festivals
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Best of Chicago Awards start today
What are Chicago's best restaurants, hottest bars, and favorite places? You tell us! Which brunch made you actually want to get out of bed before noon on Sunday? Whose sushi spread redefined maki? And who's serving up Chicago's most savory slice of pizza? Check out our list of contenders and...
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Photos: Best of 2009 summer festivals
Winter is here with a vengeance, but evidence of summer in Chicago lives on in these photos. We loved this selection so much we decided to proclaim them award-winners in some special categories. Take a look at these highlights of the 2009 festival season....
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Your wine tasting survival guide
Getty ImagesWine tasting events at restaurants, wine bars and festivals have become increasingly popular lately. No doubt tastings are a fun way to meet up with friends and socialize, but they also can be an invaluable tool to help you learn about wine....
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WE DID IT! RedEye reader attends 50 Chicago festivals
Pride parade! (Steph Yiu/RedEye) Check out the full gallery hereRedEye LOVES its readers.On April 1, 2009, we printed a list of "must-see" 50 Chicago festivals. Ana Fernatt tweeted us @redeyechicago and said that she wanted to go to every single one of them.She was up for the challenge.So we said...
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50Fests #6: Chicago Tribune Printers Row Lit Fest
Check out my blog post about Printers Row Lit Fest and Chicago Gospel Music Fest, June 6-7I want to date this festival in man-form. Smart, interesting and soothing.I went from listening to a panel discussion on the wine industry to sitting by a fountain and listening to the most beautiful...
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50Fests #4 Do-Division Street Fest and Sidewalk Sale
Check out my blog post about Mayfest Chicago, Do-Division and Belmont-Sheffield Music Festival, May 29-31One of my favorites from the whole season. GREAT music. The Flosstradamus show with Kid Sister was INSANE and packed. Besides Lollapalooza and Block Party, it was probably one of the best attended shows all summer.I...
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50Fests #3: Mayfest Chicago
Drinking a stein of Hofbrau Munchen that was a big as my head. I asked the bartender for "a large imported" to which he replied "here I am".Check out my blog post about Mayfest Chicago, Do-Division and Belmont-Sheffield Music Festival, May 29-31I went twice! Free entry and GIANT steins of...
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50Fests #1: Mayfest
This is Ana Fernatt. She's a RedEye reader and Twitter follower. On April 1, 2009, RedEye ran a story listing 50 must-see Chicago festivals. Ana read it, and tweeted us with an idea. What if she attended all 50 festivals? So we said yes, and then she did. She live...
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Fest Flash: Last call!
30+ summer festivals to toast before the season ends It seems like only yesterday we were getting trampled at Taste of Chicago and clocked with steins at Mayfest in Lincoln Square, but the final crop of fests is here. Ride out the season with this peek at a few weekend...
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Festival Roundup
It may be the waning days of summer (and feel like fall), but there's no let up in festivals this weekend. Chicago's streets and parks are as busy as ever, and here's a quick round-up:...
