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7/28/2005

Upcoming Events and Other Fun Stuff in Chicago


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Here's a picture of Pam's crew serving at the beer tent at the Sheffield Garden Walk Saturday afternoon. We had an early shift so the crowds were light and I probably drank more beer than I sold! A few more pix from that event can be found here.

Also, some bonus pix from the Sheffield Garden Walk Architectural Tour here.

 

Weekly Feature(s):

 

Fridge Door Bonus Pic!

Tony represents closing down the Festastuff booth at Summer on Southport! Despite the 104 degree temperatures the cutting crew deviated from our tradition of closing the Sheffield Garden Walk to hit this somewhat sparsely attended (due to the heat!) but awesome fest.

Special thanks to the over 120 partiers that joined us for our 2nd annual Ten Innings at Wrigley Pub Crawl.

Mark you calendars for our 9th Annual 12 Bars of Christmas on Saturday, December 3, 2005!
 

A Festa celebrity appearance highlights night #1 of the 2005 Sheffield Garden Walk postpartyage!
 

Hey friends,

 
Hope everone had a blast last week at the Sheffield Garden Walk and Summer on Southport. This weekend the mayhem contines with Venetian night on Saturday night and the Grandaddy of all Chicago Summer Neighborhood Street Festivals, Taste of Lincoln Ave. As always the cutting crew will be there Sunday afternoon to close the place. Get there early  it's $7 before 3pm and $10 after that. Here's what's on the board this week:

 

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Weekly Ten Buck Wipeout at the Union Tavern

Union Tavern 6-9PM Every Friday!!! Union still opens at 5pm , but the drink package begins at 6pm . Now everyone can have that extra time to get home from work and then get out to Union!

Union Tavern - 2858 N Halsted
Time: 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm
Cost: Only $10 bucks
Includes: *Bud/Bud light drafts *Well drinks *Pizza *Quesadillas *Chips/Salsa *$5 Jaeger bomb special

Once the $10 deal is over at 9pm, enjoy $1.50 domestic drafts ALL NIGHT (every Friday now)

 

H3 Events Thursday Parties @ Belly's

Thursdays at Bellys - 3210 N. Lincoln

Enjoy our usual drink/food special from 6-9pm for only $10 bucks!:

* Miller Lite * Bass * Harp * Honkers * Blue Moon * Pilsner Urquell * Sam Adams * Stella Arquois

* PLUS well drinks * Pizza * Quesadillas * Chips & Salsa

Specials after the 6-9pm deal are: $3 u-call-its; $2 bottles; $1 belly shots.....no cover.

For additional info email: lisa@h3events.com

http://www.meetin.org/city/MEETinCHICAGO/EventsDetails.cfm?EventsID=14135

http://fotpauction.cmarket.com

 

 

Tuesday, August 2 - Tuesday, August 23: Chicago Outdoor Film Festival In Grant Park

Chicago Outdoor Film Festival

Screens Roger Ebert’s Great Movies

Tuesday’s at Sunset in Butler Field in Grant Park at Lake Shore Drive & Monroe

Chicago announces the 6th Annual Chicago Outdoor Film Festival, presented by ComEd, Charter One Bank, the Mayor's Office of Special Events and the Chicago Park District. Beloved and respected film critic Roger Ebert has personally selected this year's lineup, choosing titles from his books: Great Movies and Great Movies II. The movies are: Citizen Kane, Annie Hall, My Darling Clementine, E.T., The Night of the Hunter, The Hustler, and Star Wars.

The City is proclaiming July 12, “Roger Ebert Day in Chicago,” and will pay tribute to him with a sidewalk plaque under the marquee at the Chicago Theatre. The Chicago Theatre is a historic landmark, one of the first such buildings in the nation of its kind and is the oldest surviving theater in the city. On opening night of the Chicago Outdoor Film Fest (July 12), the public can join the city and film critic Richard Roeper in celebration as it pays tribute to Roger Ebert at the Chicago Outdoor Film Festival. The program will begin at 8 p.m. Ebert will also receive a Star on Hollywood’s Walk of Fame this summer.

Roger Ebert was born in Urbana, Illinois. He attended the University of Illinois where he was editor of the school newspaper, The Daily Illini. In 1967, after graduate school at the University of Chicago, he became film critic for the Chicago Sun-Times. He was the first movie critic to receive the Pulitzer Prize, in 1975, for arts criticism. Ebert is a syndicated in 200 papers across the United States and co-host of “Ebert and Roeper and the Movies,” along with Sun-Times movie critic and columnist Richard Roeper.

