WhirlyBall combines lacrosse, hockey, basketball and suped-up bumper cars in a game of skill and chance. Now featuring BOWLING in Chicago, too! If that’s not enough, bump it up a notch with locations that include lasertag, great food, video games, a fully-loaded sports bar, air hockey, foosball, and pool tables for even more fun! Additional locations in Lombard and Vernon Hills. 800 E. Roosevelt Rd., Lombard, IL, 60148 285 Center Drive, Vernon Hills, IL, 60061
Rio Chicago, an Entertainment Complex, with its vibrant atmosphere and purely authentic, and exotic Latin American cuisine mixed together with American style bar food, provides the perfect venue for any event including casual dining, weddings, concerts, fashion shows and more.
Pre-registration is required for all events. Walk-ins are welcome at the studio, space permitting. HOURS VARY DEPENDING ON CLASS SCHEDULE.
Are you running on empty? Need a little pep in your step? Then pull on up to… ROADHOUSE 66 GAS N’ GRILL Our philosophy is simple: A laid back, roadside stop from the hustle and bustle of life, A neighborhood joint where everyone’s welcome and well taken care of. We promise there’s something for everyone at Roadhouse 66 Gas N’ Grill! For our neighbors and early afternoon Cubs crowd, Roadhouse 66 Gas N' Grill features a delicious brunch menu with items that include Banana Bread French Toast prepared with Cinnamon-Vanilla batter and The Skillet Pancake served in an individual cast-iron skillet. For all you carnivores looking for something other than a ballpark dog, we feature several signature items prepared in our in-house smoker. How do our 2-hour Smoked Wings sound? Prepared with Piri Piri Chilies, Garlic, Sherry Vinegar and Pineapple. Or chow down on our 12-hour Smoked Pork Belly Sliders served with Asian Slaw. For the more health conscious among us, we offer higher end proteins and locally sourced ingredients, sustainable produce and house-made dressings and sauces. Signature entrees include dishes like our Bison Burger, sourced from a Bison farm in Indiana and served with Chipotle Ketchup, Jack Cheese and Avocado, or how about our 3 hour Bourbon-Braised Short Ribs, served with Parsnip Puree and Fried Leeks. Looking for libations and atmosphere, a place to refuel, kick back and relax with good company? Check out our 40-person patio or take advantage of our indoor seating for up to 70 guests. Quench your thirst with one of our 14 draft beers or 2 specialty cocktail draft handles Just steps away from Wrigley Field, Roadhouse 66 Gas N' Grill promises you a unique stop that speaks to the diversity of Wrigleyville.
The Apollo Theater Chicago was built in Chicago's Lincoln Park neighborhood in 1978. Located at 2540 N. Lincoln Ave., the Apollo has 440 seats and a lobby featuring art exhibits and a full bar. It is currently the home of the hit musical Million Dollar Quartet and the home of the Emerald City Theatre Company.HistoryThe Apollo Theater Chicago is not the first Chicago theater to bear the name Apollo. In 1921, theatrical producer A. H. Woods opened the Apollo Theatre in the Chicago Loop District, at the corner of Randolph and Dearborn Streets. Originally operated as a playhouse, the old Apollo Theatre was sold in 1927 to United Artists Corporation and was renamed the United Artists Theatre. It was demolished in 1989.Notable productions at the new Apollo include David Mamet's Sexual Perversity in Chicago starring James Belushi, Balm in Gilead with John Malkovich and Gary Sinise, the long running play The Vagina Monologues, and A Nutcracker Christmas written by children's recording artist Ralph Covert of Ralph's World and G. Riley Mills.
Contemporary Irish cuisine, craft beer, uncommon whiskey and spectacular special events, weddings, and parties in North Center.
We are a custom craft shop with planning, management & service being at the core of what we do and how we maintain a high level of organization and satisfaction. Each space is unique and has structural & aesthetic features which distinguish it from our others, and those elsewhere in the marketplace. For further information, please feel free to visit us at www.ravenswoodeventcenter.com Or To speak to one of our event coordinators directly, please email us at [email protected]
Welcome to Wrigley View Rooftop, an official rooftop partner of the legendary Chicago Cubs. Our special event venue is located in the heart of Wrigleyville at 1050 West Waveland, adjacent to historic Wrigley Field, steps beyond the left field ivy, Wrigley View Rooftop and offers a spectacular, unobstructed view of home plate, infield action, outfield excitement and the iconic Wrigley Field scoreboard. Wrigley View is the perfect special event venue for amazing corporate events, client entertainment, alumni functions, social gatherings, charitable fundraising endeavors, milestone celebrations, festive parties, family reunions, sales meetings, product launches, team building activities, employee incentive beautiful day of baseball or a Wrigley Field concert experience! Established in 2000, Wrigley View Rooftop recently underwent an extensive renovation that combines state-of-the-art stadium style design with a warm, hospitable, guest friendly environment and a spectacular view. Our satisfied special event client list includes Fortune 500 corporations, ad agencies, law firms, pharmaceutical companies, fraternal orders, politicians, not-for-profit organizations, alumni groups, social clubs, discriminating destination management companies, high profile meeting and event planners and baseball and music fanatics alike. Our dedicated special events team brings over two decades of special event management and event planning experience to insure your event is seamless from start to finish. Wrigley View Rooftop offers a beautiful facility, an exciting experience, customized food and beverage options, audio visual capabilities, complete event planning at an all inclusive price.
