
• Vending machines stocked with face masks and sanitizer are coming to CTA stations
• Must-see streaming theater, concerts and movies in Chicago this fall
• “Decision 1920: A Return to ‘Normalcy’”
• Epiphany Center for the Arts
• Maceo Plex + DJ Pierre
• Urban Oasis Chicago Massage
• Urban Oasis Maple St
• Filming of ‘The Batman’ returns to the Loop this weekend
• Goose Island has transformed a vintage CTA bus into a private drinking room
• This farm-to-cup company wants to end exploitation in Chicago’s coffee scene
• Psst! You can now reserve a table at Time Out Market Chicago.
• Chicago Mayor shuts down indoor bar service and issues business curfew
• 15 breathtaking photos of Chicago’s fall foliage peak
• 5 neighborhoods you should visit during Open House Chicago 2020
• Posting photos in front of these posters raises funds for local music venues
• 35 Chicago breweries where you can get beer to go
• Crushed By Giants
• A CBD-centric brunch spot opens with ube pancakes and bubble waffles
• Future Chicago, now! The 20 people, places and things shaping a better city today
• Moonlit Movie and a Meal
• A ‘Hocus Pocus’-themed rooftop bar is popping up in West Town
• As Chicago confronts a ‘second surge,’ Lightfoot warns that Phase 3 guidelines could return
• A village of igloos emerges in West Loop as restaurants prepare for winter
• Chicago named ‘rattiest city’ in the U.S. six years in a row
• Wing Series
• 26 ways to still have an amazing fall in Chicago
• West Loop food hall Politan Row closes for the winter, with plans to reopen in 2021
• A Tale of Two
• Play It Forward: A Musical Celebration of Our Creative Community
• Get spooked from all angles at this 360-degree drive-in haunted house in Chicago
• El Oso opens today, bringing flame-kissed Mexican fare to Hyde Park
• This Chicago arcade bar is hosting a drive-thru haunted house in its alley
• Margaret Atwood: Dearly
• These Chicago hotels are renting out their rooms as private offices for the day
• Intersect Chicago
• Chicago’s first community co-working space for people of color is coming to Humboldt Park
• Halloween at Time Out Market Chicago
• Attila Highlights in Concert
• Shannon Lee on Bruce Lee’s Legacy
• 45 Plays for America’s First Ladies
• Call for the Wailing Women
• A War of the Worlds
• The results are in: Uptown is Chicago’s coolest neighborhood
• A local brewery is giving the ‘Tamale Guy’ his own paleta-inspired beer
• Lou Malnati’s is not at all amused by a deep dish jab in ‘Emily In Paris’
• Celebrated Chicago restaurant Giant debuts a roving food truck
• An extension of the Bloomingdale Trail will connect Bucktown and Lincoln Park
• SCREAMING: A Spooky-Queer Party
• Wicker Park & Bucktown Trick-or-Treat
• Navy Pier Virtual Celebration
• Mooby’s Pop-up
• Pete Buttigieg and Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot in Conversation
• Everything you need to know about the immersive Van Gogh exhibit coming to Indianapolis
• Fall Family Fest
• Owners of The Second City are trying to sell the comedy institution
• Fitz and the Tantrums + The Unlikely Candidates
• Laura Jane Grace
• Dehd
• Saturday Night at the Green Mill
• Chicago is searching for the perfect Christmas tree to display in Millennium Park
• The 17 best suburban Chicago breweries
• Check out the winners of Chicago’s contest to winterize outdoor dining
• Skeleton Key Brewery
• Soundgrowler Brewing Co.
• Short Fuse Brewing Company
• Big Kids
• Two Brothers Roundhouse
• Penrose Brewing Company
• 5 Loaves Eatery
• Noon Whistle Brewing Co (Lombard)
• Miskatonic Brewing Company
• Shinya Ramen House
• B&B Ice Cream and Candy
• The General
• Exit Strategy Brewing Co.
• This virtual food festival spotlights Black-owned restaurants throughout Chicago
• A glittering tunnel of lights will illuminate the Chicago Botanic Garden this winter
• Portillo’s announces opening date for Avondale location
• BuckleDown Brewing
• Room 237
• Alter Brewing Co. Taproom
• Oktoberfest 2020 Stammtisch
• Mikerphone Brewing
• Visions: A Nutcracker Experience
• Une Année Brewery
• Halloween Window Painting
• Sketchbook Brewing Co. (Skokie)
• Take a food-filled road trip from Chicago to Grand Rapids
• Scarecrow Extravaganza
• Bears Games on the Big Screen
• Kevin Smith’s Mooby’s pop-up restaurant arrives in Chicago this month
• A haunted drive-thru attraction is taking over a campground near Chicago
• JoJo's Shake Bar
• The Downtown Open S.K.A.T.E. Championship
• Whiskey Business Rooftop Movie Night
• “What Does Democracy Look Like?”
• Michelin-starred Parachute is back with an innovative new menu and plenty of hope
• Knuckle Puck + Hot Mulligan
• New Found Glory
• This River North hotel is outfitting its rooftop with spooky igloos for Halloween
• Poetry Day: Ruth Lilly & Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Fellows
• City and state officials release Halloween guidelines for trick-or-treating this year
• Chicago holiday tradition Christkindlmarket has been canceled
• Beloved Lincoln Square bar Fountainhead will close its doors in November
• Two award-winning chefs are opening a nostalgia-driven sandwich shop in a former Logan Square bar
• 7 things you need to know about Chicago’s new guidelines for restaurants and bars