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Ah yes, the loyal Chicagoist readers. Perhaps we don't let you know how much you mean to us as often as we should, but your devotion - reading our site on a national holiday, no less! - will be rewarded, for now you are the only ones who will be reminded to reserve your tickets tomorrow for the free events at Symphony Center on October 17.

We’re resigned to the fact that cell phones have become ubiquitous at whatever entertainment venue we visit. We begrudgingly accept that someone is text messaging during a movie, so long as they’re not actually talking. If someone wants to play Galaga on their Treo during a laborious set piece in the middle of Act 2, then fine. Just dim the screen and mute it. But we always thought the symphony was sacrosanct. Apparently, that garrison has fallen.

We may be suffering from a lingering hangover this morning (and woe to the Jenna Bush lookalike next to us who surrendered after the first act), but we’ll still be heading over to Symphony Center tonight to check out the one-night-only triple bill of Chicago Sinfonietta, Poi Dog Pondering, and Antonin Dvořák.

Chicagoist loves people who like to make themselves laugh, and we are certain that such a person exists on staff at the Chicago Trolley Company. Have you ever noticed that the vast majority of the free trolleys that circle the Loop are named? And not just named, but named to rhyme with “trolley”? Check out the wooden name plates located just beneath the windshield.

Through Dec. 26