Word On The Street: May 31, 2008

Marcus Riley, NBC5 Street Team (video)
Watch the weekly “Word On The Street” segment on 24/7 Chicago: Secrets of the City,” at 12:05 a.m., immediately following Saturday Night Live on NBC5.
Stretch Run Sports Club & Grille
For this week’s “Word On The Street” segment, we hit Stretch Run Sports Club & Grille, an off track [...]

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SATC Brings Out The Girl In Me

The Local Tourist, NBC5 Street Team
I’m not much of a girly-girl. Shopping is torture. I’m up front and center at metal and rock concerts. I’ve gotten a manicure and pedicure three times in the last six years; I love Star Wars and Star Trek and really, any sci fi, and just cannot get into Desperate [...]

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Guys: See Sex and the City and Learn

Jon Ibrahim, NBC5 Street Team
With the Sex and the City Juggernaut sweeping the nation I’ve noticed a lot of media writers and columnist, mostly men, defending the male position that they shouldn’t be pressured by their wives / girlfriends to go see the movie with them. At the same time they blast these same [...]

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SATC Premiere Party

Shreyas Shah, NBC5 Street Team
This party has so much entertainment, I had to let everyone know. Join Funky Couture for a very special evening of dining, cocktails and fashion, May 30th for the Sex and the City Movie Premiere Party. 7:00 – 9:00 The night starts off at Fleming’s, Chicago’s hottest new downtown restaurant destination. [...]

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Firewater – You’ve Got To Go!

Fayth (aka Relaxocat), NBC5 Street Team
Happy Friday everyone! I know a lot of gals are headed out to Sex And The City parties, but there’s no way I’m going to miss Firewater at the Empty Bottle. And the guys are going along too, so we’ll just wait for SATC on DVD or take [...]

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Sex In The City – Is It Ever Enough?

Cara “Cara’s Basement” Carriveau, NBC5 Street Team
I could have gone to the preview of Sex In The City a few nights ago but my Mommy duties came first. Today, though, my son was in daycare and my daughter was in school – so off to the theatre I went for a noon showing. [...]

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Trannys, Governors, And Oh Yeah – SATC

Shlomi Rabi NBC5 Street Team
Okay, so let’s look at the evidence: long blond hair extensions, bitchin’ heels, fabulous couture and hordes of gorgeous men. No, my little soldiers of glamour, I am not talking about the SATC premiere that people will not stop blabbing about (and by “people” I mean hot, stunning people [...]

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Not boyfriend friendly

Rikki Greenberg, NBC5 Street Team
The Sex and the City movie comes out this Friday!!
And you know who I feel really bad for?
The poor, defenseless boyfriends who have to go with their girlfriends to see this movie. Even just the thought of sitting in a cramped movie theatre with 5,000 other woman on opening night makes [...]

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Lupe Fiasco Glows in the Dark

Chasity Chaos, NBC5 Street Team Video
As most of you know, two of Chicago’s most illuminating rappers graced the city with their presence last week when they rolled through with their critically acclaimed ‘Glow In The Dark’ tour.
Kanye West aka “the Louis Vuitton Don” and Lupe Fiasco aka “Hip Hop’s Whiz Kid,” radiated the stage [...]

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Sex and the City! Sex and the City! Sex and the…nevermind.

Laura Lodewyck, NBC5 Street Team
New Yorkers aren’t the only ones who got turned away at the ”Sex and the City” premiere this week. The poor AMC employees this Tuesday looked like they wished they were wearing riot gear as they made a grim series of announcements to the mob of women: “At a certain point, [...]

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Sex and the Second City

Liz Holland, NBC5 Street Team
It’s finally here. Sex and the City- all 2 hours and 20 minutes available for your viewing pleasure this Friday.
I remember when I could go from dorm room to dorm room, only to hear SATC on infinite repeat. Admittedly, I was not sold from the beginning, but you can’t deny the dynamics [...]

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Save Grant Park Anyone?

