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Perch, deer, ice, Chicago cribs, “Illumination,” sandhills: WWW Chicago outdoors
From sandhill cranes in the air, to deer on land and perch in Lake Michigan, this is one of those busier stretches for a Wild Weekend Wandering around Chicago outdoors. Perch fishing kicked in good on...
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Wheelchair choice, snow buntings, elk, lock shots: Notes, Chicago outdoors
Notes from around Chicago outdoors. FIELD NOTES WILD OF THE WEEK Seems right to note snow buntings have arrived. Emil Baumbach photographed them feeding in seaweed along Montrose Beach in late October....
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Perch, ice up north, Thanksgiving ideas: Chicago fishing, Midwest Fishing Report
Perch headlines this sprawling raw-file Midwest Fishing Report, but there is also some ice fishing to the north and open-water fishing here. As usual around long holiday weekends, I included some ideas...
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Have fun in Chicago this weekend, Nov. 30-Dec. 2
Can’t decide what to do this weekend in Chicago? Here are some suggestions for making those big plans: ‘CENDRILLON’ (“Cinderella”) WHAT: The storybook kingdom of Cinderella comes to life via Massenet’s...
View ArticleREO Speedwagon’s the best in Illinois? I don’t believe it. Not for a minute.
All rock ‘n’ pop respect to REO Speedwagon, but I cannot climb aboard the REO Bandwagon. As millennials wonder if I’m speaking some sort of ancient language, a few words of explanation. On Monday, the...
View ArticleA crowning achievement: Thrones, truth & portable toilets on Chicago lakefront
Every woman and man wants a pot to piss in. It’s a truth universally acknowledged, to channel, with pride, Jane Austen for the first time in an outdoors column. There’s another place to go in the...
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GOAT fishing excuse, carp barrier, perch-eating safety: Notes, Chicago outdoors
Notes from around Chicago outdoors. FIELD NOTES WILD OF THE WEEK Tugboat operator Tim Eaker sent this photo from a job putting in “the new `electric lines’ that will sit at the bottom of the Sanitary...
View ArticleNew Year’s Eve: 5 places to ring in 2019 in Chicago
Revelers looking to ring in 2019 in style have no shortage of options this year. From fireworks displays to sausages at swanky restaurants, here are a few of the things going on in Chicago on New...
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‘Beach Chicago’ interactive art experience headed to Navy Pier
If you can envision more than a million plastic balls, alongside deck chairs, lifeguard chairs and sand umbrellas along Chicago’s lakefront, then you can envision Beach Chicago. The whimsical immersive...
View Article14 vehicles crash on Lake Shore Drive near Navy Pier
Fourteen vehicles collided during rush hour on Lake Shore Drive near Navy Pier, according to police. At 6:04 a.m., the crash unfolded near the northbound Grand Avenue exit, Chicago police said. One...
View ArticleBernie Sanders to hit Chicago for a presidential kick-off rally at Navy Pier
WASHINGTON – Sen. Bernie Sanders, in the first swing of his 2020 presidential bid, will hit Chicago and Brooklyn — where he spent his college years — with a rally next Sunday night at Navy Pier....
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‘An Inspector Calls’ a marvelous, oh so timely tale at Chicago Shakespeare
The old-fashioned red curtain that greets audience members as they take their seats for “An Inspector Calls” at The Yard at Chicago Shakespeare Theater is a misdirect. It suggests something that will...
View ArticleTrout opener, coho derby, kayak fishing seminar: WWW Chicago outdoors
We’ve got the inland trout opener, Henry’s Spring Coho Derby, a kayak fishing seminar, an Illinois B.A.S.S. Nation High School Tournament Trail event and youth turkey hunting for this weekend, not to...
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Chicago Shakespeare’s ‘Hamlet’ a combination devoutly to be wished
Of all the ways to catch a killer, few are as psychologically devious as the trap set by Hamlet. Certain that his uncle Claudius murdered his father, Hamlet arranges for a play about a king killed by...
View ArticleNavy Pier to open new rooftop lounge with ‘spectacular’ views of lake, city
Navy Pier is adding a new rooftop lounge expected to open sometime around Memorial Day. Offshore, a 36,000-square-foot space at the east end of Festival Hall’s third floor, will feature sweeping...
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