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12/8/2005

Upcoming Events and Other Fun Stuff in Chicago


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Sandy and the early birds get it going at the PPC's 9th Annual 12 Bars of Christmas Lincoln Park Neighborhood Pub Crawl. More pix from our annual blowout can be found here.

Weekly Feature(s):

  • NPR Time Kill of the Week: Fishing for Furniture Off Dauphin Island. Quite an odd thing to fish for, eh? In part two of his boat trip through the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, Noah Adams visits Dauphin Island, where fishermen and local residents are trying to rebuild their economy.
     
     
    http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5015596

     

  • Internet Time Kill of the Week: CTA Holiday Train. We're recycling this one again this week because it's the HOLIDAYS! Catch the CTA's traditional holiday "Santa" L train at the following lines and times:

     http://www.transitchicago.com/news/whatsnew2.wu?action=displaynewspostingdetail&articleid=109586

 

 

Fridge Door Bonus Pic!


Dr. Craig who came in all the way from Hawaii joins the PPC veterans (Mahu, KK and Chris) to tie one on in 2005!

Thanks to the over 350 peeps who turned out for the 2005 12 Bars of Christmas. Pictures of this wipeout can be found here.

Last but not least we have his Festa-ness himself making a celebrity appearance at the PPC's 12 Bars showing why he's "cash money". Don't forget Festa's 12 Bars is this Saturday in Wrigleyville! Click here to purchase tickets for this annual wipeout!

My buddy Andrea (right) who is one of the newer die-hard regulars at the 12 Bars once again brings out the crew for our annual classic.

 

Hey friends,

Thanks to the 350+ revelers who turned out in force for our annual 12 Bars of Christmas Pub Crawl in Lincoln Park. I have to say I was surprised by the large number of peeps @ Bricks despite the new start location and earlier start time. The names of all the glitterati are too numerous to mention but I have to give special thanks to Mike for rallying an unexpectedly large contingent as well as Andrea for once again representing with her crew of die-hards, Sandy & friends from the Shuman/Uhlir crew, Erin who was a former intern w/my old company & friends, and West Loop 'Hood Karen and the PPC old guard (Mahu, Jonas Pave & Dam, heck even Mini Mahu got a hall pass and we even had a rare Shaun & Christine sighting!) as well as Kathy and the cast of thousands from the MeetIn crew. Even His-Festa-ness graced us with a celebrity appearance! Mad props to y'all and mark your calendars for the 10th Annual 12 Bars on Saturday December 2, 2006!!

And speaking of His Festa-ness, this weekend is the other bookend to the holiday pub crawl season with Chris Festa's 1800+ person blowout TBOX 10 (Twelve Bars Of Xmas) in Wrigleyville starting @ 11am at Sheffied's (Sheffield & School). I will be there for all 16 bars! Note for those who have never been, preregistration is HIGHLY recommended. (http://www.festastuff.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=tbox10).

 

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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 @ Casey Moran's

Casey Moran's Bar - 3660 N. Clark St, Chicago

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

For additional info email: lisa@h3events.com

Every Thursday in December 8 big name Chicago bands (and we mean BIG NAMEBANDS) will be competing for a trip to go to Sister Hazels Rock Boat which is the largest out to sea music festival featuring 30 of today's top musical artists. The bands will not only get to go on the cruise, but they will be able to jam as well. Please come out and support your favorite band(s), as 25% of their judging depends on audience approval. There will be 6 judges including some of your favorite radio personalities and celebrities like Chris Payne from Q101, plus more! Plus you yourself can win a trip to the rockboat. Raffle tickets for $10 each will be available for purchase each week, only 150 tickets will be sold and we are offering 10 prizes.

 

Saturday, December 3 - Friday December 9: Bar1Events Holiday Food Drive Parties @ Various Locations

Last year, with your help, Bar1Events was able to give generously to St. Bernard Hospital in Englewood, and we provided 12 Chicago families with food, Christmas gifts, toiletries and other essential supplies at a time when they needed them most. This year, our goal is to sponsor 20 Chicago families, and with your help, we can do it! You may donate anything from non-perishable food items to toiletries to household cleaning supplies at any of our locations from now until December 20, and we will also host special parties where our $15 meal package can be yours for just $10 if you bring in an item to donate. The meal package will include a buffet, domestic drafts and well drinks and it will be available at McGee's this Saturday, December 3, from 8:30-11:30pm, at Duffy's Friday and Saturday, December 2 & 3, from 8:30-11:30pm, and at Wrightwood Tap on Friday, December 9 from 7-10pm. Give a little and get a lot back!

