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feature D&D 101: Why now is the time to start role-playing

Time to imbue your life with maximum coolness, orcs, and +5 charisma.

by Dan Solomon

February 17, 2010 | 12:00am -
feature CTA moves forward with rail-car upgrade

Germophobes, rejoice!

by Andrew Reilly

February 11, 2010 | 1:05pm -
feature One Sweet (Valentine’s) Day: The A.V. Club's 4-step guide to wooing a pop princess

Love takes time, but wooing takes money. Lots and lots of money.

by Andrew Reilly

February 11, 2010 | 12:00am -
feature Surprise, surprise: Forbes ranks Chicago America's No. 5 worst winter weather city

by Steven Hyden

February 9, 2010 | 12:00pm -
feature Gettin' busy in a giant sandwich: A guide to Chicagoland's bizarrely themed love hotels

Avoid touching the bedspread.

by Marah Eakin

February 9, 2010 | 12:00am -
Newswire This American Life goes mobile with new iPhone app

Now you can take Ira Glass with you everywhere.

by David Wolinsky

February 4, 2010 | 11:25am -
feature Rally for Conan O'Brien today outside NBC 5 Studios

No word yet on a Team Jay Leno rally.

by Jacob Nelson

January 18, 2010 | 1:00pm -
feature UPDATED: Bears' DE Gaines Adams dead at 26 of cardiac arrest

New addition to Bears dies suddenly after trip to ER.

by Kyle Ryan

January 17, 2010 | 11:51am -
feature Multimedia internship opening

Come work with us, please.

by Emily Withrow

January 12, 2010 | 2:00pm -
feature 5 New Year's resolutions for the relapsed

Why lose 40 pounds when you can gain 40 pounds?

by Nikol Hasler

January 8, 2010 | 12:00am -

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Mar, 19 - 12:00 a.m.

a.v. City Life picks

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Mar 22
- EUFF: Dogtooth Gene Siskel Film Center, 8:15 p.m.
  Although Dogtooth is due for a limited release later in 2010, the annual European Union ...
Mar 23
- 7 Day Shorts Second City (DeMaat Theatre), 10:30 p.m.
  Shrinking the gap between Second City and Saturday Night Live even more, the improv-comedy titan ...
  
  Cook County Social Club and To What End? iO Theater (Cabaret), 8 p.m.
  
  Cowboy Junkies and Grant Lee Phillips Evanston SPACE, 8 p.m.
Mar 24
- Willie Nelson And Family Rialto Square Theatre, 7:30 p.m.
  Willie Nelson's history boasts all the easy navigability of an iceberg. The 76-year-old's ...
  
  Air and AM Riviera Theatre, 8 p.m.
  
  Pere Ubu Lincoln Hall, 8 p.m.
Mar 25
- Rickie Lee Jones Lincoln Hall, 8 p.m.
  When she debuted with the single "Chuck E.'s In Love" from her self-titled album ...
  
  The Bronx, Violent Soho, Mariachi El Bronx, and Dead Country Subterranean, 8 p.m.
  
  Vampire Weekend and Abe Vigoda Riviera Theatre, 7 p.m.
Mar 26
- Tegan And Sara Aragon Ballroom, 8 p.m.
  Twins Tegan And Sara are pretty, charismatic, and write melodic, electronically tinged, and utterly inoffensive ...
  
  Too Much Light Makes The Baby Go Blind The Neo Futurarium, 11:30 p.m.
  
  Puscifer and Uncle Scratch's Gospel Revival Vic Theatre, 9 p.m.
Mar 27
- Swear Jar Annoyance Theatre, 10 p.m.
  The Annoyance Theatre has a reputation for being gleefully foulmouthed and aggressively experimental, especially compared ...
  
  Gladys Knight Horseshoe Hammond Casino - The Venue, 7:30 p.m.
  
  George Thorogood And The Destroyers and The Fabulous Thunderbirds Star Plaza Theatre, 8 p.m.
Mar 28
- Chicago Short Film Brigade The Hideout, 6 p.m.
  Operating under the tagline “Art, entertainment, brevity,” the Chicago Short Film Brigade sifts through hundreds ...
  
  Thank You, Dr. Science!, Black Wax, and Deep Schwa iO Theater (Cabaret), 8 p.m.