Weekend Tips: Cocktails For Japan, Old-School Vinyl, and an Active Brunch

Rebecca Taras — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 08:01:00 CDT

While I won't be telling you about Baconfest at the UIC Forum (It's sold out!), there are other ways to relax, rewind, and indulge this weekend.

Have yet to do your part to help Japan? No worries, the oh-so-popular Market Bar (1113 W. Randolph St., 312-929-4787) in the West Loop (pictured above) is hosting a cocktail benefit to aid disaster relief on Saturday, April 9, from 8 to 10 p.m. Your $30 donation gets you a complimentary raffle ticket (I'm sure someone would love an autographed baseball), passed apps, and an open bar. One hundred percent of the proceeds will go directly to the Red Cross.

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Weekend Tips: Eat, Shop, See

Kate Stahl — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 08:03:00 CST

This weekend, eat a free cupcake at a new shop, fill your dress wardrobe at a great sale, and check out the city's buzziest show.

Eat Here: To celebrate its grand opening on Friday, Jan. 7, Crumbs Bake Shop (303 W. Madison St., 312-263-6500) will give away 1,000 cupcakes. Arrive at noon to get your goodies and watch Ald. Bob Fioretti cut the grand-opening ribbon. I'm hoping for a Squiggle (original chocolate cake filled with vanilla buttercream and covered in chocolate ganache icing) and a Brownie (chocolate cake filled and frosted with chocolate fudge and topped with walnut-brownie bites)!

Shop Here: The holidays may be over, but that doesn't mean you don't need a new dress or two! As part of the Winter Whiteout Sale on Saturday and Sunday, Division Street's super-cute Le Dress (1741 W. Division St., 773-697-9899) offers an extra 20 percent off all sale merchandise, including dresses from Nicole Miller, Milly, and Trina Turk.

See This: The new production of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? at Steppenwolf Theatre Company (1650 N. Halsted St., 312-335-1650). The dramatic show, written by Pulitzer Prize and Tony-Award winning playwright Edward Albee, is full of lots of cocktails and some marriages that are seriously on the rocks. Steppenwolf ensemble members Tracy Letts and Amy Morton star. Tickets are $55.

Source: Crumbs Bake Shop and Michael Brosilow for Steppenwolf

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Weekend Tips: Cocktails For Japan, Old-School Vinyl, and an Active Brunch

Weekend Tips: Eat, Shop, See