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Information on The Baton Show Lounge |
For over 35 years audiences from across the globe have been entertained
by the female impersonators at Chicago's legendary Baton Show Lounge!
The Baton is the longest running revue of its kind in North America.
It's attracted Hollywood's top celebrities and professional athletes
and today, crowds are still lining up for a taste of its glamour!
Michelle Alegria checked it out!
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North Video: Baton Show
For more information:
The Baton Show Lounge
436 North Clark Street
Chicago, IL 60610
(312) 644-5269
www.thebatonshowlounge.com
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Information on Ethyl's Party |
Lou Canellis checks out this former Italian funeral home that is now
a bar. And…of course they say it's haunted! The deejay stand is where
the coffins used to be and the embalming room is now the kitchen (free
snacks Friday through Sunday - if you dare to eat).
For more information:
Ethyl's Party
2600 South Wentworth Avenue
Chicago, IL 60616
(312) 326-3811 |
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Information on Chicago's Off-Beat Museum Tour Part 2 |
Doug Banks takes another tour of the area's weird and wonderful museums!
He starts at the Antique Fabricare Museum in the front half of Pert
Cleaners in Old Irving, moves to Rosemont for the Hummel Museum in
the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center, and finishes up in Park
Ridge at the Wood Library-Museum of Anesthesiology! By the way, admission
to all of the museums is free!
190 North Video: Off-Beat Museum
For more information:
Antique Fabricare Museum
Pert Cleaners
4213 West Irving Park Road
Chicago, IL 60641
(773) 282-6216
Donald E. Stephens Museum of Hummels
Donald E. Stephens Convention Center
5555 North River Road
Rosemont, IL 60018
(847) 692-4000 (Call for viewing appointment time)
www.stephenshummelmuseum.com
Wood Library-Museum of Anesthesiology
American Society of Anesthesiologists
520 North Northwest Highway
Park Ridge, IL 60068
(847) 825-5586
www.asahq.org/wlm
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Information on Hoosier Effects Lab |
If you want to look super spooky this Halloween, special effects make up artist Doug Goins is the guy to turn to! Janet recently met up with this make up artist who does a simply monstrous job!!
For more information:
Hoosier Effects Lab
P.O. Box 9271
Highland, IN 46322
(219) 923-1787
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Information on "Grand Hotel" |
Check in at the opulent, extravagant "Grand Hotel" at the Drury Lane Theatre Water Tower Place! This Tony Award-winning musical, based on the 1932 Oscar-winning film, follows the intertwining lives and dreams of both regular and once-in-a-lifetime guests at Europe's most luxurious hotel, and is running through November 6th.
For more information:
"Grand Hotel" @
The Drury Lane Theatre Water Tower Place
175 East Chestnut Street
Chicago, IL 60611
(312 642-2000
www.drurylanewatertower.com
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Information on "Who's Driving the Bus?!? My Year as a Kindergarten Mom" |
Just in time for back-to-school mayhem, "Who's Driving the Bus?!? My Year as a Kindergarten Mom" returns to the Apollo Theatre! This humorous one-woman show includes portraits of an overachieving mother, a kindergarten teacher and an elementary school social worker. Catch this comedy especially for parents though November 5th.
For more information:
"Who's Driving the Bus?!? My Year as a Kindergarten Mom" @
The Apollo Theatre Studio
2540 North Lincoln Avenue
Chicago, IL 60614
(773) 935-6100
www.apollochicago.com
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Information on "Last of the Boys" |
"Last of the Boys" is now at the Steppenwolf Downstairs Theatre through November 13th! In this fierce, funny American story about the legacy of a controversial war, two Vietnam veterans examine their ties to the past upon the arrival of one of their girlfriends, her mother and a ghost.
For more information:
"Last of the Boys" @
The Steppenwolf Downstairs Theatre
1650 North Halsted Street
Chicago, IL 60614
(312) 335-1650
www.steppenwolf.org
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