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Fans of Mandarin Mint, Kauai Kolada, and Warm Winter Toffee cigarettes should start stocking up now, as these cigarettes are in their last days. Yesterday, in a news conference from Chicago’s West Side, Attorney General Lisa Madigan announced that R. J. Reynolds had agreed to a settlement that would prohibit them from selling cigarettes with candy, fruit, or alcoholic beverage names. Under the terms of the agreement, Camel, Kool and Salem can still produce flavored cigarettes; they just can’t be sold with the delicious sounding names.
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If you’re willing to hit the road, Roger Ebert’s Overlooked Film Festival has some gems worth seeing. This year’s festival at the Virginia Theater in stately Champaign, IL runs from April 26th through the 30th. Though all the festival passes are sold out, you can still purchase tickets to individual screenings of some of Ebert’s favorite films including My Fair Lady and the criminally ignored David Mamet film Spartan as well as recent fare like... more ›

Phillyist notes a fistfight between local pols that leaves one man down for the count. Jehovah's Witnesses get a Philly contributor out of bed, things get a little geeky with a film festival and geeky gets taken to a whole new galaxy when they talk with the Dragon Queen of the Dark Kingdom. Shanghaiist gets all excited this week over a new nightclub in the city unfortunately named "Snatch" and Mike Tyson is scheduled to... more ›

Like the fizz in a root beer float, Bobtail Soda Fountain is bubbling with charm and nostalgia. With its colorful, striped awning and bright, cheery interior, the shop channels 1950s appeal. However, with features like free WiFi access, it is complete with modern style. Jeff Wilcoxon and Chris Hill opened the soda fountain at 2951 N. Broadway with the belief that ice cream should be made fresh and served by a soda jerk. The... more ›

Ending the concerts at Taste of Chicago this year was Moby. Chicagoist braved the thunderstorm watch and intermittent showers to go see this short, but sweet show on Monday. Moby joked about the weather before starting "Raining Again". Well aware of his reputation for talking too much between songs, Moby continued the banter by saying that when performing where fried dough is sold that cover songs are called for and then let Darren Murphy take... more ›