Ebert has been credited with speaking the common man’s language when it comes to critiquing movies, something he is loved for around the globe. Ebert is a world-renowned critic, and a Chicago institution and chooses to live in what he calls “The Greatest City,” Chicago! Ebert resides in Chicago with his wife Chaz Hammelsmith Ebert and their family.

"On behalf of the City of Chicago, I salute Roger Ebert," says Mayor Richard M. Daley. "Ebert is a Pulitzer Prize winner who keeps giving back to his community through his academic endeavors as well as through his journalism. He has raised the bar for film critics everywhere through his in-depth analysis of the movies."

The Chicago Outdoor Film Festival is FREE and shows movies every Tuesday for seven weeks beginning
July 12 through August 23. Movies begin at sunset.

E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial - August 2,
8:39 p.m.
Henry Thomas, Drew Barrymore, Dee Stone
Steven Spielberg directs this well-known story of alien who is left behind in suburban California and the 10 year-old boy who befriends him and helps him to “phone home.”
(115 minutes)

The Night of the Hunter - August 9, 8:30 p.m.
Robert Mitchum, Shelley Winters, Lillian Gish
In the only film directed by actor Charles Laughton, Mitchum chillingly plays a psychotic preacher with L-O-V-E and H-A-T-E tattooed on his knuckles. He terrorizes his stepchildren in pursuit of a fortune hidden in a little girl’s doll.
(93 minutes)

The Hustler - August 16, 8:20 p.m.
Paul Newman, Jackie Gleason, Piper Laurie
Small-time pool hustler “Fast" Eddie Felson has a lot of talent but a self-destructive attitude causes him to challenge the legendary "Minnesota Fats" to a high-stakes match. In a heartbreaking marathon match, he loses everything, so Fast Eddie joins up with a ruthless and cutthroat manager who agrees to take him on the road to learn the ropes. But Felson soon realizes that making it to the top could cost him his soul.
(135 minutes)

Star Wars - August 23, 8:09 p.m.
Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, Alec Guiness
George Lucas created a cultural phenomenon and iconoclastic characters in what we now know as Chapter #4 of this classic sci-fi serial. It’s where we first meet Princess Leia, captured by an evil tyrant, and the heroes, Luke Skywalker and Han Solo, who help to rescue her and destroy his empire.
1977 (121 minutes)

The screen measures (50’ x 34’) and boasts a state-of-the art sound system. Movies begin at sunset (see show times below) in Butler Field, Grant Park at Lake Shore Drive and Monroe. Admission is free,

For your comfort, cyclists can beat the traffic by biking and the Chicagoland Bicycle Federation and the Mayor’s Office of Special Events provides FREE Bike Valet Parking at all films. The valet is located on the northwest corner of Lake Shore Drive and Monroe Streets. No pets allowed please!

A special thanks to our presenting sponsors, ComEd and Charter One Bank and the generous support of our other sponsors the Chicago Sun-Times, WNUA – 95.5, and the Chicago Transit Authority

http://egov.cityofchicago.org/city/webportal/portalContentItemAction.do?BV_SessionID=@@@@0056768444.1120741903@@@@&BV_EngineID=cccdaddfdehkjhjcefecelldffhdffn.0&contentOID=536924981&contenTypeName=COC_EDITORIAL&topChannelName=HomePage

 

 

Friday, July 29:  MEETinCHICAGO's 2 Year Anniversary Party at Clybar

Official MEETinCHICAGO's 2 Year Anniversary Party

back area of Clybar 2417 N. Clybourn Ave ( Map It? )

Friday, July 29 2005 - 7:00-???

Come out and celebrate MiChicago's 2nd Birthday!! The Theme for our party is WIG & CRAZY HAT!!! So get to that costume shop!

Clybar is a nice relaxing place that has a great patio. If your hungry, bring along something for the grill, because Clybar will cook up your food!

Type of package: Call $30pp (7-10pm) or -$1.00 off drinks for those who want to pay cash. After the 3 hours $1.00 off drinks applies to everyone.

Terms of the party: Pitchers of all Sangria included, STAROOM reserved and out doors avail weather permitting. Free parking across the street for the party.

Gratuity for the servers and bartenders is not included!

Call Package Includes:
Call Liquors – Your choice of any of the following brand name liquors for mixed drinks.
I.E.: Captain Morgan, Bacardi, Absolute, Stoli, Skyy, Tanqueray, Jack Daniels, Jose Cuervo, etc.
Domestic and Import draft beers – Sam Adams, Miller Lite, Blue Moon, Pilsner Urquell, Stella Artois, Guinness, Harp, Bass
Wines – Chardonnay, Merlot

http://www.meetin.org/city/MEETinCHICAGO/EventsDetails.cfm?EventsID=10347

 

Friday, July 29: Bar1Events Moon Walk Pub Crawl

Do the Moonwalk!

