This Chicago Whole Foods has constructed an entire tableau of classic Atari games out of cans of food. more ›

The majority of the tables in March and almost half of those in April have already sold, and $185,000 has gone to charity. more ›

Best Buddies Illinois has teamed up with Small Bar to serve up a special brew from Metropolitan Brewing. more ›

The donation went to the Greater Chicago Food Depository. The Christmas Ale is long gone, but a new highly anticipated brew, their Bourbon County Brand Coffee Stout, releases this week. more ›

We wouldn't touch whoever allegedly embezzled $25,000 from the local Toys for Tots with a 39 and a half foot pole. more ›

Tomorrow the Publican is hosting a food drive. If you donate, you get free beer. more ›

Chef Gruneberg, who is the Executive Chef at Spiaggia when she's not off being fabulous, has created an Genoa-inspired wrap. Proceeds go to the Greater Chicago Food Depository. more ›

The restaurant is throwing open its doors and offering a free Thanksgiving meal to those in need. more ›

Head to the fabulous (and covered!) rooftop space at 6 p.m. tonight for a great party. more ›

Tickets are still available for one of the best dinners of the year. With food insecurity at record levels, GCFD needs all the help you can give. more ›

We found video via Threadless' YouTube channel of Justin Gignac in which he describes the concept better than we ever could. more ›

What you're looking at is a t-shirt that sells for $300,000. You wouldn't be wrong to ask that it feels like Egyptian cotton. more ›

Tons of Chicago restaurants are helping to find a cure. more ›

The continuing recession and high unemployment means food security is at a low point in Chicago. more ›

In this case, we mean the headline literally - if you happened to notice that some of Chicago's iconic buildings were lit in green this weekend, it was to honor the Green Tie Ball, Gateway Green's annual charity blowout. The event turned an industrial area (home of metalwork factory A. Finkl and Sons) into the land of Oz for one intensely green night. Charity balls aren't really our scene (and our green tuxedo happened to be at the cleaners), but we found a few things to keep us amused. more ›

In case you missed it, the Garfield Park Conservatory was completely trashed by last month's hailstorm - most of the glass panels were broken, shards destroyed hundreds of plants and the conservatory, one of the nation's most glorious, is partially closed for renovation. Oh, and did we mention that there's no money? Well, Paul Kahan's restaurants are pitching in to help. This Sunday, from 12-4 at Big Star, all of the Blackbird group of restaurants will be hosting a sidewalk sale, selling all of their used (and undamaged) dishware, furniture and kitchen supplies. more ›

Have you ever wanted to see what sort of music Stephanie Izard likes to dance to? Now you can experience it first hand. "Stagiaire Records," a chef-driven party at Old Town Social every Tuesday night from 10 PM to 2 AM lets you rock out with some of Chicago's most famous chefs, and the proceeds go to benefit the Green City Market. Quietly running since May, the party is now ramping up for the summer. more ›

A gathering of fashion designers raising funds for youth displaced by war in Kenya leads off today's listings. more ›

Jeff Garlin's new comedy show starts tonight at Steppenwolf Upstairs Theatre. more ›

It's been quite a year for Brandon Baltzley. Recently finished with rehab, Baltzley has jumped back into the food scene with both feet. CRUX, a collaboration between Baltzley, Emmanuel Cadengo (of Longman and Eagle) and Jaimee Vitolo (of Moxie, in Cleveland) is hosting its first pop-up dinner on Friday, August 19th. All the profits after expenses will be donated to the Chicago Recovery Alliance. more ›

The Peterson Garden Project, home of the Chicagoist garden plot, needs a few good donors. They are holding a fundraiser through Groupon's G-team, a system that allows groupon users to donate to charities and non-profit organizations. You don't get a coupon in return, but you do get a happy feeling (and, if you want, we'll send you pictures of our garden). PGP is trying to raise enough money to stock and tend extra plots to give food those in need. more ›

Tough time getting a table at Girl & the Goat? Taste the creation of now famed chef Stephanie Izard, and Food + Wine Magazine’s Best New Chef, at seriously reduced prices, with a charitable cause in mind. Popular quick-and-easy Lakeview dining favorite Falafill is hosting a series of famous chef-made wraps with a portion of the proceeds going to the featured chef’s charity of choice. This month’s Izard wrap, with proceeds going to Share Our Strength, has us salivating for more. more ›

In Chef's Hands, which hosts its inaugural benefit tonight, has lost its co-founder. more ›

Maxwell House's Drops of Good Project is currently holding a competition for a $50,000 renovation grant - and Chicago's own Austin Town Hall Park is not doing well. A community center on the West Side, Austin focuses on arts education and programming for residents, providing training in dance, music and theater as well as child daycare and senior care services. Want to help? All you have to do is click. more ›

A popular Logan Square tavern turns five. more ›

Scott Crane was under hospice care for muscular dystrophy when he met Chef Rodelio Aglibot. Crane had difficulty eating, and his condition was quite challenging, but he was a dedicated lover of food and a blogger. He asked for a unique form of help, what he calls "Food Therapy," and after a day in the kitchen with Chef Aglibot rolling sushi and swapping stories, his condition began to improve. The experience led him and Aglibot to collaborate on the creation of "In Chef's Hands," a new charitable organization that aims to bring one-on-one culinary experiences to individuals with special needs. more ›

Starting Monday, Old Navy (owned by Gap, Inc., which owns Gap, Banana Republic, and Piperlime) is launching a line of gay pride-themed T-shirts sized for men, women, and babies, with 10% of the proceeds going to the It Gets Better Project. more ›

Theresa Carter, the force behind local events resource The Local Tourist, and musician Jim Goodrich are about to embark on a two-week round trip along historic Route 66, raising funds for pediatric cancer research along the way, part of a longer range effort by Carter to raise money for the cause that includes a climb of Mt. Kilimanjaro later this year. Carter and Goodrich are planning a kick-off party June 4 at Cactus (404 S. Wells St.) starting at 6 p.m. General Motors has set up the two with a Chevy Camaro for the cause, another Camaro will be parked outside Cactus for attendees to gawk at and you can win a chance for a week-long Chevy loaner. Because parking downtown is expensive, Cactus is also offering parking passes at the garage nest door for $5. more ›

Chicago Craft Beer Week continues. Also, a seminar on redistricting in Little Village. more ›

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