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Looking for a woolly mammoth costume? Ha! Does the pope shit in the woods? Of course you are. Then you're in luck: Tomorrow's the Goodman Theatre's costume sale, and believe it or not, there is indeed a woolly mammoth up for grabs. The Snuffleupagus-esque get-up is from the Goodman's 1992 production of , as is a dinosaur costume (also available!). No word on how crusty/not crusty the 15-year-old outfit is, but we're guessing it's leaning toward the crusty side of things.

In what may be another effect of the softening housing market we discussed yesterday, the Falor Corporation, an aggressive condo conversion company, pulled the plug on Nicky Hilton’s much-discussed condo-hotel project at 500 S. Dearborn St. Paris’ little sis was to help Falor convert the Printers Row’s Hotel Blake into a “calmer version” of her South Beach prototype. Condo-hotels, in which investors buy individual hotel rooms to use as a residential condo, and then allow...

It must be something in the air. Look beyond the explosion of neighborhood Summer Fests, “Taste Ofs”, and nationally recognized rock smorgasbords, and you’ll find… still more festivals. Taking a cue from music promoters, local theaters know you’re excited to spend hours upon hours being entertained along some kind of theme. Festivals grab attention, and these festivals grabbed ours: Darknight Theatrical Productions pays tribute to Twilight Zone master Rod Serling, presenting three original one-acts inspired...