On Saturday, Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt, and all of their children were treated to an after hours visit at the Field Museum here in Chicago. The Field Museum is always a big hit with kids because it features dinosaurs and other fun natural history exhibits.
Here are several photos of the clan leaving the museum. You can see that Pax has a couple of temporary dinosaur tattoos on his arm.
Angelina Jolie, in town to film Wanted, visited the Borders on Michigan Avenue over the weekend. The photos below are her leaving the store with her son Maddox.
Here is a photo from Sunday’s Gullo International Pro Men Stage 3 race at the Tour of Elk Grove event in Elk Grove Village, Illinois. For results of all the events from the weekend, visit the official race site.
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Tony Award winning Broadway show Avenue Q will be coming to Chicago in the spring of 2008. The show, which features puppets, as well as human charachters, has been called a “grown-up Sesame Street.” To give you an idea of what the show is like, some of the songs are “The Internet is for Porn,” and “Everyone’s A Little Bit Racist.”
From the Broadway in Chicago website:
AVENUE Q is the story of Princeton, a bright-eyed college grad who comes to New York City with big dreams and a tiny bank account. He soon discovers that the only neighborhood in his price range is Avenue Q; still, the neighbors seem nice. There’s Brian the out-of-work comedian and his therapist fiancée Christmas Eve; Nicky the good-hearted slacker and his roommate Rod — a Republican investment banker who seems to have some sort of secret; an Internet addict called Trekkie Monster; and a very cute kindergarten teaching assistant named Kate. And would you believe the building’s superintendent is Gary Coleman?!? (Yes, that Gary Coleman.) Together, Princeton and his newfound friends struggle to find jobs, dates, and their ever-elusive purpose in life.
I saw this show several years ago in New York City and I highly recommend it. It is definitely the funniest musical I have ever seen. A word of warning, though. Despite the fact that there are puppets, it is not a show for children, as it is filled with cursing, puppet sex, and other sexual references.
The show will run May 27th through June 7th, 2008 at the Cadillac Palace Theatre. For more information, visit the Avenue Q official site.
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In what has become a tradition that marks back-to-school time in Chicago, this Saturday, August 11, 2007, will be the 78th annual Bud Billiken Parade. The parade is the largest African-American parade in the country, named after Bud Billiken, the mythical protector of children.
In addition to typical parade participants, such as marching bands, drill teams, and floats, the event also features the Bud Billiken King and Queen.
In its 78 years of existence, the parade has hosted many celebrities, including:
Joe Louis, Muhammad Ali, Duke Ellington, Oprah Winfrey, Hop-Along Cassidy, Lena Horne, Spike Lee, L.L. Cool J, Bozo the Clown, Jack Brickhouse, Frank Thomas, Michael Jordan and President Harry S. Truman
This year’s parade will step-off at 10:00 a.m. at 39th Street and Martin Luther King Drive and head south to Washington Park. If you cannot make the festivities, the parade will be aired locally on both ABC and WGN, and will be shown nationwide on WGN.
For more information on the parade and its history, visit the official Bud Billiken Parade Site.
This weekend, the Chicago suburb of Elk Grove Village will be host to a professional-level cycling competition called the Alexian Brothers Tour of Elk Grove. There will be time trials for the big event on Saturday morning and races Saturday afternoon and Sunday.
Illinois native Christian Vandevelde will be among the contestants. Vandevele formerly raced on the same team as Lance Armstrong in the Tour de France and finished 24th in the Tour de France in 2006.
In addition to the professional cycling events, there will be several other categories of races, as well as a a 100 meter big-wheel race for the kids.
For more information on the Tour of Elk Grove, including the full schedule and directions, click here. The event is free.
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This Friday and Saturday, Halsted Street will be host to the annual Northalsted Market Days. The event purports to be the “largest two-day street fair in the Midwest.”
From the Market Days officials:
The event spans six city blocks, has 17 entrance gates and features three music stages with more than 40 musical acts performing. Many of these artists will be top-name, national headliners, giving Market Days a reputation for some of the best live music in Chicago.
Market Days is also famous for its vast array of unique food, and arts and crafts vendors. Vendors from across the country apply for the privilege of showing and selling their unique wares to this huge, upscale crowd. On average, Northalsted Market Days® features 400 food, arts and crafts vendors.
Details:
Date: August 11th and 12th
Time: 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Location: N. Halsted street, between Belmont and Addison in Chicago
For the full schedule, including all of the musical events check out think link.
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Today marks the opening of the three day music festival extravaganza that is Lollapalooza. It will take take place in Grant Park today through Sunday.
The extensive list of tremendous musical acts includes Pearl Jam, Snow Patrol, Amy Winehouse, The Roots, and Regina Spektor. For a full list of acts, including when they perform, visit the Lollapalooza Official Site.
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photo source: Chicago Sun-Times
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WGN is hosting a back to school event this Friday, August 3rd from 6:00 a.m.-9:00 a.m. The event will take place at WGN-TV Studios, 2501 W. Bradley Place in Chicago. It is a free fair and will be covered on the WGN Morning News, so you and your children have a chance to get on television.
There is a long list of a events and specials guests for the fair, too many to list here. Here is a small sampling of what you can expect to see:
For the entire list of scheduled events visit the WGN website.
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