Category: Fun and Games

Beach volleyball fans flock to Oak Street Beach for AVP Chicago Open

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As the sun beamed down and Lake Michigan showed off its best sparkle, a nearly sold-out crowd of both tourists and locals filled temporary grandstands and a makeshift beer garden and laid out towels on the sand at Oak Street Beach Sunday to watch U.S. Olympians compete in the American Volleyball Professionals Chicago Open. Ninth-place Paris finishers Taryn Kloth and Kristen Nuss faced off against fifth-place Paris finishers Kelly Cheng and Sara Hughes in the first match of the day. Kloth and Nuss won, securing a spot in the 2 p.m. women’s final and a chance to win the AVP […]

This Chicago dance party is for ladies who want to wind down before midnight

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As dozens of women crowd the dance floor at Color Club in Irving Park, many wearing fancy dresses and surrounded by disco lights, the DJ starts playing “Wannabe” by the Spice Girls. Cheers go up during the lyric, “Make it last forever,” before the room belts, “Friendship never ends!” In fact, enjoying a fun night […]