The Big City Blog
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The Big City Blog: Chicago Ale Fest, Breaking Ground Festival, $5 cocktails and Geja’s love of Valentine’s Day
With more than 100 craft beers, music, games and food, the Chicago Ale Fest is for beer lovers as well as anyone looking for ... -
The Big City Blog: Running Feb. 7-17, Chicago Theatre Week means reduced-price tickets to more than 120 productions
Chicago Theatre Week, running Feb. 7-17, showcases the city’s dazzling arts scene and offers the opportunity to see more than 120 participating productions around ... -
The Big City Blog: Chicago Restaurant Week takes over Jan. 25-Feb. 7 with a variety of affordable prix-fixe menu opportunities
Treat your taste buds like royalty, as the 12th annual culinary celebration that is Chicago Restaurant Week returns Jan. 25-Feb. 7. -
The Big City Blog: 15th annual Chicago Travel & Adventure Show comes to Rosemont Jan. 12-13
The 15th Annual Chicago Travel & Adventure Show returns to Rosemont Jan. 12-13, featuring an impressive lineup of travel experts seminars, workshops, cultural performances ... -
The Big City Blog: Buddy is back — The 82-year-old blues legend takes up annual January residency at Legends
Witnessing a one-of-a-kind show from a living legend in an intimate setting is something to brag about. -
The Big City Blog: Chicago Sketch Comedy Festival — the quirky, hilarious, community experience runs Jan. 10-20 at Stage 773
The Chicago Sketch Comedy Festival, which debuted in 2002, is now the largest in the world, hosting more than 180 groups and putting on ... -
The Big City Blog: From Christkindlmarket to Macy’s windows and Navy Pier’s Winter Wonderfest, here are the best Christmas and holiday activities around Chicago
The Christmas Around the World exhibit at the Museum of Science and Industry features a four-story Grand Tree that is surrounded by a forest ... -
The Big City Blog: Jack’s Pumpkin Nights, Seadog haunted cruises and more Chicago Halloween fun
Jack’s Pumpkin Nights is the perfect blend of entertainment for the kids during the day and the adults (and a bit of a singles ... -
The Big City Blog: Experience Art on theMART for an engaging, record-breaking exhibition
It's a curated series of digital artworks — utilizing 34 projectors and totaling nearly one million lumens — projected across 2.5 acres of theMART’s ... -
The Big City Blog: Barrel-aged beer festival, a 90210-themed pop-up bar and Picks n’ Treats at the Randolph Street Market
For the 16th year in a row, The Festival of Wood & Barrel-Aged Beer, North America’s largest barrel-aged beer festival and competition, is making ...
