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Celebrate the ‘Celtic Muse’ at Davenport’s, Wicker Park, 8 p.m. tonight and Friday, March 19, $15 plus two-drink minimum. Gillian Kelly and Claire Bigley perform Irish favorites such as “The Nightingale,” “Finnegan’s Wake,” and “The Rising of the Moon.” $3 Harps and Guinness, too. Visit the Irish American Heritage Center, Irving Park, through March 20. Events begin [...] If you don’t start in the morning, you can’t drink all day. Binny’s Beverage Depot celebrates St. Patrick’s Day from 9 to 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, March 17, with a free breakfast open house featuring Irish scones and coffee made with Feckin’ Irish Whiskey, plus music from the City of Chicago Pipers. The event takes place [...] 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. Uncle Fatty’s Rum Resort and The Coach House in Lakeview host the “I Love Cover Bands” Winter Music Festival Monday, Jan. 25, through Sunday, Jan. 31. The weeklong fest features 18 cover bands, seven DJs, drink specials and contests, with a $5 cover charge each night. Don’t stay home hibernating! Connect with the people you didn’t see over the holidays. “What better way to do that than a free show that includes music and laughter and two fat guys eating nasty food!” says Mary Czerwinski, coordinator of the “n.u.f.a.n. nights” series at the Holiday Club in Uptown. The n.u.f.a.n. ensemble has [...] If you’ve been putting off making New Year’s Eve plans because funds are short, don’t worry. You don’t have to spend a fortune to celebrate the end of 2009. Although, sadly, big municipal celebrations have fallen victim to the economy this year, there are still plenty of low-cost options for Dec. 31. Here are 21 [...] Christmas is tamale time. Local food blogger Titus Ruscitti recently put together an excellent round-up of where to get these holiday favorites. The handmade, steamed-in-cornhusks, Mexican masa treats he writes about, though, have little to do with the year-round hot-dog-stand staple most Chicagoans think of as “tamales.” The Klezmatics: “Happy Joyous Hanukkah” by Woody Guthrie Experience the heights of contemporary Jewish music at 8 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 19, when Klezmer superstars The Klezmatics come to Skokie’s North Shore Center for the Performing Arts for a Hanukkah concert sponsored by Kfar Jewish Arts Center and Center East. Heather Moran Tomorrow night presents a conundrum for cabaret fans. |
 
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