 

Wednesday, December 7: Bar1Events Oysterfest @ Wrightwood Tap

Be there from the beginning - come to Wrightwood Tap's first-annual Oysterfest on Wednesday, December 7! We're bringing in 500 oysters and cooking them up every which way! Our $25 meal package includes all you can eat oysters and all drafts from 7-10pm.

 

Thursday, December 8th: Lodge Group's Holiday Pub Crawl @ Rush & Division

Hey Gang,

This Thursday Dec. 8th is the Lodge Management bars Holiday parties. All the sales & tips generated that day at each bar is divided among the employees as their holiday bonus so the clubs will be rockin'!!!

Once again this year I'm coordinating a pub crawl and would love for everyone to join me. We're beginning at Streeter's Tavern at 50 E. Chicago Ave at 8:30pm. From there we are going around the corner to Pippin's Tavern then working our way to Division Street where we will visit every Lodge Management bar. We will end at the Original Mother's for a night of Live Band Karaoke.

This is a great opportunity to gather all your friends for some Holiday cheer...so pass this on and come on out and play!

Happy Holidays and I hope to see you all there!

Camille

Special Events Director

Lodge Management Group, E.E.*

 

Thursday, December 8: Bar Revu Annual Christmas Party @ Carnivale

The upcoming Bar Revu is: THE ANNUAL CHRISTMAS PARTY

Thursday, December 8, 2005

7:30PM - ???

CARNIVALE - 702 W. Fulton Market (between Halsted St. and Desplaines St.) Chicago, IL

http://www.carnivalechicago.com

 

Thursday, December 8 & Friday, December 9: Labatt's Hose Hockey Promotion @ Independence Tap (Thu) & Slugger's (Fri)

Editor's Note: My friend Jim who works for a local liquor distributor will be doing this promotion so Friday just might include a confirmed Fuji sighting at the ending bar as a  warm-up for TBOX!!

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Hi Everyone-
 
 
My job requires me to be at a Labatt Hose Hockey promotion on Thursday at Independence Tap, 3932 W. Irving (it is just about 8 blocks south and 1 block east of Murray's) from 8-10pm. Come on over after the hash for Labatts- or if you are not a hasher c'mon over at 8pm.
 
Labatt Hose Hockey is an inflatable hockey rink with air hoses that drive a puck toward the goal.  Each team consists of three players and there is an actual tournament thing that has great prizes (rumor hash it that there are Blackhawk tickets).  Plus $ 2.00 Labatt pints and Rhotan with the expense account.  So put together a team of three and try to win......at least come and drink with me.
 
Same thing goes for Friday-
The Labatt Hose Hockey will be at Sluggers,  3540 N. Clark Street, on Friday from 9-11pm.
Again, I will be forced to drink Labatt (hey, it's my job!) and be the head hoser.
 
anyway, I'll be out drinking again- c'mon and join me-

Jim

 

Friday, December 9: Bar1Events Old School Party @ Durkin's

This Friday, December 9, come to Durkin's Old School Basement Party! We're kickin' it old school in the Back Bar, where our $5 meal package will include a buffet, DJ entertainment, $4 you call its, $5 drop shots, and $5 Red Bull drinks from 9pm until close!
 

 

Monday, December 12: New Views of the Universe: Extra Dimensions, Dark Energy and Cosmic Adventures @ Harris Theater in Millennium Park

From http://newviews.uchicago.edu/public

New Views of the Universe: Extra Dimensions, Dark Energy and Cosmic Adventures 7 p.m. Monday, December 12, at the Harris Theater in Chicago's Millennium Park, 205 E. Randolph.

The event is free and open to the public.

Join us as five of world's leading cosmologists and National Public Radio's Ira Flatow debate some of the most exciting topics in cosmology and all of science:

* What happened in the earliest moments after the Big Bang?
* What is the nature of the mysterious Dark Energy that is speeding up the expansion of the universe?
* Are there Extra Dimensions beyond the three we know about?
* Do Parallel Universes or Multiverses exist?

