Chicago breweries made an excellent showing at the Great American Beer Festival in Denver this weekend. more ›

Looking for an excuse not to cook dinner tonight? Why not show your support for the LGBT community by Dining Out for Equality? Today, proceeds from your meal at any of some 14 restaurants will benefit Equality Illinois, the state's leading organization working to support legal progress for the gays. And all you have to do is show up and chow down. more ›

Striking while the iron is hot in the afterglow of Craft Brewers Conference, the Garfield Park Conservatory is planning a night of beer inside the conservatory proper from 5:30-8 p.m. May 13. Tickets to the event ($45 day of the event, $35 in advance, purchase tickets here) will allow guests to sample beers from Metropolitan, half Acre, Goose Island, Argus Brewery on the Far South Side (we'll have more on Argus later), Hamburger Mary's and Rock Bottom Chicago surrounded by the foliage and fauna of the conservatory. Food for the event will be provided by Marion Street Cheese Market in Oak Park and Green Zebra. more ›

Larry Bortniker and Sally Deering like to write about doctors. First it was “father of the sexual revolution” Alfred Kinsey in their Jeff-Award winning musical Dr. Sex and now its Dr. Barry Mishkin, a Broadway musicologist who has a collection of musical numbers cut from classic Broadway musicals. Mishkin, a fictional character, is the subject of their latest musical comedy, Bombs Away!, which recently opened at Mary’s Attic in Andersonville. more ›

If you feel that once a year is far too little to expose the zombie within, well friend, this weekend holds a not one but two lovely gooey brains for you. Tomorrow holds both the first annual Zombie Pub Crawl followed by a triple zombie feature at the Midway Drive In in Sterling! Gurr. more ›