The new fest celebrates all things green, from eco-friendly vendors to scores of eco-conscious bands.

Źródło: http://chicago.metromix.com/events/fair_festival/green-music-fest-west-town/772568/content

The oldest and largest free show of its kind

Źródło: http://chicago.metromix.com/events/fair_festival/chicago-air-and-water-lincoln-park/808074/content

Food and drink specials complement a weekly alfresco film series, weather permitting.

Źródło: http://chicago.metromix.com/events/bar_club_event/movies-at-the-terrace-river-north/1307292/content

This inaugural two-day event offers a ribs cook-off and vendors selling an array of summertime fare such as barbecue from eight restaurants, plus live music.

Źródło: http://chicago.metromix.com/events/fair_festival/windy-city-ribs-festival-west-loop/1052508/content

Screenings of short and feature films about building, riding and loving bicycles.

Źródło: http://chicago.metromix.com/movies/film_events/bicycle-film-festival-logan-square/152105/content

This late Saturday night party (technically Sunday morning) doubles as a video shoot for local hip-hop band Midwest Phenom.

Źródło: http://chicago.metromix.com/events/bar_club_event/all-white-affair-boat-streeterville/1382910/content

The 14th annual festival features Caribbean food, and arts and crafts.

Źródło: http://chicago.metromix.com/events/fair_festival/chicago-carifete-hyde-park-university-of/374104/content

The House Theatre of Chicago resident composer Kevin O’Donnell, artistic director Nathan Allen, company members and special guests perform music from repertory shows “San Valentino and the Melancholy Kid,” “Curse of the Crying Heart” and “Valentine Victorious.”

Źródło: http://chicago.metromix.com/music/concert/valentine-trilogy-concert-lincoln-square/1390534/content

Third annual fest in the North Center neighborhood features live music, food and drink vendors and arts and crafts.

Źródło: http://chicago.metromix.com/events/fair_festival/north-side-summerfest-chicago/920920/content

A man upset over a breakup with his girlfriend decided to vent his rage by randomly shooting two innocent people in the back of the head before police arrested him in the middle of a separate robbery, Chicago Police said Saturday.

Źródło: http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/1718832,CST-EDT-RAMPAGE16.article

A Wisconsin man died at a Chicago hospital Saturday night after an apparent diving accident at the Great Lakes Naval Base in north suburban Waukegan, authorities said.

Źródło: http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/1718852,w-wisconsin-naval-accident-diving-081609.article

Three people were shot early Sunday while driving through an alley in the North Side Uptown neighborhood.

Źródło: http://www.suntimes.com/news/24-7/1718858,w-uptown-shooting-081609.article

The Stroger report: Sneed hears rumbles that embattled Cook County Board President Todd Stroger has been conferring with top Dem leaders — and word is that his resolve to seek re-election is weakening big-time.

Źródło: http://www.suntimes.com/news/sneed/1717759,CST-NWS-sneed16.article

A man was in critical condition early Sunday after he was shot in the head in the Pilsen community on the Near South Side.

Źródło: http://www.suntimes.com/news/24-7/1718861,w-pilsen-shooting-081609.article

ROSEMONT, Ill.—- Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan on Saturday downplayed being questioned at a U.S. airport, saying it was part of a necessary but unfortunate procedure.

Źródło: http://www.suntimes.com/news/nation/1718866,w-bollywood-airport-081609.article

MIAMI—- A tropical storm warning was issued Sunday for parts of Florida as a newly formed depression swirled about 90 miles off the coast.

Źródło: http://www.suntimes.com/news/nation/1718863,w-tropical-storm-weather-florida-081609.article

DAVENPORT, Calif.—- California residents are being urged to follow orders to leave their homes as crews struggled to control nearly a dozen wildfires burning in areas with inaccessible terrain.

Źródło: http://www.suntimes.com/news/nation/1718864,w-california-wildfire-081609.article

MOSCOW—- Two Russian air force fighters rehearsing acrobatic maneuvers collided Sunday near Moscow, killing one pilot and sending the jets crashing into nearby vacation homes, a military official said.

Źródło: http://www.suntimes.com/news/world/1718867,w-russia-jet-collision-081609.article

TAIPEI, Taiwan—- The first shipments of foreign aid arrived Sunday as Taiwan struggled to reach more than 1,000 people still stranded a week after its deadliest typhoon in half a century.

Źródło: http://www.suntimes.com/news/world/1718871,w-taiwan-storm-weather-aid-081609.article

KUWAIT CITY—- The fire at a wedding tent in Kuwait that killed 41 women and children consumed the structure in a blazing inferno lasting just three minutes, the fire department chief said Sunday.

