Division Street 2014 Fest Calendar

March 4, 20141 Comment

photo: Do-Division Street Fest & Sidewalk Sale events courtesy of REP3

DO-DIVISION STREET FEST AND SIDEWALK SALE

Dates: May 30 – June 1

Location: Division St from Ashland to Leavitt

Cost: $5 donation

Hours: Fri, 5 pm to 10 pm; Sat & Sun, noon to 10 pm

Website: www.do-divisionstreetfest.com

Kicking off the 2014 fest season is the annual Do-Division Street Fest & Sidewalk Sale. This signature Chicago street fest pits great shopping, live music and family entertainment together under the summer sun. Spanning a lengthy 10-city blocks, this year’s bash features the Family Fun Fest, a Do-Fashion section, a multi-block sidewalk sale, and great food, crafts and artisans – highlighted by some of the best live music of fest season (band lineups TBA). Music critics and fans alike typically rate the lineup among the best of the music fest season – and at only a fraction of the price ($5) compared to the other top guns. The bottom line: Do-Division Street Fest gives the estimated 70,000-plus attendees each year a taste of what makes West Division (aka, “Do-Division”) one of the hottest destination corridors in Chicago!

WICKER PARK’S GREEN MUSIC FEST

Dates: June 21 – 22

Location: Damen Ave b/w North and Schiller

Cost: $5 Donation

Hours: Noon to 10 pm both days

Website: www.greenmusicfestchicago.com

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Vintage Garage 2014 Calendar

March 3, 2014February 28, 2014Leave a comment

Vintage Garage

The popular Vintage Garage Chicago will continue Uptown for a 3rd season. If you’re unfamiliar with Vintage Garage Chicago, it’s a “drive-in” flea market that’s helped bring life to a cool stretch of Broadway in Uptown. We’d love for you to join us for Chicago’s only all vintage monthly event!

To kick off the season, bicyclists dressed in vintage garb will gather April 27th at the Garage at Foster and Broadway for the annual Vintage Style Ride.

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FREE Monday Movie Night At The Drake Hotel

March 1, 2014February 28, 2014Leave a comment

The Drake Hotel

Martin Scorsese stated, “Film in the 20^th century, it’s the American art form, like jazz.”

The Palm Court, long famed for introducing the nation’s next big jazz artist, will now bring back America’s most beloved entertainment: motion picture classics from the early to mid 20^th century. Names that resonate through generations like Charlie Chaplin, Alfred Hitchcock, and Audrey Hepburn will once again return to Chicago for Movie Mondays at The Drake Hotel. Fall back in time with a 40’s themed cocktail while gazing at Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell in “His Girl Friday” January 13^th or sip on a gin sour while watching Frank Capra’s suspense filled “Meet John Doe” with Gary Cooper and Barbara Stanwyck.

Films will be shown biweekly, the second and fourth Monday of every month.

Please visit their entertainment page for a full schedule. Admission is always free, and complimentary popcorn will be served.

Randolph Street Market Spring Fling 3.29-3.30

February 27, 2014February 27, 2014Leave a comment

Randolph Street Market’s Spring Fling

RANDOLPH STREET MARKET KICKS OFF SPRING FLING MARCH 29+30

FEATURING A LETTERPRESS CLASS, FLOWERS GALORE, DÉCOR, FURNITURE, JEWELRY, FASHION ACCESSORIES AND MORE

Sally Schwartz, the Chicago Vintage Market Pioneer, is thrilled to announce Randolph Street Market’s “SPRING FLING”, bringing vintage aficionados the best indoor Winter Shopping Market to Chicago March 29+30 with a treasure trove of goods for every taste. It might still be freezing, but Randolph Street Market is thinking SPRING! To prove it, shoppers who don their finest Easter bonnets will gain free entry and there will be hidden Easter Eggs containing Market Bucks, Season Passes, sweet treats and more. Join the treasure hunt to uncover these hidden gems and pose for your digital Easter Card in the Fotio Photobooth, 11am-3pm both Saturday and Sunday!

Randolph Street’s “SPRING FLING” is a perfect peep at the season Midwesterners yearn for. Expect jellybean bright flora and fauna, fresh flowers galore, decorating, artisanal chocolates for Easter basket stuffing, and live music: a visual and edible shopping feast for all who attend! For the first time, the Market will feature a Letterpress class withTandem Felix Letterpress for a one hour DIY letterpress postcard making lesson both Saturday and Sunday. Seats are limited, so take advantage of this DIY must-do and buy tickets online, randolphstreetmarket.com. For $25, you can shop the Market and take part in this DIY lover’s dream.

New webseries, American Dealers, will be on site Sunday mingling with vendors and interviewing Sally on her expert take on the antiques industry and her all-star dealers like 29 Palms and Maria Brazas 20^th Century.

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Cheeky Chicago Vintage Glamour Oscar Night Party 3.2

February 26, 2014February 26, 2014Leave a comment

Untitled

On Sunday, March 2, Chicagoans are invited to get glamorous at Untitled’s epic Oscar soiree with the city’s fun and fierce ladies from Cheeky Chicago. Guests can watch the 86th Academy Awards live on the giant mirror screen in Untitled’s Whiskey Library while more adventurous guests can dance the night away to DJs spinning in the Lounge.The night will also feature delectable passed appetizers, a ‘Swag Lounge’ with Cheeky Chicago’s fashion partners including Rent the Runway, the one stop shop to rent dresses and accessories by famous designers, and enviable prizes for the best dressed guests.