On Monday, May 27 at 7:00 pm (doors open at 6:30 pm), the Paramount Theatre in Aurora is showing “Labyrinth”. Admission is $1.00. Paramount Theatre 23 East Galena Road Aurora, IL Read More
On Friday, May 24 from 6:00 – 7:30, the Jane Addams Hull-House Museum presents “Pardon me, where is the kitchen?”. It is a sonic work presented by Christine Sun Kim, a deaf performance artist who explores the physicality of sound. Read More

Get out of the house and enjoy some nature without leaving Chicago.The North Park Village Nature Center on Chicago’s northwest side features a forty-six acre nature preserve and nature trails flanked by prairies, woodlands and wetlands. Or, go inside Read More

Textile Discount Warehouse isn’t all that from the outside. It isn’t all that on the inside, either, unless you want to look through more fabric than you can possibly imagine existing anywhere in the Read More
On Wednesday, May 22 at the Brookfield Zoo, researchers from the University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine, the Brookfield Zoo, and the American Veterinary Association will be talking about animal welfare, whether the animal is being raised Read More
Susan Nussbaum’s book Good Kings Bad Kings: A Novelcovers weighty topics: right and wrong, power and powerlessness, good and bad. She will be discussing the book along with Martha Stoddard Holmes of California State University, Rebecca Read More
Do you feel your Irish coming on? Or are you in search of lively music to keep your workout going strong? Either way, Amazon has the Green Hill Music – Celtic Sampler 2013 for free. Read More
Car seats aren’t cheap, but they are necessary. They keep kids safe, and that’s a good thing. To make it easier for more people to have the right-size car seats, Stroger Hospital sells infant, convertible, and booster seats for $20 Read More
Next Saturday, May 25, the City of Chicago presents its annual Memorial Day parade. There has been a Chicago Memorial Day parade each year since 1870. The marching units will go along State Street in the Loop from Read More
Riverview Tavern in Roscoe Village has plenty of food and drink specials on Fridays, including $4 cans of beer, $4 brewery of the month drafts, and $6 martinis. Riverview Tavern 1958 W. Roscoe Street Chicago Read More
A law signed by Gov. Pat Quinn prohibits disposing of electronic products that contain lead, mercury, cadmium, hexavalent chromium, and other materials that pose environmental and health risks in Illinois landfills. Read More
The 1970s weren’t really the best decade for pop music, but there were a few gems. The Yacht Rock Review does a tribute to 1970s light rock, and they are coming to the House of Blues Chicago on May 23. Read More
