On Ramp Archives
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Next Stop: A Right Good-will Draught
Happy New Year! Start it off right with Tom Waits covers, a benefit show at...
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Next Stop: New Year's Eve, New Year's Day, New Year's Week
Round out 2009 with parties at Bikram Yoga, Kaplan's Liquors and Reversible Eye Gallery....
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Drive-Thru: NYE Plans, Gingerbread Houses, Coq at Riesling and Cheese Balls
Hope everyone had a happy and merry whatever!A little mini-guide for your New Years planning...
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A/C: Lots of Books, Public Art, Wrapping Up the Year
Photograph by TheeErinIt's the end of the year, so that means its time for The...
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Next Stop: Surly Dinner, Free Cake
Leave 2009 on a tasty, beery note with a four-course dinner sponsored by Surly...
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Next Stop: Hit the New Year Running
Break into 2010 fast (or at an even pace) with the 25th Annual New Year's...
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Tailgate: The Bears Did What?; My Scapegoat Vinny
In case you opted again tuning in their Monday night clash again the Vikings,...
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Transmission: Memories of the Lounge Ax and Christmas Continues
We took a look into the past and Chicago music venue Lounge Ax.A review of the...
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Next Stop: Visions of Unicycles, Mysteries and Furnaces
Party it up in single-wheel holiday style with Unicycle Loves You at the Empty...
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A/C: Stradivari, Home Galleries, a Viking and a Goon
Photograph by Brian HagyArts programs may be on the decline, but Ogden International School students got...
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Next Stop: A Very LTH Christmas Eve, Guinness Turns 250
Thursday, foodie group LTH Forum celebrates Christmas Eve at Chinatown's Happy Chef, as they...
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Drive-Thru: Fighting a Holiday Cold, Carnitas, More Chicken, and S'mores Cookies
Cakes and Ale shares her signature chicken dish with us.Sicker than a dog right now?...
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Next Stop: Sports Fest
Today's all-ages sports festival at McCormick Place includes pre-registered tournaments (basketball, soccer, volleyball and table...
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Tailgate: Bulls Hit Rock Bottom?; Bears Play Out the String
Proof that the Bulls don't play in a vacuum is the fact...
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The Mechanics: With Sunlight Come Protests
Crack Mechanics reporter Sheila Burt covers a protest by Sweet Home Chicago aimed at 2nd...
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Transmission: Bird in Review, Bronzeville Blues, and Getting a Thrill
Andrew Bird played some kooky great shows at a local church this week.You can win...
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Next Stop: Saints, Friends and Good Cheer
They've been mixing obscure instrumentals and an approachable pop sensibility for some time now,...
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Next Stop: Dreams Deferred, Indie Arts, A Holiday Party
Tonight! It's the Gapers Block Holiday Party at Black Rock! Get to Addison and...
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A/C: More than Studs Lonigan, Gallery Snacks, A Forgery
Photograph by John MaloofWhy writer James T. Farrell is more than just Studs Lonigan.Art...
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Drive-Thru: Chicken, Challah, Cocktails and Chinese
To Kiss the Cook makes an improvised kitchen sink farfalle - using what you have...
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Next Stop: New Farmers Market, Julie & Julia
The Empty Bottle and the Advocates for Urban Agriculture have teamed up to produce...
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Next Stop: Run Run Bike
Runners! This Saturday, don your sexy Santa hat or your marathon training shorts, depending on...
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Tailgate: Bears Set Us Free; Sox Sign Pierre
So what are you going to do with your day off? Take the kids...
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The Mechanics: Wage Theft Week
We covered a number of topics over at Mechanics this week: but wage theft, the...
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Next Stop: Ronny's Jam, Raise (High) the Roof (Beam)
Art, music, snacks! Yeah! Come to Ronny's (2101 N. California) this Saturday night for...
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Transmission: The Kids Know What They Want, Indie Xmas Tunes
Time Out Chicago breaks down some new indie Christmas tunes just hanging out there on...
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A/C: Chris Rahn, the Apocalypse, the Obsession with Word Count
Photograph by Dalmatica Killer Covers talks to illustrator Chris Rahn about designing the covers for...
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Next Stop: Video Art 101, Holiday of Horrors, 101 Lecture
It's a weekend (well, weekend and early next week) of film, comics and screenprinting,...
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Next Stop: Soup and Bread, Winter Flavors at Green Grocer, A Dill Pickle
The Soup and Bread Cookbook release party happens tonight at the Hideout. Enjoy some cider...
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Drive-Thru: Boozy Cures, Goggling, Biscotti, and Soup and Bread Makes a Cookbook
Head to the Hideout tonight from 5-8pm for the book release party for Soup and...
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Tailgate: Ricketts and Cubs - Same As It Ever Was?
To paraphrase a certain ex-NFL coach, Are the Cubs owners who we thought they...
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Next Stop: Volunteer for Animals
Sunday, Chicago Animal Care & Control hosts a volunteer orientation session designed to familiarize...
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The Mechanics: How Now Brown? Pow!
See what I did there?Todd Stroger doesn't really have a chance to be reelected as...
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Next Stop: Freaks and Elvises
Live music from the Silent Theatre accompanies the Chicago Cultural Center's screening of the...
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Transmission: Homolatte's LGBTI Show, RE Gift, Rock For Kids Auction
Rivers Cuomo and Brian Bell of Weezer show some Blackhawk pride at the Aragon (photo...
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Next Stop: Muntun Dance, Object Design League, Renegade Craft Fair
West African Dance comes to the Gary Comer Youth Center Thursday and this weekend...
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A/C: Maurine Dallas Watkins, Edgar Miller, Nick Disabato
Photograph by Inspired by EverythingThat's right, it's time for One of a Kind.Maurine Dallas Watkins,...
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Next Stop: Gastroextravaganzathon, Cookie Class, Food and Beads
LTH Forum celebrates the holidays this Saturday with Chinese BBQ at Sun Wah. If...
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Drive-Thru: Panini Deconstructed, Sweet Potato Bliss, and Pepper Steak
Whipped Sweet Potatoes: the one thing on the table at Thanksgiving that I couldn't put...
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Next Stop: Winterize Your Bike
Free Winter Maintenance class Saturday at Rapid Transit Cycleshop (1900 W. North Ave.) Go...
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Tailgate: Bears Imploding; Rose Bringing Sexy Back?
The Bears season limps toward the finish line: Urlacher rips the team from the...
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Next Stop: On Stem Cells
Dr. Jack Kessler of Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine, and Dr. Samuel Stupp, Professor...
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The Mechanics: Despatches From H1N1
Friends, don't get the pig sick. You won't like it. My week was wiped out...
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Next Stop: The Big Pink, Winter Gloves
Tonight at the Empty Bottle, British electro-rockers The Big Pink bring the noise pop and...
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Transmission: Shopping for that Music-loving Someone, Record Label Sales, and Wines Inspired by Rock Bands
Evil Santa courtesy of Jim DeRogatis' blog. (Shudder.)Logan Square gets a record store! (Google map...
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Next Stop: Animals and Lights, Sounds of Music, Glitter and Gifts
Tomorrow, Lincoln Park Zoo brightens up for the holiday season with Zoo Lights, illuminating...
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A/C: A History of Depicting Thanksgiving, Political Art, Open Books Opens
Photograph by spencewine Celebrate Thanksgiving with Art Talk Chicago's a historical view of the holiday's depictions.And,...
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Next Stop: Rockabilly Chili, Dining and Libation Society
Take a spicy, tomato-y break from turkey on Sunday with the Orbit Room's Rockabilly Chili...
