, About Face Theater's current production up at Center on Halsted, is supposed to have a nude scene in it. But the Chicago version has the boys in their manpanties, and the playwright is none too pleased with the sanitized version of his work. more ›

No Pants 2K8, a no-slacks spectacle that was started by the New York-based performance comedy group, Improv Everywhere, is upon us, and you know what that means: Drop trou, pronto! more ›

Why is WBEZ warning us about "sensitive language" in a story about a sexually-charged art exhibit? On 848 Gabriel Spitzer said the language might be "offensive." We've listened to the coverage of "Girl on Guy: the object of my desire" twice now, and we have no idea what the hell they're talking about. Does saying "genitalia" really warrant a warning? Is uttering the word "porn" really so scandalous? Lisa Labuz said "sodomize" a few minutes... more ›

Part of an international movement, Chicago’s fourth-annual World Naked Bike Ride is set for this coming Saturday. Check-in will be from 6 p.m. to 8:45 p.m. in Union Park, near 100 N. Ashland, at the statue of former Mayor Carter Henry Harrison, Sr. He would be so proud. The official e-mail announcement arrived in Chicagoist’s mail box today, and warns non-participants and disruptive people will be turned away, suggesting you’re not welcome if you’re just... more ›

We have to admit it: sometimes we feel like we're the old man/lady these days, always thinking, "Back when we were young, there was no swearing on TV! Back when we were young, girls didn't dress like that! Back when we were young, people had more common courtesy!" Hell, for most of our lives you couldn't show hard liquor on TV, and there weren't such things as ads for prescription drugs. So, we did happen... more ›

Admit it, you’re a little naughty, aren’t you? It’s OK. We’re fine with that. In fact, Chicagoist supports your right to be as nasty as you want to be. As long as you’re smart about it, and it doesn’t result in any deaths or break any laws. Well, at least not any of the important laws. more ›

Breaking the law, breaking the law We -ist folks love us some crime, and no misdemeanor is too petty for a post on any of our sites. This week, join us for a rogues' gallery of miscreants major, minor, and alleged. Gothamist gets us started with "Law & Order", muppet style. Oh, you know what isn't a crime? Taking pictures on the MTA. So, why are cops stopping photographers? In other Gotham crime, a... more ›

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Even as the stores sport back to school sales (which depress us, even now), summer lingers on your friends the -ists. This week's collection of links provides some of the best, worst, and oddest bits of summer fun. So, bring your laptop up onto the roof, make yourself an umbrella drink or ten, and enjoy this week's choice posts from across the Gothamist network. Torontoist (where it's 75 degrees F as of this writing)... more ›

The Chicago Improv Festival kicks off tonight at the Gallery Cabaret in Bucktown with Schadenfreude’s first Chicago stage performance since…probably last year’s fest. The “Schadenfreude Rent Party” is an evening of all new material from a group that routinely packed the house at past CIFs, their late night revues, and the national college circuit until Chicago Public Radio got a hold of them. Then they were too busy hobnobbing with, and making fun of,... more ›

You’ve got one more day to win a ticket to see the Lavender Cabaret’s Femme TV show at the Lakeshore Theater this Saturday night at 10:30 p.m. more ›

It's been touted as a centuries-old Japanese tradition but is seen as more of a modern European fad and associated with the Yakuza. Chicagoist remembers seeing Adrianne Curry volunteer to do it and Vince Neil eat it with relish on The Surreal Life. Now the concept of "nyotaimori", known commonly as "body sushi", has landed in Chicago. more ›

What happens when an Elgin strip club auctions off it's strippers as caddies and sponsors a golf outing? Well, suburban moms get angry, that's what! more ›

Chicagoist has too many hobbies, apparently, because we had no idea that strip clubs that have to choose between liquor and nudity. "Nudity" isn't a clear-cut term, though, so the Illinois Court of Appeals had to decide if pasties and g-strings are cover-up or not. Oh to be a judge. more ›