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Saturday, January 28, 2012

Morning Box Score: Bulls Edge Out Bucks

Last night the Bulls defeated Milwaukee, Loyola fell to Wright State, and Detroit beat Illinois-Chicago. [ more › ]

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Today's Weather: Nitid

Let the sunshine in today. [ more › ]

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Friday, January 27, 2012

Extra Extra: Three Women Sneaked Onto Wrigley Field

Was it a bet or were they drunk? Three women sneaked onto Wrigley Field and sat on the field. When security caught them, they refused to leave. Yes, this happened in the "early morning hours." [ more › ]

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One For The Road: Have A KFC Bowl For Patton Oswalt's Birthday

Today is comedian Patton Oswalt's birthday, so let's re-listen to one of his best bits. [ more › ]

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Follow Chicagoist Via Social Media

Thank you for your continued reading of Chicagoist. Here are some other ways to keep up with what's on the site when you're away. [ more › ]

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Dose Market Returns In Time For Valentine's Day

After a successful run in summer and autumn, the folks at Dose Market are taking January off. But they'll be kicking off 2012 in style Feb. 12 with a loaded lineup of food vendors. [ more › ]

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Has Oprah Winfrey Been Chosen To Be Blue Ivy Carter's Godmother?

If reports are true that Hova and Sasha Fierce have chosen Oprah Winfrey to be Babyoncé's godmother, this kid could be the Messiah. [ more › ]

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Is Pour-Over Coffee A Ripoff?

Pour-overs are everywhere, from intelligentsia's enlightened cafés to your local mom-and-pop shop. But is the pour-over a better preparation than a simple drip pot? Or a French Press? Or an espresso machine? [ more › ]

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Friday Flashback: Chicago Landmarks Under Construction

        &n bsp;      This is a collection of Chicago's baby photos. See the Adler Planetarium, Navy Pier, the Northern Trust Bank Building, Harper Library, the Mandel Brothers Store and the LaSalle Hotel, then and now. [ more › ] …

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Friday Afternoon Diversion

Let's blow sh*t up. In a microwave. [ more › ]

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Taste of Chicago Cuts Number Of Restaurants, Jumps On The Pop-Up Restaurant Craze

The City is trying to keep Taste of Chicago relevant by having some restaurants participate as one-time "pop-up" restaurants this year. But the overall number of participants has been cut by a third. [ more › ]

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Pelican Tease New EP With "Lathe Biosas"

Chicago's metal renaissance is well under way, yet one of it's arguable architects, Pelican, have been curiously absent since their last full-length, 2009's What We All Come To Need. The group will release a new EP in April. Download the first track here. [ more › ]

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Lincoln Park Zoo To CareerBuilder: Nix The Chimps In Superbowl Ad

It isn't about sex, or fart jokes, or making light of human suffering, but rather the anthropomorphization of chimps. [ more › ]

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Chicago Ref For Tomorrow's UFC Fight A Lightweight...In Experience?

The latest controversy leading up to tomorrow's second-ever UFC on Fox bout at the United Center focuses on the only Chicago-area official slated to ref the three-card event, Rob Madrigal, and whether he has the experience necessary to work a card this size. [ more › ]

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The Case For Kegged Cocktails

   While draft beer has undoubtedly become ubiquitous, the notion of having a cocktail that's simply drawn from a spigot may seem, for some people, to fly in the face of their expectations of what enjoying a cocktail entails. [ more › ]

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Adbusters Promises 50,000 Protesters for NATO/G8 Summits

Adbusters, the Vancouver-based activist group who helped spark the Occupy movement, is calling for over 50,000 protesters to come to Chicago for the May NATO and G8 summits, and they're invoking the ghosts of Chicago history in the process. [ more › ]

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Wilco Gets Especially Animated

Wilco enlists the aid of a certain sailor man who loves his spinach. in their latest video. [ more › ]

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