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Lots of suburbs will be celebrating Halloween this weekend with events…Q101 is spotlighting one that has been especially supportive to us over the past 15 months (plus, Harold is a southsider at heart): The Village of Worth. They have an event called “Haunts Against Hunger” happening this Sunday, 10/28/12 at 5pm that you should check out with your kids! First things first: Come in costume and with some non-perishable food in hand. You will be rewarded for your good deeds: The “Haunt” begins at the Worth Village Hall (7112 West 111th Street, Worth, IL) with a visit from The Reaper (Think: Joakim Noah only with better hands and rattier clothes on…I kid, I kid…think of that giant ghoul from “Scrooged”) and then the kids are escorted by the Worth Police (Remember when they did that for you that one time? This time it will actually be fun!) AND hearses from LasRydes Hearse Club for a haunted tour of Worth’s creepier decked out denizens. Food and drink await you at the end. The weather will be pretty good Sunday so check this event out! More info can be had here: http://villageofworth.com/Worth/HauntsAgainstHunger/index.html
Organizers say their goal is to raise awareness and donations for the Food Pantry at the Worth Methodist Church at 7100 W. 112th Street. Food donations may be brought to this event or dropped off prior in the Village Hall or Police Station.
They are primarily looking to accept canned or nonperishable foods like macaroni and cheese, tuna, peanut butter and cereal. For the holidays, the pantry is requesting items for Thanksgiving and Christmas such as side dishes, stuffing mixes, mashed potatoes, jellos, sweet potatoes, cranberries, gravy, cake mixes and frostings. This year we are also collecting donations of pet food! If it is raining heavy at the time of our event, we are moving all activities to the Worth Methodist Church located at 7100 W. 112th Street.
Thanks to primary organizer Officer Anthony Ritz for his support of Q101, and for letting the Q101 Mobile Command Center of Death, Destruction, Terror, and Mayhem FLY down 111th!
Morrissey doesn’t need your help. “It’s my life to wreck my own way,” he crooned languidly on “Alma Matters,” two songs into the kickoff date of his latest American tour in Boston last week.
Contrary to that sentiment, however, the notorious malcontent seemed exceptionally at ease, both with himself and his audience. Over the course of a tidy, 100-minute set that featured 20 songs – five by his former (and evidently never-to-be-again) band, the Smiths – he teased his enraptured fans, whipped up dust devils with his microphone cord, pounded percussion on his chest as if to soothe his heart palpitations, lay down fetally in the spotlight and otherwise thoroughly entertained himself at the lip of the stage, where he was so clearly born to live out his years.
The band – longtime collaborator (“the gorgeous”) Boz Boorer, bassist Solomon Walker, keyboardist Gustavo Manzur, guitarist Jesse Tobias and new drummer Anthony Burulcich (of the Bravery) – took the stage like henchmen in their trademark matching T-shirts, which on this night read “Ringling Beats Animals.” (Earlier this week, when they performed on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon, each bore the word “Thug.”)
Not for the last time of the night, “Maladjusted” underscored just how much eerie psychedelia Morrissey’s band can often muster beneath the frontman’s sui generis vocal style. The Smiths’ “Meat Is Murder” came across like an especially bad trip, with Burulcich pounding mallets on a huge kettle drum and Tobias’ guitar mewling like animals in the slaughterhouse while gruesome bits of PETA’s anti-carnivore film “Meet Your Meat” screened overhead.
Morrissey will perform at the Chicago Theater on October 27, 2012 at 8:00 p.m.
READ MORE
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/morrissey-induces-swooning-in-boston-tour-opener-20121006
Thirsty? The Chicago Beer Festival is exactly the sort of thing you’ve been looking for. On Saturday, 60 breweries ranging from local favorites to nationally-recognized brands will take over Union Station downtown to serve up some 200 varieties running the gamut from pale ales and ciders to porters and seasonals.
Tickets to the festival run $40 and cover — wait for it — unlimited tastings at one of two three-hour event sessions, either 1-4 p.m. or 6-9 p.m. Saturday. Food is sold separately.
In addition to the tastings, Marty Nachel, author of “Beer For Dummies,” will be leading free classes on the brewing process and beer evaluations.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/03/chicago-beer-festival-201_n_1936339.html?utm_hp_ref=chicago
What better way to conserve our world’s resources than showering with one you love? Hell, you don’t even have to LOVE the one you shower with, but liking them could go a long way to building and maintaining your “relationship”.
AXE, a brand of grooming products including shower gel, is doing a “showerpooling” water conservation campaign with a video narrated by “Twilight’s” Nikki Reed and stops at 10 college campuses, including a visit to Northwestern University planned for October 17.
The campaign centers around a pledge at Facebook.com/axe to install water-efficient showerheads (which AXE will give out to college students for free), reduce shower time to five minutes or less and, of course, invite a friend into the shower. Those who take the online pledge are eligible to win prizes.