Chicago's original movie theatre with a bar! Showing new & classic films, as well as TV, sports, special events, and concerts! The Vic Theatre, designed by architect John E.O. Pridmore, opened in 1912 as the Victoria Theatre. It took three years to build the luxurious five-story vaudeville house. The lobby floor and staircases are still Italian marble, and the interior still has most of the original ornate wall sculptures. The acoustics are near perfect, and the balcony has wonderful sight-lines. Concert information at http://www.victheatre.com Movie listings at http://www.brewview.com
Our new location opens Fall 2016!! Visit us this summer at Little Beans Cafe and the British School of Chicago. The Bubble’s Academy play-based experience is genuinely joyful and unique — an inspiration for the imagination for years to come. We are located in a vibrant and contemporary space in Lincoln Park. We invite you to participate in a trial class for free. Our enrichment courses include music, creative movement, art, yoga, independence, imagination, swimming, cooking and dance. Our educational series is progressive, including preschool preparation, gentle separation and an alternative preschool option. Sibling childcare is available for children, 3 months to 7 years, not participating in a class. Registered families receive unlimited free admission to Open Play, freestyle playtime, during the session they are enrolled. Bubbles Academy’s talented team of teachers includes practicing artists and early childhood educators. Together we take an inventive approach — pairing hands-on activities with interactive audio-visuals. Our Birthday Bashes come in all shapes and sizes! We offer two distinct and private party areas for your event, over 20 theme party options and hands-on assistance during the planning process.
Chicago’s premier resource for the best in cake decorating and design classes! Also offering classes in Cake Balls, Cookie Design, Candy Making and more. We also carry decorating supplies, vintage aprons and more! Rent the space for your next special event.
Pastry Class, Bread Class, Culinary Class, Afterwork Cooking Class, Brunch Class, Private Events
A friendly neighborhood bar to come enjoy craft spirits, beer & cocktails. Private events and parties welcome.
DePaul Art Museum extends the University’s commitments to excellence, diversity and social concerns through exhibitions, collections, and programming that provide fresh perspectives on art and culture from distant continents to Chicago’s own backyard.
We're serving up Chicago's BEST comedians every LAST SUNDAY of the month at the infamous Schubas Tavern!! Come see acts from the top Comedy clubs, Comedy Central, late night talk shows, HBO, and more. You never know who'll stop by! Afterwards, stick around for one of Chicago's best rock and roll acts, partying, dancing and djs! Ever thought something needed a "woman's touch?" WE'VE GOT THIS. We are: MEREDITH KACHEL HEIDI BUTLER ALI CLAYTON LAINIE LENERTZ DEANNA ORTIZ Follow us on Twitter @HooHacomedy and individually @MeredithKachel @lainielenertz @ThisisheidiB @ACountryClayton @deanna_nicole92 xoxo
The Agency Theater presents: NO SHAME THEATRE A theater event you help us create! Every Saturday night we open our doors at 10PM and accept the first 15 original acts that walk through the door. The Rules: 1. All material must be original 2. Pieces should be no more than five minutes in length 3. You can't break anything--not yourself, not the theatre--and you can't break any laws Other than that, anything goes. Scenes, Poems, Dances, Magic Tricks, Stand-Up, Sketch, Improv, Puppets, Songs, Juggling, Mime, Acrobatics and/or General Shenanigans - whatever floats your proverbial boat. No Shame Theatre @ The Lincoln Loft, 3036 N Lincoln Ave Fl 2 Doors open at 10PM, show starts at 10:30PM $5 suggested donation (cash only) Cheap drinks are available (cash only)! No Shame Theatre focuses on immediacy, originality and brevity. So, whether you're coming to perform, watch or both, together we'll create a show that has never been seen before and will never be seen again. We are The Agency and (as No Shame will prove) so are you.
The 1901 is a non-profit performance art production that hosts a variety of theatrical events. Check out our calendar at: www.the1901.com
Dance Chicago is a dance community festival and is held each fall at various major dance venues, including Stage 773, Mandel Hall and the Athenaeum Theatre. Since 1995, the festival has brought diverse elements of Chicago's dance community together to remove barriers that slow the growth of the art form. The only festival of it's kind using dynamic showcasing, it features over 300 Chicago area companies and independent choreographers. Dance Chicago 2012 marks the 18th season. Most companies and choreographers in the Chicago dance community have appeared in the festival. The Dance Chicago Center, located at Athenaeum Theatre, 2936 North Southport, is open for rehearsals and classes to all artists in dance, theatre, comedy, improv, music, and performance. Included are special arrangements for Dance Chicago choreographers.