Źródło: http://www.suntimes.com/news/world/1718872,w-kuwait-wedding-fire-deaths-081609.article

Grab a blanket, pack a picnic and spend Tuesday nights watching classic movies for free under the stars.

Źródło: http://chicago.metromix.com/events/fair_festival/chicago-outdoor-film-festival/794259/content

Find out what free flicks are coming to a park near you

Źródło: http://chicago.metromix.com/movies/movie/movies-in-the-parks/437632/content

An intensive, 45-minute alfresco workout every Tuesday and Thursday through Sept. 3. Sign up for a morning (6:30 a.m.) or evening session (6 p.m.), or take one morning and one evening class per week.

Źródło: http://chicago.metromix.com/leisure/recreation_event/total-body-boot-camp-lincoln-park/1336784/content

Learn how to scoot your boots with “Country Pat” Stamer. Line and couples dances include the two-step, four point cha-cha, the United Center waltz, the tush push, the antz dance and more. Wear leather-soled shoes or western boots. No partner necessary.

Źródło: http://chicago.metromix.com/leisure/class/country-and-western-dance-chicago/283021/content

A multimedia equestrian and performing arts event held under a big-top tent features 13 breeds of horses, acrobats, aerialists, dancers, musicians and riders.

Źródło: http://chicago.metromix.com/theater/theater_event/cavalia/1231760/content

National Pastime Theater presents their first annual nude fine arts festival, which features plays, burlesque, readings and visual art.

Źródło: http://chicago.metromix.com/theater/theater_event/naked-july-art-stripped-uptown/1240043/content

Screaming Females.

Źródło: http://chicago.metromix.com/music/rock/the-dead-weather-lakeview/1172951/content

Convicted double-murderer Brian Dugan is expected to plead guilty today to the notorious 1983 murder of 10-year-old Jeanine Nicarico and then ask that a jury determine whether he gets the death penalty.

Źródło: http://www.suntimes.com/news/24-7/1688445,nicarico-sucpect-guilty-plea-072809.article

Chicago firefighters evacuated residents and business employees
around 11111 S. Spaulding Avenue Tuesday morning after a six-inch gas
line ruptured.

Źródło: http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/1688519,mt-greenwood-gas-leak-072809.article

Police are on the scene of a porch collapse Monday night in south suburban Calumet Park.

Źródło: http://www.suntimes.com/news/24-7/1688410,w-porch-stairway-collapse-calumet-park-072809.article

A 61-year-old man was killed when he fell through an elevator shaft Monday night at the Cabrini-Green building where he lived on the Near North Side.

Źródło: http://www.suntimes.com/news/24-7/1688393,w-cabrini-green-elevator-accident-072809.article

Two young South Side men allegedly came into the city from Englewood and broke into three cars in a parking garage in the River North neighborhood late Monday saying they did it because they needed money.

Źródło: http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/1688522,pair-arrested-cars-river-north-072809.article

Murder charges have been approved for a man suspected of fatally shooting a woman — who police said was not the intended target — in the head Friday night while she was sitting in a vehicle with others on the Far West Side in the Austin community.

Źródło: http://www.suntimes.com/news/24-7/1688265,stng-colliercharged-womanslain-0728.article

Which of 350 American cities is most in need of sweet relief in the form of, well, sweets?

Źródło: http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/1688165,CST-NWS-choc28.article

FOUNTAIN HILLS, Ariz.—- Taser International has introduced its first new stun gun since 2003: a device capable of shocking three people without being reloaded.

Źródło: http://www.suntimes.com/news/nation/1688430,w-taser-new-device-072809.article

PROVIDENCIALES, Turks and Caicos—- An overloaded sailboat carrying Haitian migrants sank off the Turks and Caicos Islands and as many as 85 people are missing, the U.S. Coast Guard said Tuesday.

Źródło: http://www.suntimes.com/news/world/1688431,w-haiti-boat-capsizes-missing-072809.article

BAGHDAD—- Gunmen killed eight security guards and made off with nearly $7 million Tuesday during an early morning robbery at a bank in central Baghdad that police say is the work of insurgents attempting to finance their operations.

Źródło: http://www.suntimes.com/news/world/1688436,w-baghdad-bank-robbery-072809.article

University of Illinois President B. Joseph White has told the commission examining the effect of politics on school admissions that he found an environment of influence when he took over at the university in 2005.

Źródło: http://www.suntimes.com/news/education/1688100,CST-NWS-uofi28.article

Watch movies while snacking on free popcorn. Includes half-price bottles of wine and the chance to win a half-price beauty treatment at Kaya Day Spa. Guys are welcome, too.

