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Bacon Cupcakes and Bacon Jewelry Await at Chicago's Baconfest

If you can't get enough bacon—loading it up in your salads, burgers and even your chocolate—you'll want to hightail it to Chicago's Baconfest, a daylong celebration of that delicious porcine product.

The April 10 event at the Stan Mansion will technically be the second annual festival, but last year's Baconfest was a relatively small affair, with 10 chefs and 100 guests in The Publican restaurant. This year, Baconfest will step it up with 24 chefs serving a 12-course meal to 800 bacon-lovers.

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It's A Good Concert When Even The Drum Set Goes Crowd-Surfing

When you think of live music venues in Chicago, is the first thing that pops into mind the bright-lit vintage marquee of the Chicago Theater? If so, get ready to have your mind blown by learning what actually are the hot spots for concerts these days; one hint: they aren't clubs and they aren't sit-down theaters.

In true Chicago style, the city's forgotten spaces are being reclaimed for art and community—we once went to a Ghetto Gourmet dinner (a roving dinner party) in an old church loft, stained glass windows and all. And one old ballroom, the Logan Square Auditorium, is seeing its own fair share of shows this season. We headed into Chicago's hipster haven to experience the Israeli band Monotonix this last Saturday night, and we'll just say that it was an experience all right. Read on for all drum set crowd-surfing details...

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