Calling all Blue Moon beer drinkers!  We've got a new pub crawl just for you on Friday, July 29. It's the 1st annual Moon Walk Pub Crawl, and it's $15 for a meal package that includes buffets and Blue Moon and Coors Light drafts from 8-11pm at McGee's, Jack Sullivan's, Durkin's and Duffy's (unfortunately The Wrightwood Tap is closed for remodeling). As always, we will have trolleys running to all the bars. You can start and end your pub crawl anywhere you want! Reservations are NOT necessary, but give us a call at 773.868.8073 for more information on the best pub crawl of the summer!

 

Saturday, July 30: 48th Annual Venetian Night at Grant Park

http://egov.cityofchicago.org/webportal/COCWebPortal/COC_EDITORIAL/VN05.pdf

Since 1958, Venetian Night has attracted countless Chicagoans and visitors to the shores of Lake Michigan for its stunning parade of artistically decorated boats. Venetian Night begins with a concert performed by the Grant Park Symphony at the Pritzker Pavilion and then continues to the lakefront for the decorated boat parade and our spectacular fireworks display. Venetian Night is a perfect way to enjoy our beautiful city, so please come out and join in the fun. Our warmest thanks

Event:    48th Annual Venetian Night

Description:    Approximately 35 boats decorated with lights and props reflecting the theme “Rock The Boat” will participate in the aquatic parade. There will also be an elaborate fireworks display synchronized to music provided by 93XRT.

Date:    Saturday, July 30, 2005

Time:
6:30 p.m.   Grant Park Symphony Orchestra
Venetian Night Blast
Carlos Miguel Prieto, Conductor
Pritzker Pavilion in Millennium Park at Randolph & Columbus

7:45 p.m.  Chicago Fire Department's Air/Sea Rescue Re-enactment
Queen's Landing at Congress & the Lakefront

8:30 p.m.  The Cingular Wireless Lighted Boat Parade
Presented by Fletcher Jones Imports
The spectacular boat parade can be viewed along the lakefront between the Shedd Aquarium at Roosevelt Road and the Chicago Yacht Club at Monroe Street.

9:30 p.m.  The BlueCross BlueShield of Illinois Fireworks
Presented by ATA
Turn your radio to 93.1 FM, WXRT and listen to Music synchronized perfectly to the magnificent fireworks show, which takes place above Monroe Harbor.

Location:    The boat parade takes place along Lake Michigan between the Shedd Aquarium at Roosevelt Road and the Chicago Yacht Club at Monroe Street. The fireworks show is shot at Monroe Harbor.

Admission:    Free

Estimated Attendance Figures:    2004: 675,000   2003: 600,000   2002: 700,000   2001: 575,000   2000: 550,000

Theme:    Rock The Boat

History:    Venetian Night is the oldest event the City of Chicago produces. The first Venetian Night took place August 8, 1958, as part of Chicago’s Lakefront Festival, a celebration of the City’s aquatic recreational facilities. The boat parade in 1958, patterned after the boat parades in Venice, Italy, consisted of approximately 300 decorated yachts including a Water Tower replica, Mrs. O’Leary’s Cow and Frankenstein’s Monster. Venetian Night was once a multiple day event that featured a beauty pageant and parade on State Street in addition to the lighted boat parade and fireworks show on the waterfront.

Presented By:    The Mayor’s Office of Special Events and 93XRT

Media Contact:    Blythe Lopez-Modrowski (Mayor’s Office of Special Events) 312/744-3869

City of Chicago - Richard M. Daley, Mayor

 

Saturday, July 30: Bar1Events Parties at Duffy's, McGee's and Jack Sullivan's

Drafts for the Drought at Duffy's!

This Saturday, July 30, drink Drafts for the Drought at Duffy's! From 8:30-11:30pm, our $15 meal package will include a huge buffet, thirst-quenching domestic drafts, well drinks, wine and soda.

Duffy's has awesome live music every Thursday, and this week is no exception! Come party with Lounge Puppets this Thursday, July 28, and enjoy $3 you call its and 25-cent wings, too! Next Thursday, come see Voices!

Duffy's is a great place to have your Fantasy Football Draft! We've got wireless internet and plenty of space available to reserve on Saturday mornings and afternoons. If you're interested, call Dan at Duffy's at 773.549.9090.

Drinks of Hazzard at McGee's this Saturday!

