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    Article What You're Doing Tonight, 7/3

    3 hours ago

    An arty party at the Flat Iron Arts Building, a nude performance festival and a Jeremy Greene concert at Lumen heat up your holiday weekend.

  • Video Elephants vs. Humans in Bun-Eating Contest

    6 hours ago

    Maybe it was the head-start, or maybe it's just because they can eat eight at a time. Either way, the elephants beat the humans in a tune-up for tomorrow's hot-dog eating contest in Coney Island.

  • Article A Short Guide to The Long Weekend

    Jul 3, 2009

    Still trying to figure out how to spend the long weekend? It's time to make some decisions!

  • Article The Fourth's Fireworks Frenzy

    Jul 2, 2009 | 3 comments

    Lock up your pets and put your eyes to the sky, the Fourth of July is finally here and fireworks a’plenty will prove it.

  • Article In Defense of the Suburbs, There's Ribfest

    Jul 2, 2009 | 1 comment

    City dwellers may actually voluntary leave the downtown area for this weekend's Ribfest.

  • Article Summer BBQ Rookie Mistakes To Avoid

    Jul 3, 2009

    Whether it's your first summer party in your apartment or the first time you attempt a big backyard bbq in your new pad in the suburbs, it can be tough to get it exactly right on the first go.

  • Article Slim Jim Shortage Is Coming

    Jul 3, 2009 | 1 comment

    ConAgra, the company that makes Slim Jim, has not produced the jerky treat since a North Carolina plant exploded, killing three employees. It was the only plant in the country that made the snappy sna...

  • Slideshow Pooches With A View

    Jul 2, 2009

    Some of the city's top dogs accompany their human companions to one of the best views in the city.

  • Link Herb and Dorothy External website

    Jul 3, 2009

    Sunday July 5 (5:30pm)Tuesday July 7 (6pm) @ Gene Siskel Film CenterYou would need a heart of stone to not be charmed by Herb and Dorothy Vogel; Megumi Sasaki's sweet, low-key documentary doesn't really...

  • Link Castanets w/ Horse's Ha External website

    Jul 3, 2009

    The Horse's Ha takes their name — and the title of their debut album — from Dylan Thomas' macabre zombie story. But the folksy quintet's music couldn't be less evocative of a reanimated corpse....

  • Link The Paper Chase External website

    Jul 3, 2009

    Touring in support of their new album Someday This Could All Be Yours (Vol. 1), Dallas' the Paper Chase display a brave and grandiose sensibility — and never more so than live. As decadently destructive...

  • Article Joey Chestnut to Defend Hot Dog Eating Title

    Jul 2, 2009 | 1 comment

    American Joey Chestnut goes for another International Hot Dog Eating Contest championship at annual July 4th Coney Island event.

  • Video Grant Park Music Festival Adds July 4th Concert

    Jul 2, 2009

    A July 4 concert is a new tradition for the Grant Park Music Festival, now in its 75th year.

  • Article Sears Tower Ledge: "It Was Like Jesus"

    Jul 2, 2009 | 5 comments

    It's not exactly like walking on water, but now you can walk outside the Sears Tower Skydeck, 103 floors up, if you dare.

  • Link Explosions in the Sky External website

    Jul 2, 2009

    Explosions in the Sky create symphonies out of a drum kit and three guitars. The band (anchored by Rockford native Chris Hrasky on drums) weaves together complex harmonies that sound at once conflicted,...

  • Article Will 429 Ping Your Gaydar?

    Jul 2, 2009 | 8 comments

    A new website hopes to wean some people off of Facebook by getting a little more socially specific.

  • Article What You're Doing Tonight, 7/2

    Jul 2, 2009

    A roots music festival heats up FitzGerald's, nerds get their time in the sun at Holiday Club and a sexy swimwear fashion show hits Enclave.

  • Link Sunn O))) External website

    Jul 2, 2009

    Drone-metal veterans Sunn 0))) hit a new apex with May's Monoliths and Dimensions, seamlessly weaving elements of modern compositional and jazz into their ambient doom mega-riffs. But as always, their...

  • Article Dollar-Saving Strategies for Summer Travel

    Jul 3, 2009

    The economy has more people leery about making plans far in advance; travel companies are offering more last-minute deals, and new technologies are fostering bargains that come and go like mayflies.

  • Video Harold Ramis' Chicago Faves

    Jul 2, 2009

    Ghostbusters scribe Harold Ramis, who recently directed the cavetastic comedy, Year One, dishes about his favorite Chicago fixtures, from the Joffrey Ballet to the Chicago Botanic Garden. Find more celebrity...

  • Article LEGO Architecture Soars at Science Museum

    Jul 2, 2009

    If you thought you were cool when you put together an 8-inch tall Lego castle as a kid, the Museum of Science and Industry has an exhibit that will blow you away.

  • Article Get The Maximum Bang Out of The Long Weekend

    Jul 3, 2009

    The long weekend is far from being short on things to do around the city.

  • Slideshow Wish I Were Here: Top Beaches in the US

    Jul 1, 2009 | 2 comments

    Summer staycation getting you down? Check out some of the country's top beaches. From secluded oases to mainstream scenes, these spots are worth a visit... even if it's just in your mind.

  • Article Where to Watch Fireworks: On a Lake Cruise

    Jul 1, 2009

    If you've never seen the fireworks from the lake, hop aboard a cruise ship for a truly unforgettable Fourth of July experience.

  • Video The Gossip Girl

    Jun 30, 2009

    New York Post editor Paula Froelich took an unconventional path to become a Page Six gossip columnist, not to mention New York Times bestselling author of her latest book, "Mercury in Retrograde".

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