Źródło: http://chicago.metromix.com/bars-and-clubs/bar_club_event/chick-flicks-west-loop/974440/content

A cast of puppets– including a problem-solving character fashioned after President Obama–offer X-rated solutions to economic and social woes in this humorous dirty puppet show.

Źródło: http://chicago.metromix.com/theater/comedy_event/the-fuggit-show-oh-uptown/1114801/content

See an opera performance (7:30 p.m.) preceded by an appetizer and cash bar reception at The Gage.

Źródło: http://chicago.metromix.com/theater/theater_event/opera-underground-grant-park-museums/1132932/content

Have drinks with your pooch on the patio. Each week, a different vendor, shelter, boutique or other dog-related group attends. Drink specials include $5 vodka lemonades and $5 Coors Light pitchers, plus water bowls for dogs.

Źródło: http://chicago.metromix.com/bars-and-clubs/bar_club_event/doggy-happy-hour-old-town/1177417/content

Źródło: http://chicago.metromix.com/bars-and-clubs/deal/25-appetizers-and-champagne-river-north/1007430/content

Sexual education should be mandatory in all Illinois public high schools and cover “the real deal’ — not just “abstinence-only,’ a statewide Student Advisory Council is expected to recommend today.

Źródło: http://www.suntimes.com/news/education/1582571,CST-NWS-sexed20.article

Two years ago, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security released a blistering report suggesting that first responders in Chicago and Cook County were ill-prepared to communicate with one another in the event of a natural disaster or terrorist attack.

Źródło: http://www.suntimes.com/news/cityhall/1582414,CST-NWS-radio20.article

Three years ago, Clemente High School principal Irene DaMota resigned via e-mail from “sunny, balmy Brazil,” a midyear adios that angered parents concerned about escalating violence in and around the school.

Źródło: http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/1582518,CST-NWS-brazil20.article

Although sex education is optional statewide, Chicago public schools have been teaching abstinence, contraception and the prevention of sexually-transmitted diseases for at least three years.

Źródło: http://www.suntimes.com/news/education/1582480,CST-NWS-chisexedweb20.article

Źródło: http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/1582422,CST-NWS-metro20.article

WASHINGTON — In an ominous setback, the government agency that insures the pensions of 44 million Americans has amassed a record $33.5 billion deficit — triple what it was just six months ago.

Źródło: http://www.suntimes.com/news/nation/1582077,CST-NWS-pension20.article

Congress on Tuesday sent the president legislation that encourages banks to spare homeowners from foreclosure, after the industry helped scuttle a tougher measure that would have forced lenders to reduce monthly payments of owners in bankruptcy.

Źródło: http://www.suntimes.com/news/politics/obama/1582247,CST-FIN-mort20.article

CIRCLEVILLE, Ohio — A central Ohio man who fired five gunshots at a tractor being used to mow a ditch along his property has pleaded guilty to felonious assault and could be sent to prison.

Źródło: http://www.suntimes.com/news/24-7/1582193,CST-NWS-trac20.article

Local burlesque performance artist Ms. Bea Haven hosts a revue featuring music you secretly love–or love to hate–by Gwen Stefani, Color Me Badd, Barry Manilow and others.

Źródło: http://chicago.metromix.com/theater/theater_event/girlie-q-productions-presents-west-town/1136945/content

A new weekly pop-up restaurant where the Season 3 “Top Chef” finalist offers a different prix-fixe menu each week. Seatings at 7 and 8:30 p.m.

Źródło: http://chicago.metromix.com/restaurants/dining_event/dine-with-dale-west-town/939027/content

Bring your own camera to learn basic photography techniques and how to use different digital camera functions. Participants will go on a walking tour of Roscoe Village to take photos.

Źródło: http://chicago.metromix.com/restaurants/class/digital-photography-class/1134107/content

Features collections by School of the Art Institute students Brad Callahan, Jenny Lee, Genevieve Clifford and Maddie Sywulak, music by DJ A-Cup and E-Six and hosted by DJ Matt Roan. Vyle emcees.

Źródło: http://chicago.metromix.com/bars-and-clubs/bar_club_event/memorabilia-fashion-show-river-north/1168044/content

Comedian and musician Lauren Maul recreates her role as choir director from the satirical show “The Best Church of God” in a mock Sunday school class for adults. The show features improv, original music, puppetry and special guests.

Źródło: http://chicago.metromix.com/theater/comedy_event/cindy-sunday-explains-everything-sheffield-de-paul/1098146/content

A cage match between two local comics features sketches and interactive games including “Guess that Word,” “Regular Japanese Dude or Professional Ninja” and “Who Can Get a Pizza Here The Fastest.”