Their slogan: “It’s not just environmentally-friendly. It’s all kinds of friendly.”
http://www.redeyechicago.com/news/redeye-do-you-showerpool-20120920,0,190904.story
Description of the School of Rock, BY the School of Rock:
Our performance-based teaching method is an immersive experience that inspires our students to be their best. We get our students playing music as quickly as possible because we know that that is what our students want to do. As a result our students become more interested in the theory of music.
We deliver an authentic experience using professional equipment, a staff of seasoned musicians, and performances on real rock stages, at real rock venues in front of real live audiences.
Our instructors live to play and play to live. They are experienced professional musicians that can instruct students on the finer points of their instrument, while at the same time educating them on everything that goes into putting on a great live show.
We teach and perform music that our students love to play and our audiences love to here. From the fundamental roots of rock and roll through classic rock, funk, reggae, heavy metal, alternative, indie and prog rock – we share, engage and celebrate it all.
School Of Rock Kids will be playing Songs by: Tenacious D, Spinal Tap, Ween, Primus and More…
Come check out our future rockers of America!
DETAILS AND FREE TICKET INFO
http://www.reggieslive.com/show/school-of-rock-7/
He spent years talking to us about our love, drug, and parental problems on LoveLine with Dr. Drew. Now he holds the record for the biggest podcast in the WORLD. Adam Carolla is coming to Chicagoland to make you laugh…if you let him.
Join Q101 for a night of laughs, drinks and good times in Joliet!
Q101 Presents Adam Carolla at the Rialto Square Theatre in Joliet October 12th. The Rialto is an intimate venue and tickets will go fast!
BUY TICKETS NOW CLICK HERE
You can alway win tickets from Q101. Join the Q101 Club now.
Check out Adam’s TV spot (He’s in the Guinness Book? For real?!)
AdamCarollaV1 from Moonstep Productions on Vimeo.
You don’t have to admit it to US. Just be honest with YOURSELF. You LOVE MY LITTLE PONY. It’s OKAY, we don’t judge. Everyone has their thing.
When Midwestria, a My Little Pony convention, comes to town next week, more than just 10-year-old girls will be representing. Fans called “bronies” and “pegasisters,” adults who love the toys and show “Friendship is Magic” also will be riding in.
Midwestria will be held Sept. 14-16 at Pheasant Run resort in St. Charles, and will include panel speakers, a charity 5K run, balls, karaoke and an exhibit hall. Pre-registration tickets are available until Sept. 7 and cost $40, but one-day tickets the day of the event run from $10 (for a single-day pass on Sunday) to $45 for entrance to all three days.
Visit Midwestria’s web site for more information or to register.
http://www.redeyechicago.com/news/local/redeye-my-little-pony-convention-coming-to-chicago-area-20120905,0,3554526.story
From Wiki: Red Bull Flugtag (German: flight day, airshow) is an event owned and operated by Red Bull in which competitors attempt to fly homemade size (max 10m / 30 ft) and weight (max 150 kg / 330 lbs) limited human-powered flying machines.
The “flying” machines are usually launched off a pier about 30 feet (9.1 m) high into the sea (or suitably sized reservoir of water). Most competitors enter for the entertainment value, and the flying machines rarely fly at all.
Saturday, September 8 11:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
North Avenue Beach West LaSalle Drive Chicago, Illinois 60614
Be there or be square!
http://www.redbullflugtagusa.com/#/event/chicago-2012
West Town is bringing back all your favorite food trucks in one spot for the 2nd Annual Food Truck Social – this year expanded to two days: Saturday, August 25th and Sunday, August 26th.
Grab a schnitzel from the Schnitzel King! Enjoy all your favorite street cuisine from the best mobile eateries who own Chicago’s roads. They will be cooking up some exclusive for-this-event-only dishes, while some of our top local bands set the tone.
Food Truck Social 2012 has moved to the up-and-coming Chicago Avenue Corridor between Wood and Wolcott (1800 – 1899 W Chicago Ave). Presented by Time Out Chicago, West Town Chamber of Commerce and Empty Bottle Presents, over 20,000 hungry bellies are expected to attend this year!
Also, plans for the Q101 Rock ‘N Food Truck are accelerating! More to come…
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mobileweb/2012/08/10/food-truck-social-returns_n_1765551.html
311? Sightly Stoopid? The Aggrolites? Outdoors?
Yes please.
Friday night, those three an about 2,000 of their closely friends will be jamming at Charter One Pavilion on the Lakefront.
Livenation just gave us some tix (thank people!)…
Wanna go?
Tell us what you like doing while listening to 311 on Q101 (keep it *mostly* adult ok?) and we’ll pick winners and notify you ONLY on Facebook.
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