The debate will be followed by book signings by the panelist authors.

Panelists:

Wendy Freedman, Carnegie Observatories
Edward (Rocky) Kolb, Fermilab, University of Chicago
Lawrence Krauss, Case Western Reserve University
Lisa Randall, Harvard University
Michael Turner, University of Chicago
Ira Flatow, National Public Radio (moderator)

 

Thursday, December 15: Bar1Events PJ Party @ Duffy's

Thursday, December 15 is the night to jam in your jammies at Duffy's annual PJ party! If you've never been invited to the Playboy mansion, then this is your big chance to make like Hef and party in your PJs, so don't miss out! Our PJ party meal package is just $15 (in your jammies/$20 without) and it includes a buffet, all drafts, spiced rum and eggnog from 8-11pm. Plus, we'll have live music by The Only Sons! This is one great holiday party, so don't miss out on the holiday flannel fun!

 

Friday, December 16: H3 Events 4th Annual Holiday Party @ Casey Moran's

H3 Events and Big Phat City Promotions cohost:

4th Annual Holiday Party

Mark the Date: Friday, December 16th at Casey Morans

7-10pm

 

Friday, December 16: Bar1Events Ugly Sweater Party @ Wrightwood Tap

Before you re-gift that ugly sweater you got for Christmas last year, wear it one time to the Tap! Friday, December 16 is our Ugly Sweater Party! From 7-10pm, our meal package will include a pizza buffet, domestic drafts and well drinks, and it's just $20/$15 with an ugly sweater, or just $10 with a canned food donation!
 

Saturday, December 17: Bar1Events Toys For Tots Fundraiser @ Duffy's & Bad Santa Party @ McGee's

Toys for Tots 80's Party at Duffy's!

Come to a great 80's party and Toys for Tots fundraiser next Saturday, December 17 at Duffy's! From 8pm-midnight it's just $25 (with the donation of a toy/$30 without) for a meal package that includes a buffet, domestic drafts, well drinks, wine, soda and some great 80's tunes!
 
On Thursday, December 22, we'll have a good Santa and a bad Santa spreading cheer at Duffy's! So, no matter whether you've been good or bad, we have something for you - we'll be giving out presents to everyone! See you there!
 
Sit on Bad Santa's Lap at McGee's next Saturday!
 
Next Saturday, December 17, you can sit on Santa's lap at McGee's and get more than you ask for! Come on out for some naughty holiday fun! From 8:30-11:30pm, our $15 meal package includes a buffet, domestic drafts, well drinks and a picture with the big guy!
 

Friday, December 30: Bar1Events "Eve of the Eve" Party @ McGee's

On the eve of New Year's Eve, we're going to party like it's 1989 at McGee's! Leave the black tie at home and wear your skinny leather tie instead! From 8:30-11:30pm on Friday, December 30, it will be just $15 for a meal package that includes a huge buffet, domestic drafts, well drinks and all the 80s tunes you can handle!

 

 

Improvidate @ Fizz

Improvidate:

Whether your last blind date was 10 years ago or 10 hours ago, you'll enjoy Improvidate, the hilarious sketch and improv comedy about the ups and downs of dating. It's a fun night whether you're single, dating or married -- we all have our dating stories!

The performance begins with prepared scenes about dating -- needing a wingman, getting fixed up, figuring out if you're being asked on a date or just to 'hang out.'  Think dating clichés turned on their head.  At intermission, chat with other singles, friends, or your date/spouse as you generate ideas for improv scenes.  In Act 2, the cast takes those ideas and improvises scenes right before your eyes! 

It's fun for holiday outings, birthdays, or just a night out on the town.  Bring the book club or a few friends from work.  Grab a buddy -- or the whole gang.  Ask a date.  Celebrate the end of 2005 with lots of laughs!

DECEMBER SPECIALS: Tickets are $20, with 2-for-1 on Thursdays.
If you organize a group of 8 or more, your ticket is FREE!
Thursdays/Fridays ~ Dec 1, 2, 8, 9   8:00PM (Box office opens at 7)
Now in the Loft at Fizz Bar & Grill, 3220 N. Lincoln
Tickets and information at www.improvidate.com

Questions? Call me at 312/307-4206.

Kate O'Malley
Producer
Improvidate: An Improv Comedy about the Ups & Downs of Dating

 

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