Źródło: http://chicago.metromix.com/theater/comedy_event/jim-vs-mike-the-river-west/1153895/content

Police are searching for a 28-year-old Rockford man  suspected of shooting his cousin and two others in a domestic incident Thursday morning that left a 36-year-old woman dead in southwest suburban Bolingbrook.

Źródło: http://www.suntimes.com/news/24-7/1574136,w-three-people-shot-bolingbrook-051409.article

During a brutal 12-hour ordeal, a Chicago man raped, beat, choked, played Russian roulette with and let his pitbull attack three sisters and their teenage friend, prosecutors said today in court.

Źródło: http://www.suntimes.com/news/24-7/1574468,rape-jimmie-smith-pitbull-court-case-051409.article

Chrysler LLC announced today that it will eliminate 789, or about a quarter, of its dealers — a move that will affect 21 of the 46 Chrylser dealers in the Chicago area. A Chrysler spokeswoman cautioned that the dealerships may remain open selling used cars or they may stay in business by being partnered with a competing new vehicle franchise such as Ford, Nissan, Toyota, Kia or Lexus.

Źródło: http://www.suntimes.com/business/1574143,w-chrysler-bankruptcy-dealers-051409.article

Three small suburban police departments have been barred for three years from sharing in the $1 billion in stimulus money the Obama administration is doling out to law enforcement agencies across the country.

Źródło: http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/1574532,fraud-stimulus-police-department-051409.article

Flanked by a cast of thousands, Mayor Daley turned up the heat today on the Illinois General Assembly to approve his Springfield agenda with one conspicuous omission: ethics reform.

Źródło: http://www.suntimes.com/news/politics/1574350,daley-springfield-agenda-ethics-051409.article

A Chicago developer and political campaign contributor pleaded guilty today in federal court to acting as a go-between in a bribe-for-permits scheme.

Źródło: http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/1574267,bribe-developer-guilty.article

The Obama administration is asking Congress to extend its oversight of the financial system to include the shadowy market of derivatives, the kind of complex financial instruments that helped bring down the giant insurer AIG.

Źródło: http://www.suntimes.com/business/1573996,CST-FIN-derivatives14.article

KIRKSVILLE, Mo.—- Violent storms tore through four Midwestern states, killing three people in northern Missouri, damaging dozens of homes and leaving thousands without power.

Źródło: http://www.suntimes.com/news/nation/1574122,w-severe-weather-missouri-tornado-051409.article

SOUTH BEND, Ind. — University of Notre Dame students who plan to protest the school’s awarding of an honorary degree to President Barack Obama on campus during commencement Sunday are calling for a peaceful, prayerful approach.

Źródło: http://www.suntimes.com/news/nation/1574485,w-notre-dame-obama-protest051409.article

As the Twitter juggernaut roars across the Internet seemingly unobstructed, meet at least one guy who has angrily placed himself in its path.

Źródło: http://www.suntimes.com/technology/1574575,w-twitter-facebook-myspace-051409.article

NEW YORK—- A suburban New York City hospital is reinstating a brain surgeon who was suspended for failing to show up for surgery on a patient under anesthesia on the operating table.

Źródło: http://www.suntimes.com/news/nation/1574121,w-surgeon-no-show-surgery-051409.article

PERTH, Australia — Police have charged a man who allegedly posted a video on YouTube with inciting racism under Australian state law, officials said Thursday. A newspaper report said the video targeted Jews.

Źródło: http://www.suntimes.com/news/world/1574445,w-youtube-racism-jews-white-power051409.article

MADRID—- Air pollution has long been a fact of life in Spanish cities, but scientists now say it is not just smog that chokes people as they walk to work or stroll through the park. A new study has found the air in Madrid and Barcelona is also laced with at least five drugs — most prominently cocaine.

Źródło: http://www.suntimes.com/news/world/1574133,w-cocaine-air-study-spain-051409.article

BAGHDAD—- Iraq has lost more than half the Christians who once called it home, mostly since the war began, and few who fled have plans to return, The Associated Press has learned.

Źródło: http://www.suntimes.com/news/world/1574138,w-iraq-christians-exodus-051409.article

CANBERRA, Australia—- A court suspended a government program to kill 7,000 kangaroos on federal land near the Australian capital on Thursday, halting efforts to thin a mushrooming population of the beloved marsupials that authorities say are threatening endangered species.

