Kim Bellware

With the long weekend just a few hours away, it's time to gear up for three days—and a whole summer—of biking adventures. If you haven't been pedaling since before winter, now is the time to dust off your frame, grease the chains and hit the streets. Tonight Critical Mass... continue reading on Chicagoist

It's been a bit of a bruising spring for Chicago sports fans. From D-Rose's bum knee to the Cubs'...well, the Cubs' everything (thanks, Tom Ricketts), local sports fans haven't had much to cheer about (unless you're a Sox fan). That is, unless we count our dear (if unfairly overlooked)... continue reading on Chicagoist

Daniel Clowes visits Quimby's Bookstore tonight in honor of the first monograph of his work Someone up there is doing Chicago a solid because amid museum closings and NATO hoopla, cartoon genius and former Chicagoan Daniel Clowes touches down in his hometown tonight for a several events running through... continue reading on Chicagoist

The Strange Boys are having a bit of a Danny Zuko moment. On their grimy blues and psych-filled debut, the Texas rockers owned their ragged edges and defiant spirit captured in The Strange Boys And Girls Club; drag racing, light-a-smoke-with-a-Zippo, leather jacket wearing T-Birds, if you will. When the... continue reading on Chicagoist

The gang's all here! Balki, Cousin Larry, Jennifer, Mary Anne and Dimitri the sheep. TGIF-loving fans across the internet did a collective Dance Of Joy yesterday when a Perfect Strangers video game surfaced. The Flash-based video game has quickly gone viral—and has probably caused office productivity around the country... continue reading on Chicagoist