Watch out for the DRINKS of Hazzard at McGee's this Saturday, July 30! Break out your best Hazzard County duds and come hang out with us! It will be just $15 for a meal package that includes a huge country buffet, domestic drafts and well drinks from 8:30-11:30pm.

Come see TOO WHITE CREW at McGee's this Thursday, July 28! Check out this awesome hip-hop band while enjoying $1 domestic bottles, $2.50 Bacardi Silver Raz, and $4 Vodka Lemonades. See you there!

Enjoy a little Spanish flavor at McGee's on Friday, August 5! From 8:30-11:30pm, our $15 meal package will include a huge tapas buffet, as well as sangria, domestic drafts and well drinks.

Pay Your Rent at Jack Sullivan's!

Get your rent paid the easy way - party at Jack Sullivan's this Saturday, July 30! From 9pm-midnight, our rent raffle meal package includes a huge buffet, domestic drafts, well drinks and a raffle ticket for just $20. Don't miss it!

Come to Jack Sullivan's for a "Ridiculously Early Back to School Sale" on Friday, August 5! Three-ring binders will not be available, but our $15 meal package WILL include a huge buffet, domestic drafts and well drinks from 9pm-midnight.

Cool off from those hot, hot dog days of summer at Jack Sullivan's on Saturday, August 6! From 9pm-midnight, our $15 meal package includes a big old dog days buffet, as well as domestic drafts and well drinks.
 

Saturday, July 30 - Sunday, July 31: 22nd Annual Taste of Lincoln Ave

Wrightwood Neighbors thanks all the people involved with the 2004 Taste of Lincoln Avenue. It was a very successful event, which would not of been possible if it were not for the many volunteers, promoters and businesses in the Wrightwood community.

22nd Annual
Taste of Lincoln Avenue
on  Lincoln Avenue between Fullerton and Wrightwood 
July 30th & 31st, 2005

http://www.wrightwoodneighbors.org/Taste.htm

The Taste of Lincoln Avenue is Wrightwood’s annual fundraiser.  The Taste began in 1984, as a way to help fund the WNA (Wrightwood Neighbors Association) organization, and to provide financial support for our local schools and organizations through grants.  It began with crowds of 10,000 attendees, and has now grown to more than 50,000 visitors for the two-day event.

Main Stage Entertainment (@ Fullerton)
Saturday
Noon - Les Getrex
2:30 pm - Anne Harris
4:00 pm - Aaron English Band
6:00 pm - Young Dubliners
8:30 pm - Buckwheat Zydeco
 		 Sunday
Noon - Tristen
1:30 pm - Madvine
3:00 pm - Jimi Rogers & The Mauds
4:30 pm - Robert Cornelius 7
6:30 pm - Colin Hay (from Men at Work)
8:30 pm - Xavier Rudd
 

Gin Mill Stage Entertainment (@ Montana)

Saturday
Noon - Nine Fifty
1:30 pm - Second Story
3:00 pm - Bartley Fritsche
5:00 pm - Josh Holmes
6:30 pm - Carey Ott
8:30 pm - Frank Bang
 		 Sunday
Noon - Free Space
2:00 pm - Ripley Caine
3:30 pm - Javier Mendoza Band
5:00 pm - Antje
6:30 pm - Down the Line
8:30 pm - Jennie Devoe
 

Bordo's Stage Entertainment (@ Wrightwood)

Saturday
Noon - Seedy Underbelly
1:30 pm - Maggie Speaks
3:00 pm - Afrodisiacs
4:30 pm - Then Again
6:00 pm - Underwater People
8:00 pm - Hello Dave
 		 Sunday
Noon - TBA
1:30 pm - Cat Fight
3:00 pm - Too White Crew
4:30 pm - Elevation
6:00 pm - Hairbanger's Ball
8:00 pm - Mike & Joe
 

B.L.U.E.S. Stage @ Altgeld

Saturday
Noon - Joe Barr
1:30 pm - Bombay Alley Blues Band
3:00 pm - Katherine Davis
4:30 pm - Willie Kent
6:30 pm - Joanna Connor
8:30 pm - Savoy Brown
 		 Sunday
Noon - Teronzo Canon
1:30 pm - Lindsay Alexander
3:00 pm - Pistol Pete
5:00 pm - Chicago's Most Wanted
6:30 pm - Carlos Johnson
8:30 pm - Larry McRay
 

Women's Lifestyle Stage @ Lill Street

Saturday
2:00 pm, 3:00 pm & 4:00 pm - Washburne Culinary Institute Cooking Demonstrations
6:00 pm - IADT Fashion Show
 

 

Saturday, July 30 - Sunday, July 31: Wicker Park Fest

Saturday, July 30 & Sunday, July 31
Noon - 11:00 pm
On Damen Avenue between North and Schiller
$5 gate donation

Wildly eclectic lineup of non-stop music on two stages Holly Golightly… Okkervil River… Reigning Sound… Mofro… Kaki King… The Olivia Tremor Control and many more!

