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This weekend, try to catch Wilco celebrating the 20th anniversary of their critically acclaimed album, Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (It's the one with Marina Towers on the cover).
Jeff Tweedy fronts an Evening with Wilco and special guests, as the "Wear Are Touring To Break Your Heart" road show rolls into the Auditorium Theater today and Sunday.
Late Friday night, a balcony seat was on the market for about 30 bucks. Have some fun, will ya?
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- It's Golden-Con weekend! The "Thanks For Being A Fan" festival celebrating the hit NBC sitcom "Golden Girls" is set at Navy Pier. (NBC5)
- A police officer shot a man near Langley Park in Pullman. Officers were responding to a domestic violence report, "encountered" an offender, and shot the man, Jackie Kostek reports. (CBS2)
- A "Seinfeld" Food Truck is set to make a stop in Chicago. They're serving sweets, including muffins, just the tops. Yada yada yada. (NBC5)
- Four bodies have been pulled from the Chicago River and Lake Michigan over the last week, police said. (WGN9)
- Reporter Esther Yoon-Ji Kang talked with Chicagoans who plan to apply for the city's guaranteed income pilot program set to launch on Tuesday. Solomon Johnson said the $500 a month would help to “keep my mind off thinking about selling drugs." (WBEZ)
- Another 44 people convicted on charges connected to a crooked police sergeant had those cases dismissed Friday. So far, 212 cases tied to ex-police Sgt. Ronald Watts have been dismissed. (Patch)
For A Good Time, Click:
Today:
- Chicago Circus & Performing Arts Festival at The Den Theater. (3:30 p.m.)
- Black Pistol Fire w/ Welles at Metro (7 p.m.)
- Cavetown, Tessa Violet, Addison Grace at The Riv (7:30 p.m.)
- Ganja White Night and Buds at The Aragon Ballroom (7:30 p.m.)
- Lorde, The Solar Power Tour at Chicago Theater (7:30 p.m.)
- LP, Nick Leng at The Vic (7:30 p.m.)
- Ari Hest w/ Sarah Marie Young at City Winery (7:30 p.m.)
- Candlemass w/ The Skull, Frayle at Lincoln Hall (7:30 p.m.)
- Reggie's Annual Crawfish Boil at Reggie's (11 a.m.)
Just The Links:
- Here's an idea: Take your mother to brunch.
- RIP, South Side native, Cynthia “Plaster Caster” Albritton.
- Kerry Wood gave "Coach Flus" pointers about throwing strikes at Wrigley.
- The Bulls got blown out at home in Game 3 of the NBA playoff series against the Bucks.
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