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Posted Next Stop: A Right Good-will Draught to On Ramp
Happy New Year! Start it off right with Tom Waits covers, a benefit show at the Hideout benefiting Holiday Panto cast members left homeless by a house fire, and a free Canasta show at Simon's....
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Posted Next Stop: New Year's Eve, New Year's Day, New Year's Week to On Ramp
Round out 2009 with parties at Bikram Yoga, Kaplan's Liquors and Reversible Eye Gallery. Malcolm X College hosts the last day of the 15th Annual Kwanzaa Observance Program. Start the first week of next year with Naked Girls Reading....
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Posted Next Stop: Surly Dinner, Free Cake to On Ramp
Leave 2009 on a tasty, beery note with a four-course dinner sponsored by Surly Brewing, taking place at Rodan. Sunday, Brasserie Jo celebrates the French holiday King Day by offering complimentary "King's Cake" to all dining guests, prepared by...
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Posted Next Stop: Hit the New Year Running to On Ramp
Break into 2010 fast (or at an even pace) with the 25th Annual New Year's Day 5K Run/Walk....
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Posted Next Stop: Visions of Unicycles, Mysteries and Furnaces to On Ramp
Party it up in single-wheel holiday style with Unicycle Loves You at the Empty Bottle. 10pm, $10, 1035 N. Western. Bring in a new year and a new album with Fiery Furnaces at Lincoln Hall....
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Posted Next Stop: A Very LTH Christmas Eve, Guinness Turns 250 to On Ramp
Thursday, foodie group LTH Forum celebrates Christmas Eve at Chinatown's Happy Chef, as they have for the past five years. RSVP required. Get your iron quota met with meat and beer: Smoke Daddy helps celebrate the dry stout that...
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Posted Next Stop: Sports Fest to On Ramp
Today's all-ages sports festival at McCormick Place includes pre-registered tournaments (basketball, soccer, volleyball and table tennis) and interactive activities (wall climbing, football, golf, skateboarding, badminton, boxing, tumbling, fencing, etc.). More information here, register here....
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Posted Next Stop: Saints, Friends and Good Cheer to On Ramp
They've been mixing obscure instrumentals and an approachable pop sensibility for some time now, and Sunday local group Joan of Arc takes it to the Empty Bottle. Need your holiday music fix? Also Sunday is Songs of Good Cheer...
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Posted Next Stop: Dreams Deferred, Indie Arts, A Holiday Party to On Ramp
Tonight! It's the Gapers Block Holiday Party at Black Rock! Get to Addison and Damen to mingle with the people behind the site, free beer from Half Acre by the fire, and an overall good time. Operation Safe Passage,...
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Posted Next Stop: New Farmers Market, Julie & Julia to On Ramp
The Empty Bottle and the Advocates for Urban Agriculture have teamed up to produce a farmers market. Come by Saturday to shop sustainable products, both edible and non. Free. Discovering yourself through mixing, kneading, and butter: the 2009 film...
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Posted Next Stop: Run Run Bike to On Ramp
Runners! This Saturday, don your sexy Santa hat or your marathon training shorts, depending on your preference. If two wheels>two feet, Big Shoulders Realty has just the thing: a bike tour of Hyde Park, ride two of a four part...
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Posted Next Stop: Council Meetings to On Ramp
Looking to get involved on a city or county level? Head down to the potentially heated Cook County Board Meeting tomorrow, or watch the City Council Meeting as it happens Wednesday....
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Posted Next Stop: Ronny's Jam, Raise (High) the Roof (Beam) to On Ramp
Art, music, snacks! Yeah! Come to Ronny's (2101 N. California) this Saturday night for bands Michael Michael Motorcycle, Amen & The Hell Yeahs, Pretty Boy Thorson & the Falling Angels, and Altar Eagle, and more artists than you can...
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Posted Next Stop: Video Art 101, Holiday of Horrors, 101 Lecture to On Ramp
It's a weekend (well, weekend and early next week) of film, comics and screenprinting, and it kicks off Friday night with the Chicago Art Department's Video Art 101, which explores the medium of video through an art exhibition. Saturday,...
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Posted Next Stop: Soup and Bread, Winter Flavors at Green Grocer, A Dill Pickle to On Ramp
The Soup and Bread Cookbook release party happens tonight at the Hideout. Enjoy some cider and get your cookbook signed. A part of the proceeds from all sales will be donated to the Greater Chicago Food Depository. Local food artisans...