Fayth (aka Relaxocat), NBC5 Street Team
Many of you have heard by now that the Children’s Museum is attempting to move into Grant Park at a leased land rate of $1 per year for the next 99 years. The museum is planned at over 100,000 square feet on tax-payer owned land, and admission will [...]

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Better Sex In The Second City

Marcus Riley, NBC5 Street Team (video)
I wish I could say that I share the breathless excitement many of my female brethren are feeling for the release of the Sex In The City movie, but I’m more than willing to wait for the DVD release — or the HBO release for that matter. In fact, I’ve [...]

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Cycle, Run & Walk; Chicago Events 5/30 – 6/1

The Local Tourist, NBC5 Street Team
“I give you Chicago. It is not London and Harvard. It is not Paris and buttermilk. It is American in every chitling and sparerib. It is alive from snout to tail.” H. L. Mencken
I hope you’ll forgive me for getting this out a day later than usual. The short [...]

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Derrick Rose’s Popularity Blooms

The Sports Bank, NBC5 Street Team
When our hometown Bulls defied the odds (probability was a mere 1.7%) and snagged the No. 1 pick in this year’s draft lottery, a debate began immediately. Should they take Kansas State’s Michael Beasley, a power forward who averaged 26.5 points and an NCAA-leading 12.5 rebounds during his “one [...]

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Sex And The City: The Advanced Screening!

Megan Bowers, NBC5 Street Team
On a chilly Tuesday evening, the clouds parted when a couple of lovely ladies blessed me with an extra ticket to the advanced screening of the Sex And The City movie. AHHH!!! After the initial freak-out in excitement, I headed over to the AMC Theatre on Illinois to witness, first-hand, [...]

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Two Fun, Flirty Ways To Fight Breast Cancer

Marcus Riley, NBC5 Street Team (video)
For the past couple of years, I’ve done a weekly health podcast with Dr. Sandy Goldberg. She’s one of the most vivacious and engaging people I know, and the time we put into our segments are much more fun than actual work.

Dr. Sandy is a breast cancer survivor, and [...]

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Where and Who Is Brice.com?

What lured me to Brice Woodall and the Positrons was a flier posted on my friend’s Myspace page with a mystery face titled whereisbrice.com? After seeing the flier, and clicking on his Myspace page, I was amazed at the sounds that were coming out of my speakers and immediately wanted to [...]

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Mike Ness Visits Park West

Maureen Vana, NBC5 Street Team

Last week Mike Ness, front man of Social Distortion, played two dates showcasing his solo material at Park West in Chicago. Ness’ set primarily consisted of material off his 1999 release Cheating at Solitaire and was highlighted with a few cover songs including a stripped down version of Social D’s [...]

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Music Freaks!

Laura Lodewyck, NBC5 Street Team
I enjoy scoping out new bands, but I don’t possess the rabid musical craving of some of my friends, whom I would truly and proudly deem as music freaks. Come summer, though, it’s time to catch up on what I’ve missed. I always look to Lollapalooza as the chance to [...]

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American Summit on Competitiveness

Blagica Bottigliero, NBC5 Street Team (Video)
I had the pleasure to attend last week’s National American Summit on Competitiveness. Chicago had the honor of hosting the annual event in our own backyard -The Fairmont.

Needless to say, the list of panelists was packed with heavy hitters that included everyone from Maria Bartiromo (she also televised her CNBC [...]

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John Barleycorn in the Suburbs

Rikki Greenberg, NBC5 Street Team
It’s in Wrigleyville. It’s in Lincoln Park. And now it’s in the suburbs.
John Barleycorn is Schaumburg’s newest addition to its growing array of nightclubs, bars and restaurants. This lively bar is bigger and better than its city siblings with two bars on the first floor and a three-flight staircase leading up [...]

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Cannes Film Festival 2008

Ben Soldinger, NBC5 Street Team (video)

The Cannes Film Festival is the most glamorous of all the festivals in all industries in the world. Based on The French Riviera in the South of France, the festival celebrates the art of all cinema but concentrates mostly on the independent film. Along with all the press conferences, screenings, [...]

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