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If we were to describe this movie update post using song titles … In an email last week, long-time Chicago Filmmakers program director Patrick Friel announced he will be stepping down on August 10 to pursue other interests. He had been with Chicago Filmmakers for over eleven years. A replacement has not been announced yet. Also in his email was news that there will be opportunities to become involved with the programming of their weekly...

Before you continue reading, we want you to raise your right arm, take your index finger, place it on the top of your head and begin to scratch. A woman visiting Chicago from Tennessee was arrested yesterday morning after attempting to visit the Skydeck of the Sears Tower with a loaded gun in her purse. When passing through the metal detector, it was discovered the she was packing a .38-caliber revolver. She was taken into...

Chicagoist is all for going out to bars and tying one on regularly.. but sometimes we yearn for more. Which is why we are thankful for a new trend at bars: Game Night. Game Night in bars can range from a trivia to board games and prizes may include tickets to events or simply just bragging rights. It may seem nerdy but it's a fun, competitive way to use your brain cells instead of just drinking them away, and it's also a great way to interact with and meet new people. This fad seems to have had a an impact on sales of "adult" board games, which went up 5% in 2003.

Last week Chicagoist commented on the abundance of May showers that were predicted. Little did we know that we were in for a week or more of torrential lightening, thunder, hail and tornado-producing storms. On TV, all of the local stations have had a weather bug in the corner for days warning us of the danger of floods. The abundance of rain has caused many Illinois rivers to overflow. There has already been some flooding...