The Make-A-Wish Illinois Chapter will be holding their annual black-tie Wish Ball on Saturday, May 18, 2013. Their signature event will be held at the UIC Forum on Roosevelt and Halsted (725 West Roosevelt Road). The elegant evening will feature incredible live and silent auctions, dinner, dancing a raffle and much more. That much more […]

Fresh off its first Michelin star, one of Chicago’s best new(ish) restaurants, Acadia (1639 South Wabash) has added something new to their already impressive offerings. Starting on April 28th, Acadia will be adding Sunday Brunch to their lineup at the price of $35 per person. It will be available every Sunday between 11am – 3pm, […]

Chicago’s restaurant scene has a huge pool of talent that extends across just about every known type of cuisine. The veterans are shaking things up by creating new concepts and opening new restaurants and it’s mostly because of the young chefs and bartenders coming up that are creating new and inventive drinks and dishes. There […]

  The Gilt Bar (230 West Kinzie) is a special place in Chicago. It has good food, a great atmosphere and there’s always a sense of what’s next in the air. The biggest “what’s next” has been the space underneath the Gilt Bar. There were rumors of it being a ramen joint, and then people […]

  Allow me to go into full infomercial mode in telling you about this dinner event. Do you love cooking? Do you love incorporating new ideas and techniques into your meals? If you answered yes then Mercadito’s (108 West Kinzie) Spring Awakening Cooking Demonstration might be right for you. On March 26 at 6:30pm, Chef […]

  On March 27, 2013 at 8pm, the Chicago Bach Project, presented by Soli Deo Gloria, returns for its third straight year. This time around there will be a performance of one of the greatest choral masterpieces of all time, Mass in B Minor. It will be performed at St. Vincent de Paul Church (1010 […]

  In the latest installment of Michelin Bib Gourmand award-winning Storefront Company’s (1941 West North Avenue) ongoing Discovery Dinner Series, chef/partner Bryan Moscatello will be co-hosting a dinner event with the founders of Kolossos Olive Oil. Giorgios Karayannis and Edward Billys will be speaking about all things olive oil as it relates to cooking at […]

  On March 21, 2013 from 6 to 8 pm, CheekyChicago.com along with Peroni Italy will be putting on the 4th annual “The Real People of Style” fashion event. Ten of Chicago’s fashionable tastemakers will hit the runway to showcase the hottest Spring trends from the 900 North Michigan shops. And since the 900 North […]

  The idea of globalization has been talked about for a while now in colleges and boardrooms across the country. The idea has made its way to the professional sports, particularly the NBA and NFL. The NFL has a harder challenge since American football is nowhere near as popular as basketball around the world, but […]