Hello Do-312ers, it’s me (Annie) again. I hope the newsletter yesterday was everything you dreamed it to be! If not… ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Anyways, I’ve mapped out a daily plan for us for the rest of this week. Your Tuesday-Friday assignment: sift through all these cool offers, poke around the website we worked so hard on, and nod and agree with my occasional think pieces. My Tuesday-Friday assignment: slowly eat all the Rice Krispies in the office cabinet and see how many days pass before someone says something.

And with that, here is our first offer! No cooking. No cleanup. Just food, cocktails, games, giveaways + Joe Flamm vs. Jeff Mauro at JoJo’s Feast Mode Nov. 17. Enter to win a $250 Jewel-Osco gift card!*

JUST ANNOUNCED

• Christkindlmarket turns 30 this year, and you’re invited to the party before the crowds show up. Get first dibs on vendors, festive food, drinks, and special anniversary entertainment at Daley Plaza, with way more room to actually enjoy it. Tickets include an entrée, dessert, commemorative mug, and beverage. Enter to win a pair of tickets.*

• League of Their Own Chi and JG Productions are bringing Hardball home 25 years later for a homecoming celebration featuring a meet & greet, live Q&A, a Chicago sports panel, exclusive trading cards, a photo booth, a New Era cap giveaway, and an after-party. Pull up November 21st and celebrate a Chicago classic.

• Your running shoes could help put shoes on someone else’s feet. Chicago’s Bata Sole and Chicago Pediatric Therapy & Wellness Center are hosting their first Run for a Sole 5K on November 22nd to raise funds for children and families in the Philippines.

• Plus other just-announced shows from Liquid Stranger, Cloud Nothings, Hermanos Gutiérrez, and more!

CAN’T COOK? NEITHER CAN WE. HERE’S WHERE TO EAT ON THANKSGIVING.

I’m fully embracing my soft life, princess era this Thanksgiving. No crying over the stove and absolutely no raw turkey on my hands. Ew. And because I’m one for the people, I’m sharing our list of restaurants open on Thanksgiving Day. Let’s put the YouTube tutorials down and heal together this year.

IN THE FUTURE

LOCALS ONLY

• My Block, My Hood, My City just announced its ninth annual holiday event. Be a Part of the Light brings neighbors together to brighten South Side streets for the holidays. Through simple acts of stringing lights, sharing cheer, and showing up, we remind our communities that they matter and that we’re all connected in this city.

• Pilsen bagelmaker Felix Zepeda is opening up shop in the building his family once called home. After gaining a following at pop-ups and farmers markets, Rosca is opening this winter on 18th Street. Read more here.

• This past Sunday, hundreds of Chicago liberal arts college students and Taylor Bennett (???) showed up to try to push the Bean 7 inches to the left. Nothing further on this.

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