Time Out Chicago

• Kick-ass summer

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  • 167 can't-miss fests!

  • Festival guide '10

  • Chill at this season's hottest outdoor parties

• • The Bristol Renaissance Faire Photo gallery

  • Living out a fantasy in Kenosha.

  • Best outdoor dining views

  • You’ve got a staring problem—and that’s a good thing.

  • Best of the fests

  • Get your fill of funnel cakes and the tilt-a-whirl (just not at the same time) at this annual county fair. Hit up rides, a demolition derby and livestock events.

  • 2010 farmers’ market guide

  • With all the markets happening this summer, there’s no reason to stop into a Jewel. (Unless it’s a Monday or Friday).

  • Fest behavior

  • Just how hectic is organizing a street festival? We go behind the scenes with Big Creek Productions to find out.

• Restaurants & Bars

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  • New in Nobel Square

  • Ruxbin

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  • Three young restaurateurs build the dream.

• • Three-way

  • The sweet ways chefs are using sweet corn.

  • Smokey Bears BBQ House

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  • Friendliness and a smoker offer a whiff of hope.

  • Mac and Min's

  • New Orleans–inspired sandwich shop hits West Loop

  • At the market with Chris Duffy

  • Avenues chef uses sweet corn to jumpstart a meal.

  • 2010 farmers’ market guide

  • 2010 Eat Out Awards: Winners + food porn + more

  • 100 things you need to eat in Chicago

  • 780+ cheap eats and entrees under $10

  • StreetFoodNow.net: All food trucks, all the time.

  • Four bars and restaurants seen on TV

• Music & Clubs

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  • Congress Theatre; Friday 30

  • The Dead Weather

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  • The growling grooves of Jack White’s most progressive project sound like RZA producing Vanilla Fudge.

• • Tonight's must-hit music shows

  • Live Thu 29: Tortoise 2.0

  • Tortoise has never been afraid to get weird.

  • Live Thu 29: Zomes + Jason Urick

  • Osborne siphons riffs into the project Zomes.

  • Live Sat 31 + Sun 1: Wicker Park Fest

  • Plowing through that difficult July to August transition.

  • Swimming with Sharkula

  • A definitive portrait of cult MC Brian “Sharkula” Wharton.

  • Pitchfork: It's all over now

  • Blogs, photos, video interviews and more.

  • Photos: Pitchfork people

  • Photos: Pitchfork day one

  • Photos: Pitchfork day two

  • Photos: Pitchfork day three

• Film

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  • Interview: Zac Efron

  • Growing pains

  • Zac Efron would like you to take him seriously, please.

• • Dinner for Schmucks

  • Simply a paycheck gig for everyone involved.

  • 8 1/2

  • A portrait of artistic impotence.

  • Best Worst Movie

  • A garden-variety stinker.

  • Charlie St. Cloud

  • It takes more than arithmetic to describe what’s wrong with Charlie St. Cloud, but let’s start with a tally.

  • Countdown to Zero

  • Just how easy is it to steal a nuke?

  • The week's outdoor film showings.

• Theater

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  • Brush with greatness

  • Dental Society Midwinter Meeting

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  • On the surface, Jacqmin’s play is exactly as advertised: a guided day-by-day tour of a professional society’s convention at the Skokie Marriott.

• • Chicago hope

  • Ride-Along could be a valuable showcase for actors.

  • Tonight's can't-miss theater shows

  • Shrek the Musical

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  • An affable and family-friendly effort.

  • Talk Radio

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  • How Bogosian’s play holds up in Breitbart-dominated world

  • Hard Headed Heart

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  • Idiosyncratic puppet work gets a fine showing.

  • The Philadelphia Story

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  • Straightforward memories of Cukor’s film adaptation.

  • The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet

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  • Honest enough to remind cynics this really is a great play.

The Get

• Shopping & style

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  • The Get

  • All lit up

  • Set the mood in your outdoor space with light strings and solar-powered lanterns.

• • Terra haute

  • Step-by-step guide to making a terrarium.

  • Just opened: Chic Antique

  • What's old is new at East Lakeview shop.

  • Right now, we want…

  • 5 things we're going gaga over.

  • Five spa specials during happy hour

  • Arbre and four more.

  • 101 hats for summer

  • 101 sunglasses for summer

  • 101 women's swimsuits for summer

  • 101 awesome summer tees