A Chicago Thing Archives

Cocktails w/ Chicago Bears' Rashied Davis & Teammates for Education at Rockit!

Fans of the Bears, helping the community, Education, great food & drink, meeting amazing...

"Bangkok Food Tours" Company inspired as tourists in Chicago!

Many who follow me on Twitter & Facebook ask me how I navigated my...

Chicago Actor Joe Mantegna Honored with a Star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame

Big congrats to my good buddy, and Chicago native, Joe Mantegna who will be...

Lollapalooza 2011 Lineup Announced!

As you know we throw the hottest parties in the city for Lollapalooza. In...

Harley Helping Hands for Cancer at Galleria Marchetti

Thanks to all who connect with me on Twitter and Facebook about amazing events around...

Meet Andrew Zimmern of Travel Channel's "Bizarre Foods!"

From dung beetles and rotten fish to fertilized duck eggs and brain tacos, we've...

Chicago's First Annual Red Dress Party to create awareness & visibility for dedicated research and care of HIV Patients!

Hey all- Amanda Weir here, Billy's intern, posting this story on an amazing Charity...

Former Bravo Houswife Dina Manzo's Project Ladybug in Chicago for the first time!

Hey all- Feeny Fernandez here, posting this story about a great charity event this...

ASIAN COMMUNITY FORMS ALLIANCE WITH ROCKIT RANCH PRODUCTIONS TO HOST 'JAPAN FUNDRAISER' AT SUNDA by Billy Dec

Just as I landed in South East Asia, the devastating earthquake and tsunami hit...

Billy Dec cambodia, vietnam, laos, thailand & hong kong 2011 travel / food pictures!

I'm back from exploring South East Asia! After so much amazing feedback from my pictures...

"JOIN ME IN WELCOMING PRESIDENT OBAMA IN CHICAGO!" BILLY DEC, EVENT CO-CHAIR

Remember when I hosted that amazing 2000 person event for President Obama in 2008?...

Artists Central Exchange: Chicago's Local Artist Co-Op & Community Center

Hey everyone! This is Feeny Fernandez here from Billy's office. I want to tell...

Interview with Jerry Bryant of JBTV!

Hey all! Amy Shah here from Billy's office sharing this story on JBTV. A...

Loul Deng Foundation : "Game and Give"

Hi aChicagoThing readers! Lesley De Leon, from Billy Dec's office here. I'd like to...

March Madness Benefit for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metropolitan Chicago

Good morning readers! Katie Rose here again - March Madness is finally here and...

Interview with Natalie Slater of Bake & Destroy!

Hi all! This is Amy Shah from Billy's office posting this story while he...

Ebert Presents "At The Movies"

How school, classes, learning helped me & the Chicago Get MotivatED Challenge!!

I'm sitting at O'hare waiting for my flight to Asia (follow me on twitter...

Laughing Hearts Comedy Night at stage 773 chicago!

After my improv performance at the iO a few weeks ago I've kind of...

American Idol Contestant Chris Medina Represents Chicago Well!

You're Going to Hollywood!- That's what fellow Chicagoan Chris Medina (26) was told this...

From Improv to The Harvard Club of Chicago

Thank you to all who came to see me at improv olympic last night...

Chicago Blackhawks Appreciation Night at Rockit Wrigley for my Social Media Friends!

Remember when I shared these personal pics (that got 250,000 views in 24hrs) the night...

"Rock The Vote" Chicago Mayoral Debate After-Party Hosted by Billy Dec w/ Live Performance by American Idol Winner Lee DeWyze

Join me for the Rock The Vote Nights party, after the big mayoral debate,...

Come to my 1st night on stage at Chicago's infamous iO Improv Olympic!

Ever try something that you never thought you could do? This Monday night, I'm...

Guess who all is headed to the 53rd grammy awards!

Billy Dec at the 2010 Grammys from A Chicago Thing on Vimeo. I'm off...

Get tickled pink to support y-me and fight breast cancer!

Who wants to walk the pink carpet with me at an amazing event to...

My shot on fox's "Chicago code" and a chance to help people in need!

Did you catch the premiere of "chicago code" on fox last night?! What did...

headed to the superbowl w/chicago's mike ditka, bill & giuliana rancic, gatorade & more!

Updated 2/8/11 : "One tweet from Serena Williams & our pic (above) gets 24,000...

Billy Dec TV / WEB / FILM / HOSTING / ACTING reel (2011)

Just updated my reel for 2011 in case wanted to see it.. Enjoy!...

Think you have a great idea for a movie?

After writing, shooting & airing our lil "short movie" / avatar invite this week, the...

party for my 1st 10,000 Twitter followers!

I have enjoyed the friendships, talks, news, info, feedback... So much on twitter, that I...

"be my valentine" at the lynn sage cancer research foundation event!

It seems like these days we have all had someone in our lives that...

sing w/ me, second city, chicago fire department & more...for bears vs packers!

Check out this video I did a while back w/many other fun chicagoans singing...

Rockit Ranch Productions & Billy Dec invite you to the 2yr Anniversary Party for www.aChicagoThing.com!

check out my avatar coming to life in this video to make fun of...

Sunda one of chicago's best restaurants on tv show "Check please!"

Here's a quick video mix of our newest concept sunda featured on wttw's emmy...

Chicago artists, talent, performers, actors, painters, comedians, photographers, musicians.. Wanted!

As much as I love the big names, it excites me more to share...

Snowball event at navy pier to benefit children's memorial hospital

As a kid, I shared a yard playing w/ the children who came from...

Who wants to help produce a local zombie movie in chicago?!

Remember the 3-d movie "shakey" that was just filmed in chicago over the summer.....

i'm not a matchmaker! But here's vh1's "tough love" chicago open casting call info..

If you follow me on twitter & facebook, you saw that last Saturday night...

top "a chicago thing" blog posts for 2010

Now that we are upon the last day of 2010, I thought it would be...

Is the "Wicked" oriental theatre haunted after a chicago disaster?

Just heard a crazy story about how chicago's infamous oriental theatre is haunted. And...

A worldly Culturally diverse Christmas at chicago's museum of science & industry!

You have til 1/3/11 to check out the amazing museum of science and industry...

Jennifer hudson's (american idol, dreamgirls..) holiday toy drive & giveaway at navy pier!

Updated 12/24/10: here's video mix from actual event so you can hear jennifer hudson...

Billy Dec on new FOX's new TV show "Chicago Code"

here's some fun quick behind the scenes video of my day filming my part...

"Billy Dec named Chicago-Kent Law school Alumni Professional Achievement Award winner of the year!"

Ya, shocked me too when heard this! Here's a quick piece of an article...

New Action Thriller Film "Contagion" with All-Star Cast Filming in Chicago!

Shocked to see our downtown streets covered in snow w/ army trucks all around?...

Happy Thanksgiving! And thanks for giving happiness..

I came across this cool old school Chicago story from the Chicago History Journal...

Billy Dec plays blackstone hotel manager in movie "one small hitch" filming in chicago

Here's a funny lil behind the scenes video of me playing a hotel manager...

Fighting Illini v. Northwestern Wildcats football at Wrigley Field!

Wrigley field is one of the most iconic baseball stadiums in the country- located...

Green Tie Ball to beautify chicago- 25th Anniversary Preview Party

going green is all the buzz these days, but did you know chicago has...