CHICAGO – YIPPIE! It’s back, in the neighborhood of its roots. YippieFest 2023 will be August 4th-6th in the Lakeview/Buena Park venue of PRIDE ARTS, 4139 North Broadway in Chicago. The space is less than a half mile from the former Mary-Arrchie Theatre, whose “Abbie Hoffman Festival” was the template for the three-day performance celebration. YippieFest currently has slots for theater acts, including one-act plays, monologue, sketch, improv, vaudeville and other stage performance arts. Artists get free admission to the rest of the festival, so click YiPPIE FEST 2023 to sign up.
Batkid Begins
Film Review: Miraculous ‘Batkid Begins’ Can Save Us All
Submitted by PatrickMcD on July 11, 2015 - 8:52amCHICAGO – Sometimes, a simple will of the heart is like a drop of water in the ocean, which ripples so profoundly that it affects the tides. That will is illustrated in the heartbeat of “Batkid Begins,” the story of Miles Scott, a little boy fighting an illness, who wished to be The Batman.
HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: 20 Pairs of Passes to Film Festival Hit ‘Batkid Begins’
Submitted by HollywoodChicago.com on July 7, 2015 - 9:18pmCHICAGO – In the latest HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film, we have 20 pairs of advance-screening movie passes up for grabs to the new film festival hit documentary “Batkid Begins” – the true story of a 5-year-old cancer patient’s wish come true!
