ARTIST: Julian Bell SHOW: The Next WHEN: Airs September 6th at 9/8 CT WHERE: The CW Q & A with Chicago artist Julian Bell of The Next Gut feeling. Do you think you won? Are you prepared to represent Chicago if you do? ‘Gut feeling tells me yes and then no. I try not to […]
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BEST OF LOLLAPALOOZA 2012
Like the storm and evacuation, Lollapalooza 2012 has come and gone. It was a very weird and strange, but fun festival this year. From the performers to the objects found at the top of fan’s traveling poles (“Chicken-Dactyl” during Calvin Harris). Here are some of the observations from this year’s festival… BAND WITH THE […]
BEST BLOCKBUSTER SUMMER EVER?
To date, many movie buffs consider the summer of 1982 the best movie summer of all time. It consisted of E.T., Blade Runner, Tron, and Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan just to name a few. With the first month of the summer of 2012 has just come to an end, it seems […]
BEST BEER BRANDING IN THE WORLD
AKP HONORS SCOTTISH CRAFT BEER COMPANY FOR BEST BRANDING In 2007, Scotland and the beer brewing industry saw a new player take beer branding to a whole new level of awesome. BrewDog is the largest independent brewery in Scotland and in no way commercial or mainstream. They want to break rules, take risks, upset […]
BEST ALBUM COVER
AKP NAMES BEST ALBUM COVER OF 2012 Miike Snow – Happy To You (2012) FUN FACTS: Miike Snow will be performing on Sunday, August 5th at Lollapalooza. A jackalope is a mythical animal of North American folklore and can be described as a jackrabbit with deer antlers. and sometimes a pheasant tail. The first jackalope was […]
BEST FLIPPY CUP TEAM
AKP Names Forever 29 Best Flippy Cup Team of Chicago The Junior Council (JC) of Children’s Memorial Hospital, comprised of young professionals, supports the Pediatric & Adolescent AIDS & HIV Programs of Children’s Memorial Hospital. They create awareness in our communities to ensure all children with HIV/AIDS, regardless of their ability to pay, […]
BEST VIEW OF CHICAGO
Willis Tower Skydeck Tuesday night I stood in a glass box that extends 1,353 feet in the air. I was outside the tallest building in the western hemisphere and the third tallest in the world! The four glass boxes are known as ‘The Ledge’. They are balconies that extend four feet outside the 103rd […]
BEST SMALL-SCHOOL DYNASTY
Quincy Notre Dame Lady Raiders For the past three Februaries, Doug Collin’s Court in Normal, IL has seen one small school compete for Illinois’ ultimate prize…the State Championship. Last weekend, the Lady Raiders of Quincy Notre Dame completed their nearly perfect season (33-1), crushing Breese Central by 31 points to claim their second […]
