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Wednesday, August 28, 2024Weekend Break: Sideshow Gelato in Lincoln Square
WGN News / August 25, 2024 In Sunday's edition of Weekend Break on the WGN Weekend Morning News, Courtney Spinelli checks out Sideshow Gelato, a one-of-a-kind place in Lincoln Square. See More Here.
Thursday, February 08, 202430 Things To Do In Chicago This Weekend: Lunar New Year, Folk Fest And A Winter Wine Walk
by Leen Yassine / Block Club Chicago / February 8, 2024 CHICAGO — There’s no shortage of festivities around the city this weekend: Chicagoans can ring in the Lunar New Year at Navy Pier, watch the Super Bowl at local bars, celebrate Swedish tradition at Fika Fest and so much more. There’s also a folk music fest at the University of Chicago, a winter wine walk through Lakeview and a fair trade chocolate workshop in South Loop. Read more HERE
Thursday, January 04, 2024Is Chicago becoming the best city for magic?
by Robert Loerzel / WBEZ Chicago / January 4, 2024 Magicians are the star attractions on rooftops, in basement parlors, in restored theaters — and even in a gelato shop where a cone comes with a card trick. On any given night in Chicago right now, you can find magicians dazzling audiences in an elegant underground Loop parlor, a rehabbed Rogers Park vaudeville theater or an Andersonville cabaret hidden behind the façade of an industrial laundry. There’s even a newish gelato shop in Lincoln Square where
Friday, October 27, 2023Chicago gelato shop features more than just cold treats with 'sideshow' acts
by Jordan Arseneau / ABC-7 Chicago / October 27, 2023 CHICAGO -- On any given weekend at Sideshow Gelato, customers can encounter sword-swallowers, fire-eaters, magicians, and other colorful performers on stages alongside artisan-crafted cool treats.Jay Bliznick, self-proclaimed "Impresario & Thaumaturge of Gelid Confectioneries" at the carnival-themed shop in Chicago's Lincoln Square neighborhood, said the sideshow acts can change as frequently as the flavors of gelato. "Sideshow Gelato is my little