Źródło: http://www.suntimes.com/news/world/1574132,w-kangaroos-australia-killing-051409.article

LONDON—- As swine flu cases hit 6,500 worldwide, World Health Organization officials were meeting with vaccine manufacturers and other experts in Geneva on Thursday to discuss making a vaccine to fight the virus.

Źródło: http://www.suntimes.com/news/world/1574134,w-who-swine-flu-vaccine-051409.article

LONDON—- European stock markets barely rose Thursday after big losses the day before on disappointing U.S. retail figures, while Asia succumbed to a heavy bout of selling.

Źródło: http://www.suntimes.com/news/world/1574117,w-world-markets-us-data-051409.article

Sample more than 20 local and international beers and passed appetizer pairings.

Źródło: http://chicago.metromix.com/restaurants/bar_club_event/spring-beer-festival-20-river-north/1065270/content

Źródło: http://chicago.metromix.com/bars-and-clubs/deal/20-appetizers-and-champagne-river-north/1007430/content

A comic telenovela (soap opera), complete with commercial breaks, portrays the customers and young employees of a taqueria.

Źródło: http://chicago.metromix.com/theater/theater_event/fronteras-del-amor-borders-little-tuscany/1064566/content

Annual search for the ultimate amateur singing sensation in the GLBT community.

Źródło: http://chicago.metromix.com/bars-and-clubs/bar_club_event/windy-city-gay-idol/1057623/content

Bring up to 15 gently used books and trade them for other titles. The first 100 swappers get a free Chicago Public Library tote bag. Includes prizes throughout the night for Steppenwolf tickets and more.

Źródło: http://chicago.metromix.com/events/community_event/chicago-reader-book-swap-west-loop/1117377/content

Founded in 1940, this student-led society is billed as the longest continuously running club of its kind in the nation. Programming consists of 10-week seasons featuring nightly screenings. In general, Fridays and Saturdays feature blockbuster fare while Sundays through Thursdays are dedicated to…

Źródło: http://chicago.metromix.com/movies/movie_event/doc-films-hyde-park-university-of/245026/content

Eugene Mirman.

Źródło: http://chicago.metromix.com/theater/comedy_event/flight-of-the-conchords-near-south-side/936571/content

More area residents used public transit, and there was more public transit to use between 2003 and 2007, according to a Regional Transportation Authority report to be released today.

Źródło: http://www.suntimes.com/news/transportation/1549059,CST-NWS-transit29.article

Talk about a woman in a power position.

Źródło: http://www.suntimes.com/business/1548836,CST-FIN-comed29.article

A cupcake happy hour.

Źródło: http://chicago.metromix.com/restaurants/deal/free-cocktail-inspired-cupcakes-gold-coast/986567/content

A weekly dance party features DJ sets and a different theme each week. Also, sing karaoke while you wait in line for the restroom. Themes include planets, a circus, spring cleaning, 3-D and more.

Źródło: http://chicago.metromix.com/bars-and-clubs/bar_club_event/the-party-river-north/999194/content

See more than 100 short, animated, documentary and feature films from the U.S., Argentina, Portugal, Spain, Mexico and other countries.

Źródło: http://chicago.metromix.com/movies/film_events/25th-annual-chicago-latino/222947/content

Learn stretching and breathing exercises with your partner.

Źródło: http://chicago.metromix.com/events/recreation_event/yoga-date-night-near-north-side/1101292/content

Sample pints of the new limited-run brew and get free Guinness T-shirts, key chains and other giveaways.

Źródło: http://chicago.metromix.com/bars-and-clubs/bar_club_event/guinness-250-anniversary-stout-gold-coast/1089022/content

The 75th annual multimedia style and art event showcases more than 200 student-made garments in each of two shows, along with specially commissioned student and faculty performances.

Źródło: http://chicago.metromix.com/events/community_event/saic-fashion-show-2009-loop/910978/content

An Elgin man was behind bars Thursday, accused of biting his 5-month-old daughter.

Elgin police arrested Guadalupe Gutierrez Jr., 22, after he allegedly bit his daughter to try to get her to stop crying. He was charged Thursday with domestic battery, a Class A misdemeanor.

Źródło: http://www.suntimes.com/couriernews/news/1541961,3_1_EL24_05BITER_S1.article

Gazing at her reflection in a full-length mirror, 17-year-old Laura Harley and her mother knew the lavender ball gown was the perfect dress for Laura’s first prom — a rite of passage she almost had to miss. Laura and her family recently moved here from Carbondale after an accident burned down their home. “Since the fire, it really set us back,” said her mother, Shewanda Harley, 38.

Źródło: http://www.suntimes.com/news/education/1542034,glass-slipper-project-prom-dresses-042409.article