Call for Volunteers: Printers Row Lit Fest June 8-9

Calling all literary and book lovers! Chicago Tribune’s annual Printers Row Lit Fest, the largest free outdoor literary event in the Midwest, drawing more than 125,000 book lovers and featuring over 250 authors and 150 booksellers, is approaching June 8 – 9! The event's success relies on over 200 volunteers and we need your help!

Green Festival Back In Chicago, May 18th & 19th

Where are all my eco-friendlies at?! Sammi, here to talk nothing other than the Green Festival coming to our beautiful windy city on May 18th & 19th at Navy Pier. Let’s kick off this spring weather with one the largest (24,000 participants in 2012) and most diverse festivals including education, shopping, food and loads of fun activities!

Mustache Grower’s Put Your Razor’s Down: It’s Movember Time!

Handlebar, Magnum P.I., Easy Rider? What’s your mustache poison? Starting today, men all over the world unite to grow magnificent mustaches and raise money for men’s health initiatives such as prostate and testicular cancer every year during the month of November. This phenomenon is deemed “Movember” and adds a fancy little spin to the widely recognized and female adored “No Shave November” and has been sparking the interest of facial hair Aficionados everywhere.

How school, classes, learning helped me & the Chicago Get MotivatED Challenge!!

I'm sitting at O'hare waiting for my flight to Asia (follow me on twitter & facebook to see what I do there!) realizing that recently I've been asked a lot of questions about how I got to this point, and how education, going back to school, taking classes, learning in general, has helped me along the way.
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chicago 2016 olympics w/ actress anna chlumsky

You all remember anna from “my girl” back in the day… she also has been on a ton of shows lately like “30 rock” to landing a cool new gig w/ bbc films called “in the loop” w/ james...
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The education of Billy Dec

From Crain's Chicago - Business of Life - August 6th, 2007   Billy Dec is looking for more than a good time. The ever-smiling king of Chicago's club scene is on a self-improvement kick. He's...