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Local Hero: Dusty Showers

Wed, 22 May 2013 17:37:28 +0000

Today we'd like to give a shout-out to Chicago's Dusty Showers who gives tirelessly to help end breast cancer, and this week added a new niche to his philanthropic agenda: saving shelter dogs.

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Find Goose Island at the Kohler Festival of Beer

Mon, 20 May 2013 15:03:13 +0000

Chicago's Goose Island 312 beers will be part of the annual Kohler Festival of Beer taking place May 31 - June 2, in Kohler, Wisconsin, about two and a half hours from Chicago.

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Meet the Market Event This Week

Mon, 20 May 2013 14:09:55 +0000

Join the Green City Market Junior Board for their first Meet the Market event of the season at bellyQ! (1400 W. Randolph Street) on Tuesday, May 23, from 6 - 8 p.m. (Check out our Guide to Chicago's Green City Market.)

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Weekend Alert: Lilacs Are Blooming in Lombard's Lilacia Park

Sat, 18 May 2013 12:06:29 +0000

If you have time this weekend, one thing worth doing is a visit to Lilacia Park in Lombard, IL, about 45 minutes west of Chicago, for their annual Lilac Festival.

Hundreds of blooming lilac trees means one thing - a fragrance you can smell miles a away.

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Chicago Gets a Beauty Makeover with the Opening of ULTA Beauty

Thu, 16 May 2013 15:13:44 +0000

Chicago's beauty shoppers will be happy to know about ULTA Beauty's new store on Halsted (16 Halsted Street, between Madison and Monroe). The store officially opened this week, and this weekend (Friday, May 17, through Sunday, May 19) is hosting several events, including:

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Spring Is in Full Bloom at the Chicago Botanic Garden

Thu, 09 May 2013 13:00:02 +0000

Spring has definitely sprung at the Chicago Botanic Garden. The garden's spring blooms include vivid displays of tulips (see photo), as well as over a million other flowering bulbs like magnolias, pink cherry trees, cheery yellow forsythias and Cornelian cherry dogwoods.

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Chicago's Sip & Savor Event

Mon, 06 May 2013 12:09:04 +0000

Here's a charity even to keep on your radar this week.

The Special Olympics Chicago's food event called Sip & Savor will take place on May 9 (6-9 pm) at 1420 S. Michigan Avenue and will feature five local chefs, including Jason Vincent of Nightwood who was just named Chicago's 2013 Food & Wine Best New Chef.

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Volunteering in Chicago

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 14:23:17 +0000

If you are looking for a way to give back in May, The Anti-Cruelty Society's annual Bark in the Park fundraiser is happening May 4, 2013.

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Get in Shape with The Bar Method

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 15:57:24 +0000

The Bar Method, the intense one-hour workout known for "quickly producing lean, sculpted bodies," has some exciting happenings at its Gold Coast location, which recently opened this past January, in the coming weeks.

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Earth Day Events in Chicago

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 10:11:26 +0000

Earth Day is Monday, April 22. Several earth-friendly events will he happening that day, as well as this weekend.

Check out our Earth Day 2013 in Chicago Guide.

Some popular events, include:

Free yoga on Wednesday, April 24, at Hotel Felix (111 W. Huron), Chicago's first hotel designed to meet LEED Silver certification. Reservations are not required but strongly encouraged, as space is limited. For questions or to reserve a spot, email Elate Yoga at contact@elateyoga.com or call 312-772-6459. (Also check out the Hotel Felix's three sustainable art sculptures at the front entrance. These eco-friendly works of art, created by sculptor Allen Christian of House of Balls, have landed at Hotel Felix one-by-one each year over the past three Earth Days.)
If you are a runner or a walker, celebrate Earth Day at the Earth Day 5K run/walk event on Saturday, April 27, starting at 9 a.m. sponsored by Chicago's "greenest bank," GreenChoice Bank. The registration fee is $30 ($35 the day of the event). Cost for kids ages 11 to 17 is $15 ($20 day of), and children under 10 are free. Te race will culminate at the Humboldt Park boat house with a free Green Market including music, family entertainment, food, vendors and shopping and environmental education.

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