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Don't miss Wavefront Music Festival, Chicago's first and only EDM festival on the beach, featuring the world's best electronic music artists right here in the home of house music! House comes home on July 6, showcasing a stage dedicated to Chicago's heritage as the birthplace of house music, featuring Chicago legends Frankie Knuckles, Jamie Principle, Derrick Carter, Mark Farina, and much more.

After great success here last August, Indochino, an online custom menswear house out of Vancouver BC, has returned to Chicago and opened its Traveling Tailor Pop-Up Shop at 7 N. State Street through Sunday, June 30th. Hours are: 8am-8pm weekdays, Saturdays 9am-7pm and Sundays 10am-7pm. Appointments can be made at: www.indochino.com/Chicago.

A defensive tackle, a pro soccer player, and a scientist walk into the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago…there’s no punch line, it just gives you a taste of the lucky people selected as Chicago magazine’s Most Eligible Singles! Meet them on Friday, June 21, from 7 – 10:30 pm at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago when The Auxiliary Board of Northwestern Memorial Hospital and Chicago magazine present Summer Lovin’, the single best event of the summer!

I’m thrilled to share an event with you that I’m really looking forward to, which will help a number of youth nonprofit organizations in the Chicago area. Theo Epstein (Chicago Cubs President of Baseball Operations) and his brother Paul Epstein’s “The Foundation to Be Named Later” is bringing Hot Stove Cool Music back to Chicago this Friday at Metro Chicago, and we hope you can join us for this unforgettable event! A limited number of tickets are still available by visiting www.metrochicago.com or by clicking here.

102! That’s the minimum number of couples who have met and then married after meeting at Old St. Pat’s World’s Largest Block Party! What other street fest can say that? Check out this DNAinfo Block Party Love story. That’s right, none! But not only does the #WLBP have love in the air they are raising money for dozens of good causes and you get to benefit.

Hey Chicago! This is Lauren from Sugar & Spice lifestyle blog here to fill you in on the biggest tech news in the Midwest, which is coming to you in the form of “Techweek Chicago”, presented by Motorola. This annual event, which is also held in New York and Los Angeles, makes it’s way to the Chicago’s Merchandise Mart June 27th-June 29th for a jam-packed schedule of exciting speakers, exhibits, demos, and some can’t miss parties! If you are a lover of all things tech, then you will not want to miss this exclusive experience that will allow you to mingle with and learn from tons of movers and shakers in the industry. These three awesome days will feature the latest and greatest tech trends, cool start ups that are gaining momentum, and endless networking possibilities.

We’re all familiar with the well-known cultural destinations in the Windy City – the museums, Wrigley Field, Millennium Park -- but there is one little-known gem in Chicago’s River North neighborhood that every Chicagoan needs to put on their to-do list.

Here in Chicago, it’s not always easy for students to find the resources they need to make life and career decisions. As the Chair and President of Skender Foundation, I, along with so many others want to help Chicago’s students and their families achieve their goals. Our foundation is continuing its ongoing commitment to education and well-being this year through our Summer Eclipse event and we want you to join us!

Hi, my name is Terrence Chappell and I’m the event chair for the Joffrey Auxiliary Board, and I’m writing to tell you about the board’s Blue Masquerade Ball.

34-year-old Kristin McQueen may be recovering from brain surgery, but cancer treatments on the last thing on her mind - She has reached the finals in the Ironman Foundation’s “Kona Inspired - Anything Is Possible” contest.