Family Tree: Free Access Weekend to all Immigration Databases at Ancestry.com
September 2, 2010 by admin
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[ September 2, 2010 to September 6, 2010. ] Over the Labor Day weekend, you can search the Ancestry.com online databases for free. This is their FREE ACCESS WEEKEND and you are able to search the world’s largest online collection of U.S. immigration records FREE through Sept. 6th. Immigration-related records provide some of the most revealing details available about an immigrant ancestor’s [...]
One Book, One Chicago Opening Free Event: Free lecture on author Toni Morrison and Free Book Giveaway – Sept 7
[ September 7, 2010; 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm. ] A Mercy by Toni Morrison is the 19th selection for One Book, One Chicago. Chicago Public Library is proud to present Dwight McBride, Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of Illinois at Chicago and Professor of African American Studies and Gender and Women’s Studies, in a free lecture on [...]
Kids Free at Taste of Polonia Festival in Chicago – Sept 3-6
[ September 3, 2010; September 4, 2010; September 5, 2010; September 6, 2010; ] Since 1979, the Copernicus Foundation has sponsored the annual “TASTE OF POLONIA” outdoor festival – the largest Polish festival in the City. The “TASTE OF POLONIA” offers a wide variety of live entertainment on 5 stages, food vendors serving the best of Polish cuisine, games of skill and chance, performances by ethnic dancers [...]
Free September 2010 University of Chicago e-Book – Chicago Manual of Style
September 1, 2010 by admin
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The University of Chicago Press continues to offer one free e-book every month. While most of these are academically challenging, this month’s free selection is excellent. The September 2010 free e-book selection is The Chicago Manual of Style.
“The Chicago Manual of Style began life modestly as a single page of typographic fundamentals drawn up [...]
Free Chicago Concert on Labor Day Weekend: Edible Audio Picnic – Orchard Lounge – Sep 4
[ September 4, 2010; 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm. ] Come out on Labor Day weekend in Chicago to hear the rhythmic sounds of Edible Audible Picnic, the poly-rhythmic free concert music series in Millennium Park in Chicago, and features DJs and live bands as diverse and entrancing as the electronic genre in which they play. On Saturday, September 4, hear a free concert from [...]
Free Labor Day Jazz Concert in Chicago to Celebrate Ramsey Lewis – Sep 3
[ September 3, 2010; 10:00 pm; ] Celebrate jazz great Ramsey Lewis and his 75th birthday at a free concert in Millennium Park this Friday Sep 3. This event is part of the free admission 32nd Annual Chicago Jazz Festival which opens on Thursday, September 2. This year’s festival runs four days in three different venues, including Grant Park, [...]
Free Outdoor Pig Roast at Chicago Prime Steakhouse – Sep 3
[ September 3, 2010; 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm. ] Using Labor Day as an excuse for a celebration of their customers, Schaumburg’s Chicago Prime Steakhouse is having a free outdoor pig roast Friday, Sept. 3rd, from 5pm to 8pm on the restaurant’s patio as free appetizers are distributed and live music plays. As anyone would agree, the cash bar will also liven the [...]
MCA’s Free Museum Admission and Tuesdays on the Terrace: Charles Heath – August 31
August 31, 2010 by admin
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The MCA presents free live jazz concerts every Tuesday this summer during Tuesdays on the Terrace, presented by Macy’s. The MCA also has free admission all day on Tuesdays. August 31′s performance features Charles Heath. For a nice casual evening, bring your own blanket or rent an MCA lawn chair ($5 each) [...]
Free First Thursdays Art Gallery Night in Chicago – September 2
[ September 2, 2010; ] Come on out for Free First Thursdays, a monthly event when art galleries in the River North and West Loop districts keep their doors open their a little later once a month to give you a chance to freely explore the art scene in these popular [...]
Free Beer Tapping Party – August 31
[ August 31, 2010; 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] Join in at Whole Foods Market Kingsbury on August 31 at 7:00pm for a special free event – the tapping of Dogfish Head Brewery’s “Bitches Brew” beer being released in conjunction with the 40th anniversary reissue of the legendary Miles Davis record of the same name. They will be playing the reissued album [...]
Free Chicago REI Class: How to be Green in Chicago – Sep 16
[ September 16, 2010; 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm. ] Come to a free class at REI in Chicago on September 16, 2010 called “Green Practices for Urban Living” that will highlight many of Chicagoland’s numerous green organizations, facilities and gardens,. The free class is fosused on getting the city dweller plugged in to participate in the global green movement. Join the efforts of [...]
Free Chicago Dog Day on the Green – August 29
[ August 29, 2010; 9:00 am to 4:00 pm. ] Bring your dog out to celebrate all things dog on Sunday, August 29 from 10-4pm to the city’s second annual canine free festival, Dog Day on the Green. Dog Day on the Green is a free family festival for dog owners, dog lovers, canine companions, and advocates. This exciting and unique free [...]
Free Things to Do This Weekend in Chicago – August 28-29
August 28, 2010 by admin
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It looks like a nice weekend in Chicago and there are lots of free things to do this weekend. Just take a look at this list of freebies:
Bucktown Arts Fest – August 28-29 – Come out to the FREE Bucktown Arts Fest on August 28-29. Celebrating their 25th anniversary in 2010, this [...]
Chicago Theater: Provision Theater’s GODSPELL Gets Good Marks from Critics
Provision Theater Company, a multi-Jeff nominated Equity Chicago theater company, is underway with one of the most popular rock musicals of all time, GODSPELL and the Chicago Theater critics love it. The groundbreaking, energetic production based on the Gospel of St. Matthew opened Saturday, August 14 and runs through September 26 at 1001 W. Roosevelt Road, [...]
Free Taste of Greece in Chicago – August 28-29
[ August 28, 2010; August 29, 2010; ] Opaa! It’s time again for the annual FREE Taste of Greece Celebration hosted by the Greektown SSA. Saturday August 28th from 12:00pm to 11:00pm and Sunday August 29th from 12:00pm to 11:00pm. Everyone is invited to celebrate all things Greek. For two days Halsted Street will be bursting with food, music and fun from Monroe [...]
