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Taste of Chicago To-go 2020

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Taste of Chicago To-go 2020 When: July 8-12, 2020 Where:  Virtual events and Neighborhood restaurants While the festival will not take place in Grant Park this year due to COVID-19, this years Taste will have virtual events and local neighborhood restaurants will be participating with to-go … [Read more...] about Taste of Chicago To-go 2020

Where to watch Chicago’s July 4 Fireworks

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Where to watch Chicago's July 4 Fireworks. The City of Chicago discontinued the July 3 lakefront fireworks in 2011 so Navy Pier took over with their display on July 4.  At least a half million people used to come down to Monroe Harbor to see the City fireworks and now they all try to go to Navy … [Read more...] about Where to watch Chicago’s July 4 Fireworks

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Chicago on the Cheap offline June 4 12AM

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Chicago on the Cheap offline June 4 12AM.  Please be advised that we will be conducting a system wide reboot of the the Chicago on the Cheap server to install some updates and make other tweaks. We will be offline for 15 to 30 minutes starting at 12 a.m. CST on Thursday, June 4. For you night … [Read more...] about Chicago on the Cheap offline June 4 12AM

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Best Online Sales Right Now Updated

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Best Online Sales Right Now.  Updated 5/13/20:  With all retailers essentially closed there are some extraordinary sales going on.  Now that retailers are opening up or about to open up many have backed off on the sales.  If you have the cash and are in need of things now is a great good time to … [Read more...] about Best Online Sales Right Now Updated

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Free Comcast Watchathon May 11-17

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Free Comcast Watchathon. Comcast is having their annual Watchathon Week! Let the binge watching begin! All Comcast X1 subscribers can watch, for free, certain premium channels from May 11-17, 2020. The Watchathon includes free access to many of the most popular shows and movies from, SHOWTIME®, … [Read more...] about Free Comcast Watchathon May 11-17

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Mother’s Day dining options Chicago

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Mother's Day dining options Chicago. Mother's Day can be a rip off Mother's Day, like all other similar holidays, can be a big rip-off. If your Mother can't wait to go out another time then here are the best deals I could find and some money saving tips. Mother's Day in the time of … [Read more...] about Mother’s Day dining options Chicago

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Watch Metropolitan Opera streams for free Update

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Watch Metropolitan Opera streams for free. The world famous Metropolitan Opera in New York is offering a series of free opera streams of past performances beginning with Bizet’s Carmen.  This performance is conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin and starring Elīna Garanča and Robert Alagna. Watch … [Read more...] about Watch Metropolitan Opera streams for free Update

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Walgreens First Responders Discount Day April 25

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Walgreens First Responders Discount Day April 25 All medical personnel, physicians, nurses, paramedics, police officers, fire fighters, and other health care, frontline professionals and first responders will receive 30 percent off regularly-priced Walgreens brands and 20 percent off regularly … [Read more...] about Walgreens First Responders Discount Day April 25

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Watch Berkshire Hathaway Annual Meeting May 2

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Watch Berkshire Hathaway Annual Meeting May 2 This years Berkshire Hathaway Annual Meeting extravaganza has been cancelled.  I've been many times.  It's a weekend long party with an annual shareholder meeting during the festivities.  Some people call it "Woodstock for Capitalists." If you're … [Read more...] about Watch Berkshire Hathaway Annual Meeting May 2

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The Last Dance starts on ESPN this weekend

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The Last Dance starts on ESPN this weekend. Those of us of a certain age remember and participated in the excitement and insanity around the Bulls circa 1990's.  Booze-filled evenings and into morning watching and celebrating the playoff games every year, the parades, it was a great time!  Now a … [Read more...] about The Last Dance starts on ESPN this weekend

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Free movie every Friday night from Lionsgate

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Free movie every Friday night from Lionsgate Lionsgate movie studio and Fandango are sponsoring, and Jamie Lee Curtis is hosting, a free movie night every Friday from April 17-May 8.  The event benefits the Will Rogers Motion Picture Pioneers Foundation which is dedicated to helping people who … [Read more...] about Free movie every Friday night from Lionsgate

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Audible Theater 10 free theater performances

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Audible Theater 10 free theater performances. While theaters are closed for the time being, we wanted to bring you the joyful, immersive experience of going out to a show, but from the comfort of your own home. Enjoy these theater titles free through April 17, 2020.  I saw Latin History for … [Read more...] about Audible Theater 10 free theater performances

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