With a clash of cymbals and the bang of drums and firecrackers, as well as traditional dragon parades and lion dances, the Asian New Year will explode into the Chicago area on Sunday, Feb. 14, with a variety of events at restaurants and around town.
Chinese legend says the noise and dancing animals chase away evil [...]
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The New Orleans Saints take on the Indianapolis Colts in Super Bowl XLIV on Sunday, Feb. 7. You could stay home and watch it on your dinky TV, but then you’d have to fix your own food and drinks. Here are some great alternatives around Chicago and the suburbs. Murphy’s Bleachers Super Bowl Pig Roast, [...] You don’t have to eat Chinese food on Christmas. Chef Bruce Cost’s zippy fresh ginger ales, served at Big Bowl and Wow Bow, are now being bottled! The restaurants continue to mix fresh ginger ales to order for in-house diners, but you can now buy bottles to take home. Our guide to Chicagoland holiday theater, cheery Christmas entertainment for children, families and adults, across the city and suburbs. Madam Barker Holiday Variety Show, Prop Thtr, Avondale, 11 p.m. Fridays, December 4 and 11, $10. (tickets). Is there anyone left cooking Thanksgiving dinner at home? Most restaurants used to close on Thanksgiving, but no more. In 1988, John Waters’ edgy film “Hairspray” looked back at the 1960s civil rights movement. In an ironic twist, Waters equated prejudice against people over skin color to bigotry against people over size, much as Randy Newman’s satirical song “Short People” had done a decade before. Do politics affect your grocery shopping? Since at least the 1960s, when Cesar Chavez asked shoppers to stop buying grapes in support of migrant farm workers, the boycott has been a powerful tool of consumers for influencing change in the marketplace. Happy birthday, Wildfire. Savor the summer, wine lovers, with some cool deals for sipping and supping. On Monday nights, nine selected white wines and nine reds, by the bottle, are half off with dinner at the West Loop’s N9ne. Fleming’s in River North and Lincolnshire has extended its populer “567″ deal to last all night, every night, through the end [...] |
 
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