Division Street Begins Here

Marcus Riley, NBC5 Street Team (video)
Anyone who knows me well, knows I love to talk politics. Which doesn’t exactly endear me to a lot of people. I know, I know, politics, like religion, is one of those topics you should never discuss in polite company. And in the midst of such a divisive political [...]

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Two Street Teamers Get Hitched

Blagica S. Bottigliero, NBC5 Street Team (Video) Hi Gang. Didya know that I got married to a Street Teamer? Yup. The NBC5 Baseball Blog is about to hit the blog waves and yours truly is married to a die hard White Sox fan, Michael. Here is one of our wedding shots, care of Kitty Maer Photography, Columbus, Ohio. See you [...]

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24-7 Chicago: Secrets of the City

Marcus Riley, NBC5 Street Team (video)
Last year I met with an eager group of individuals looking to start a new show all about Chicago. During that time, their vision evolved from a Web-based show to a TV show. There’s no shortage of people out there who think they have a great idea for a program, [...]

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Turn Out The Lights

Marcus Riley, NBC5 Street Team (video)
If the lights go off suddenly on Saturday night, don’t fret. Perhaps you’ve seen the clever ads on the bus stands or the logos in other places around the city promoting Earth Hour.
On March 29, from 8 to 9 p.m., the World Wildlife Fund is asking Chicago citizens, businesses [...]

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Book Review: Reckless Road Guns N’ Roses And The Making Of Appetite For Destruction

Maureen Vana, NBC5 Street Team

Reckless Road combines stunning visuals, heartfelt text, and enhanced audio and video to become the ultimate scrapbook for the ultimate Guns N’ Roses fan. Photographer and long time friend of the band Marc Canter takes readers on a 348 page journey into the roots of one of the most explosive [...]

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Heading Into The Stretch Run

Marcus Riley, NBC5 Street Team (video)
Everybody has their passion. I have a friend who’s so passionate about March Madness, that she took a couple days off last week to watch the games. And she has about 12 brackets going on various pools.
I enjoy college hoops, although I’m not exactly that hard-core. I will, however, be [...]

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Tattoos, puppies, and Ron Huberman

Laura Lodewyck, NBC5 Street Team
Ron Huberman, my hero! Just as you think CTA sagas can’t get any more odd, who but our very own Ron Huberman is spotted getting tough on emotionally-abusive hooligans.
Picture this: it’s 7:30 am and you are riding [...]

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Something different and very unique for the family

Jim Grillo, Hereschicago.com, NBC5 Street Team

The Heartland International Musical Tattoo, a unique blend of traditional Scottish, Irish and American music, dance, and pageantry, returns to the NIU Convocation Center in DeKalb, Ill. on Saturday and Sunday April 12-13, 2008.
From its roots in European military pageantry, the Heartland International Tattoo has evolved into a [...]

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Wine, Dance, Earth Hour, and more; Events 3/27-30

The Local Tourist, NBC5 Street Team
The sun is out, the birds are chirping, and all is right with the world. OK, maybe that’s pushing it, but it’s amazing what SPRING will do to a Chicagoan’s attitude. Walking through Lincoln Park Zoo this afternoon it seemed as if everyone felt like school had just been let [...]

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Nordstrom Rack Shoe ExtravaganzaMarch 28. Doors Open at 9 a.m.

Blagica Stefanovski, NBC5 Street Team (Video)
Shoe Lovers Rejoice!
 
This Friday, March 28th, 9 am. Big Shoe Event.
Nordstrom Rack State Street.
 
Major (or as Posh says, ‘may-jah’) shoe sale. They are getting a bunch of shoes from their Nordstrom stores. Breathe, it’ll be ok…and I won’t tell your bosses if you don’t show up to work….
Hee Hee!

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Chicago Trivia: Fly, Fly Away

The Local Tourist, NBC5 Street Team
Five years ago this Sunday, construction crews ripped big X’s in the runway at Meigs Field. I remember it well because I had taken my son the previous October for a flight from the airport in a single engine plane. From 1994 until the airport’s unexpected closing, the Tuskegee Airmen [...]

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This week’s band: A Birdsong Valentine

The Local Tourist, NBC5 Street Team
Ya’ just never know what kind of music is going to be featured on The Local Tourist. Last week, a singer/songwriter with quirky lyrics and folksy guitar. This week, a hard rock band with occasional screams and a need for earplugs.
I’ve known the lead singer/screamer of this rock band for [...]

