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.
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Podtalk: Christopher Biewer of ‘Vendors,’ Screening at iO Theater Chicago, Sept. 14, 2019
Submitted by PatrickMcD on September 11, 2019 - 7:13pmCHICAGO – With the major league baseball playoffs on the horizon, there is no better way to celebrate than a screening of the ballgame-themed TV pilot “Vendors,” created by Christopher Biewer, directed by Joel Murray and featuring Biewer, Kim DeJesus, Tim Kazurinsky, Emo Philips and former Chicago Cub Ryan Dempster.
Entertainment News: Howard Fagenholz, Entertainer at Chicago’s Marigold Bowl, Dies at 88
Submitted by PatrickMcD on July 6, 2017 - 10:26pmCHICAGO – He was all Chicago, from his birth on the West Side to his passing on the North Side, blocks from Wrigley Field and his beloved Chicago Cubs. Howard Fagenholz’s family owned the Marigold Bowl near the corner of Grace and Broadway from 1941 through 2004. He was a lifelong entertainer at the bowling alley, combining his bellicose and sentimental virtues as a bartender and counter worker there, which earned him the nickname “Uncle Howard.” Fagenholz died in his sleep of natural causes on June 30th, 2017. He was 88.
Interviews: Red Carpet Premiere of Made-in-Chicago Film ‘Landline’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on March 31, 2017 - 3:44pmCHICAGO – Local Chicago filmmaking got a major debut last weekend with the premiere of “Landline,” written, directed and starring Matthew Aaron. Appropriately, he got the World Champion Chicago Cubs involved, as the plot includes a PR agency pitching a new campaign to the team. The Red Carpet walk had a couple of featured performers in the film who both are Chicago natives – Jim O’Heir (“Parks and Recreation”) and comedian Jay Washington. “Landline” has a one week run at Chicago’s Music Box Theatre (details below), and on Tuesday, April 4th, 2017, the film will be released digitally through most TV and internet providers.
Interview: Theo Epstein, Peter Gammons at ‘Hot Stove Cool Music’ in Chicago
Submitted by PatrickMcD on July 7, 2014 - 2:21pmCHICAGO – With the 2014 Major League All-Star game coming up next week on July 15th, that break is a time to reflect on the current season and your favorite team. At the “Hot Stove Cool Music” event in Chicago on June 20th, HollywoodChicago.com got in the All-Star spirit by talking with the President of Baseball Operations for the Chicago Cubs, Theo Epstein, plus baseball writer and former ESPN commentator, Peter Gammons.
Slideshow: Victoria’s Secret Model, Leonardo DiCaprio Companion Erin Heatherton
Submitted by PatrickMcD on January 2, 2012 - 12:36pm
Erin Heatherton was in the 2011 Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show on CBS TVCHICAGO – The Internet has been abuzz in the last couple weeks with the news that Leonardo DiCaprio has been seen at many romantic locales with Victoria’s Secrets Supermodel Erin Heatherton. Heatherton was featured in the annual runway special that Victoria’s Secret does every December, and is locally from Skokie, Illinois.
HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: 20 ‘We Believe’ Chicago Cubs DVDs Narrated By Gary Sinise
Submitted by HollywoodChicago.com on April 4, 2010 - 2:02pmCHICAGO – In our latest edition of HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: DVD, we have 20 DVDs up for grabs to the new documentary “We Believe,” which is narrated by Oscar nominee Gary Sinise!
Exclusive Portrait: Larry King in Chicago For ‘My Remarkable Journey’ Book Signing
Submitted by HollywoodChicago.com on June 2, 2009 - 8:01pmCHICAGO – Talk-show icon Larry King of “Larry King Live” on CNN posed for an exclusive HollywoodChicago.com portrait before meeting fans at the signing of his autobiography “My Remarkable Journey” on May 30, 2009 at The Book Stall at Chestnut Court in Winnetka, Ill.