Our Mission The Athenaeum Theatre promotes the arts, arts education and adds to it's century old heritage by sharing the various public spaces of the historic Athenaeum Theatre building. We offer performing, rehearsal, reception and office spaces to arts and educational organizations at affordable, below market rates. We cultivate relationships with arts organizations and through outreach to the local community of artists and arts administrators to interact, share ideas and offer mutual support. We serve as a cultural resource and a forum for new and established arts groups and audiences both in the Lakeview neighborhood and the greater Chicago area. A unique performance complex, the Athenaeum Theatre is located at 2936 North Southport Avenue between Wellington and Oakdale in Chicago in the Lakeview neighborhood north of the Loop. The theatre opened in 1911 as part of the large campus of the St. Alphonsus Parish, and has a continuous history dedicated to serving the arts community. The Athenaeum Theatre has a main stage theatre which seats 984 people and also has three studio theatres seating 67, 81 and 89 people. On the main floor there is a spacious lobby and a food and drink concession in the Curtain Call Club. The theatre is convenient to public transportation and to the many restaurants, shops and cultural groups in the vibrant Lakeview neighborhood. There are two metered parking lots, one at the corner of Oakdale and Southport and the other on Oakdale just behind the theatre building. Street parking is also available. It is our mission to make affordable performance and office space available to to any size non-profit organization, with theatres ranging in size from 67 to 984 seats and office space ranging from a desk in a shared space up to full office suites. For rental information, please call our offices at 773-935-6860. For marketing/press/ partnerships - call Jeff DeLong at 773-935-6860 ext 304
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Theater Wit offers the best small theater in Chicago, in addition to our own award-winning work, we host some of the most exciting companies in our three performance facility. Every year there are over 570 performances of nearly 60 different productions presented by a dozen of Chicago's brightest lights on the storefront scene.
Opening October 12, 2012 THEATER WIT 1229 W Belmont Ave Chicago, IL 60640
Based in Chicago, Illinois, Shattered Globe Theatre is a small, not-for-profit whose mission is to present an eclectic mix of plays and intimate character driven selections which speak to the universal aspect of what it means to be a part of the human experience.
The Chicago Sketch Comedy Festival (Chicago SketchFest) debuted in January, 2002 and lasted six weeks. Producer Brian Posen had originally intended to put up an original musical in that slot, but when the project fell through, he still wanted to keep his commitment to the Theatre Building Chicago. He called a few friends in the sketch community, and was met with overwhelming response. Over thirty Chicago sketch comedy groups participated in the first year, on very little notice. Subsequent SketchFest's were shorter in duration; now the festival runs over two weekends. Chicago SketchFest is the largest sketch comedy festival in the nation. The 2009 SketchFest featured more than 800 performers, representing over 100 groups, who performed over 120 shows. While the majority of Chicago SketchFest performers are from Chicago (which, after all, is the sketch comedy capital of America), troupes from Boston, L.A., New York, Portland, Seattle, Milwaukee, Austin, and Denver have also performed at Chicago SketchFest. In 2005, the Chicago Sketch Comedy Festival went international for the first time, hosting groups from Toronto and Vancouver. Unlike its cousin improv, sketch comedy consists of scripted short, satirical scenes. Strong writing is an extremely important element in sketch comedy. For two weeks, the Chicago Sketch Comedy Festival turns Stage 773 into a sketch comedy oasis, renting out the entire building and featuring simultaneous performances in all three theatres. Chicago SketchFest features panels of sketch comedy experts each year who educate and entertain participants and the public with stories and advice. Participants have included Second City 's Sheldon Patinkin, Anne Libera and Kelly Leonard, Late Night with Conan O'Brian writer Kevin Dorff, Groudlings founder Gary Austin, Mick Napier of the Annoyance, Saturday Night Live 's Tim Kazurinsky, Reno 911!'s Carlos Alazraqui and Cedric Yarbrough, The Comic Toolbox author John Vorhaus and Charna Halpern of ImprovOlympic. Chicago SketchFest experiments with sketch comedy under pressure. While most sketch shows take months of writing and rehearsing, the Chicago SketchFest tests its participants with OctaSketch: The Eight Hour Project . Octa-Sketch teams up performers from different sketch groups - and different cities – and sets them up with a seasoned sketch comedy director. Each group is given eight hours to create a brand-new 30 minute sketch show to be performed that evening. Every year Chicago SketchFest attendance has significantly increased, with over 10,000 audience members enjoying the performances at the 2005 event. As the word gets out further each year, we look forward to continuing our audience growth as we entertain Chicagoans during the harsh Chicago winter.
The Chicago Women's Funny Festival All Women. All Funny. June 5 - 8th Anything from stand-up, sketch, improv, burlesque, musical-comedy, and much much more. As long as you're a chick! More info to come on this page as we have it available!