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Free Wi-Fi in Chicago Tip: The Thompson Center

Blagica S. Bottigliero, NBC5 Street Team (Video) For those folks that live or are visiting Chicago and need a place to work, without the pressure of buying a coffee to use a restaurant’s Wi-Fi, check out The Thompson Center. 
 
Smack dab in the Loop, near trains and plenty of lunch spots, I’m sitting here right now doing some [...]

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Why Chicago is cool this week?

Laura Lodewyck, NBC5 Street Team / NudeHippo.tv
I love Chicago. I really do. Even despite disturbingly frigid weather, my temptations to succumb to acute road rage, and the crazy people screaming outside my window demanding that St. Patrick’s Day become a two-week-long, nationally sanctioned holiday…Yes, it’s still a mind-bogglingly cool place to live.
I don’t want [...]

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How Chicago Real Estate WorksGet Sued, Keep Buying Buildings. Mmm-K.

Blagica S. Bottigliero, NBC5 Street Team (Video)Yep, new last name.Let’s practice (boh-til-ee-yero). Cool? Cool. Let’s move on.
Call me sentimental. Call me, oh I don’t know, out there to help the little guy. Better than that, let’s say that I call ‘em how I see ‘em and enjoying tying together a string of events for you [...]

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Stevie Jay Takes DanceOFF Crown!

ChiTown After Dark, NBC5 Street Team
It’s been an exciting few weeks and now we finally have a winner of the ChiTown DanceOFF!
It went down to the wire, but Steve Jadown — aka Stevie Jay — was announced the winner of the ChiTown DanceOFF! competition Saturday at Maxum Bar and Grill.
Stevie Jay was given $1,000 [...]

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Pillow Fights, Easter, and Opera? Chicago Events 3/20 – 23

The Local Tourist, NBC5 Street Team
“Things are so tough in Chicago that at Easter time, for bunnies the little kids use porcupines.” Fred Allen, Much Ado About Me, 1956
Four words: International Pillow Fight Day. I’m not sure what more I can say about that. I could probably go on a few tangents, but I don’t [...]

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Chicago Trivia: I’ll Drink To That

The Local Tourist, NBC5 Street Team
It’s world water week, and UNICEF is raising money to provide clean water to children in developing nations. Many, many years ago the Chicago River was reversed to stop the pollution of Lake Michigan, where Chicagoans get their drinking water. When was this engineering feat achieved?
Email your answer and your [...]

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Free Fashion Party this Thursday @ Lumen

Shreyas Shah, NBC5 Street TeamI’ll admit it, its been a long time since I made a post. I believe I’ve had SAD (seasonal affective disorder). But for anyone and everyone reading this, I wanted to cordially invite you to a free fashion party I am having at Lumen (839 W. Fulton) tomorrow night! On top [...]

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Interview with Master Impressionist/Comedian Tim Kilbride, "The Man of 1000 Voices"

Jim Grillo, NBC5 Street Team

Tim Kilbride is the funniest person I have ever interviewed! Tim has appeared on Oprah, The Late Show with David Letterman, The Jonathan Brandmeier Show, Maury Povich, WGN, and many other shows. Enjoy this interview with Tim Kilbride who is a master impressionist, comedian, emcee, and motivational speaker. I didn’t [...]

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Cheap Date: Babaluci

Hungry Z, NBC5 Street Team
Let’s face it, dating is tough. First dates are even tougher. When it comes to dinner you don’t wanna look cheap, but at the same time you don’t want to spend a lot of cash on someone you might not be all that into. What you need is a family owned [...]

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Keeping Up With Kim Kardashian

Marcus Riley, NBC5 Street Team (video)
Summer hasn’t even started, but the list of things to do in Chicago is already starting to get overwhelming.
Enclave Nightclub appears to be getting an early jump on their competition by offering a solid lineup of entertainment on successive weeks. A couple of weeks ago it was Dannity Kane’s album [...]

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This week’s band: Anna Vogelzang

The Local Tourist, NBC5 Street Team
Lately I’ve been inundated with hard, heavy, ear-splitting rock. Over the last few weeks Chicago Metal Factory, Taste of Chaos, SOiL, Bobaflex and The Autumn Offering have given me neck aches from all the head-banging I’ve been doing. While I do love that genre, sometimes it’s good to slow down [...]

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