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Taste of Chicago July 13th – 15th Grant Park Get a taste of Chicago from 40 different restaurant booths, food trucks, a beer hall, a wine garden, a cocktail lounge, and first-rate concerts (free...

Swish! Blake Peters was just a freshman at Evanston Township High School when he became a viral sensation back in January. His last second, buzzer beating, almost full-court shot won the game and hear...

Tonight (July 12th) marks the 39th anniversary of the infamous “Disco Demolition Night” at Chicago’s Comiskey Park. In 1979, a local Chicago DJ named Steve Dahl, who had just been fi...

On August 30th, John Mellencamp will become the fifth recipient of the prestigious Woody Guthrie Prize at Tulsa, Oklahoma’s Woody Guthrie Center. The annual award is given to an artist “wh...

Happy Birthday to Fleetwood Mac songwriter-keyboardist Christine McVie!!! Last year, McVie and now-ousted Mac bandmate Lindsey Buckingham released their debut album as a duo, Lindsey Buckingham / Chri...

Prince fans have until Saturday, July 21st to bid on several personal items that were once owned by the late artist. Heritage Auctions will be auctioning a total of 27 items that were owned by Prince ...

Dunkin’ Donuts is looking to make your Friday (July 13th) a little more exciting with some free food. That’s when certain Dunkin’ locations will be giving the first 100 people throug...

The newest member of Brookfield Zoo‘s family is this little baby Prehensile-Tailed Porcupine. The porcupette was born on July 2nd to parents, Lucia and Eddie. The staff at Brookfield say on the ...

It’s likely you know at least one person with peanut allergies, so perhaps the decision to stop serving peanuts on Southwest Flights makes sense. The airline says beginning August 1st they will ...

To kick off celebrations at The Taste of Chicago, the Chicago-based Buona Beef made, what they hope to be, the world’s longest beef sandwich. As of writing this article, Buona Beef have already ...