Reflecting the neighborhood’s rich music heritage, vibrant nightlife and acclaimed restaurants, a weekend of cutting-edge music acts on two stages—as well as great food and arts & crafts—will be among the highlights of Wicker Park Summer Fest!

Saturday

NORTH STAGE

1:30 pm Catfish Haven
2:45 pm Baby Teeth
4:00 pm Scotland Yard Gospel Choir
5:15 pm Head of Femur
6:30 pm Turing Machine
7:45 pm Okkervil River
9:00 pm Olivia Tremor Control

SOUTH STAGE

1:00 pm Future Rock
2:30 pm Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey
4:30 pm Motherlode
6:30 pm Benevento Russo Duo
8:30 pm Mofro

Sunday

NORTH STAGE

2:00 pm Exit Clov
3:15 pm Telenovela
4:30 pm The Woggles
5:45 pm Miss Alex White
7:00 pm Reigning Sound
9:00 pm Holly Golightly

SOUTH STAGE

2:00 pm Punsapaya
3:30 pm Mocean Worker
5:00 pm Kaki King
6:30 pm Tortured Soul
8:30 pm Everyone Orchestra

 

 

Saturday, August 6: 3rd Annual Porkfest at McGee's & Bootlegger Bash @ Durkin's

There's nothing better than a summer barbecue, and we have super-sized that event! Join us on Saturday, August 6, for our third annual Porkfest -- a general celebration of meat! If you missed this last year, you really missed out! We had ribs, pulled pork, deep-fried turkey, deep-fried bacon, plus a lot more meat and all the fixings. It's delicious, and it's all you can eat all day long for only $15! The $15 meal package also includes domestic drafts from 1-4pm, so don't miss out! Call 773.868.8073 for more information.

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Friday, August 19: Tavern Club Junior Board's 2nd Annual Luau

The Second Annual Lu'au is hosted by

The Tavern Club Junior Board
333 N. Michigan Avenue – 25/26th floors, Chicago, IL
August 19th – 8 pm (VIP reception – 7 pm)

Come out and support the Lance Armstrong Foundation and have a coconut-flavored good time
at this landmark venue on the highest outdoor drinking and dining patio in Chicago.  

We will start the evening by bringing you back to the sounds of the 80’s with the Sixteen Candles band.   After sunset, we’ll dance with hula dancers to the sounds of DJ Greg Bauer and percussionist Bam Bam Buddha.  Special guests will include former Chicago Bulls superstars.  All the while, you will have the chance to partake in the colossal open bar, hors d’oeuvres, and silent auction.  For a sneak preview of the fabulous silent auction items, click here!

There will be a V.I.P. Reception starting at 7pm in cocktail lounge with spectacular views of the
Magnificent Mile.

Cost:     $60 in Advance
             $70 at the Door
             $125 VIP Reception

 

 

Saturday, August 20: PPC's 7th Annual Post Air & Water Show Party at Party Central

Friends, Romans, Countrymen,

This Saturday, August 21st I will once again have my annual "Drinkstravaganza" and invite hundreds of friends over to trash my place and drink my booze, hosting the Sixth Annual Post Air & Water Show Party (PA&WS VI) in the Big Backyard at Party Central. Last year we had around 200+ people back there, the cops were called twice, and the kegs were killed in record time.

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:

WHAT: PPC's 7th Annual Post Air & Water Show Party - "PA&WS VII"

WHEN: Saturday August 20, 7:30pm - until the cops show up. This year we are starting earlier because this party has gotten so big it's no longer a matter of IF the cops will bust it up, but WHEN so if you want to party a lot, COME EARLY.

WHERE: 916-918 W. Fullerton (go around back on the 918 /left side of the building. Just East of the Fullerton Red/Brown Line Stop

WHY: To celebrate Summer in Chicago with old friends, meet new friends, kill off some funds we have leftover from the 13th Annual Chicago Fourth of July Party (which also kicked off at Party Central).

WHAT TO BRING: Yourself and some fun FRIENDS. Beer, wine, some mixed drinks, pop, water, and snacks will be provided. For the mixed drink crowd however, more bottles are always appreciated to help the cause.

Note, as I cannot fit 200 people into my 1000sqft condo, this party is WEATHER PERMITTING.

Hope to see you Saturday!

Fuji
Acting PPC Social Chair

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