Chicago's Free Outdoor Summer Movie Lineup!

BEST DATE NEWS

April 20, 2023: Best Date News Volume #21

April 20: National Holidays

• 420 Day

• National Cheese Fries Day

• National Cold Brew Day

• National Look Alike Day

• National High Five Day

If you are looking for a great place to get cheese fries for National Cheese Fries Day, check out the iconic Ceres Cafe in the Loop! The drinks are strong and the cheese fries are delicious.

National Cold Brew Day more your cup of...coffee? Today only at La Colombe Coffee, you can get BOGO cold brews! Chicago has locations in Gold Coast, West Loop, Lincoln Park, Wicker Park and Andersonville. More of a Dunkin fan? You can get a free medium cold brew with any purchase today on their app.

Chicago News of the Week

• TV Show Filming: Yesterday, we got a glimpse of the film crew shooting for season 12 of the popular NBC TV show Chicago Fire. They were out on the Chicago Riverwalk, and you could see everything from directly above on Wacker! We captured a really cool clip of a scene being filmed.

• New Lion Cubs: Exciting news! Lincoln Park Zoo has three new lion cubs that were just introduced to Chicago last weekend. They are all male and their names are Pesho, Sidai and Lomelok. They are the children of Zari and Jabari and the brothers of now one-year-old Pilipili! They are adorable! Take a look.

• Logan Square: The popular summer spot The Freeze has been put up for sale for $1.2 million. Lou Malnati's just opened a new Logan Square location on Tuesday! The hip-hop ramen spot Furious Spoon has permanently closed its Lakeview location at 800 W Belmont (guess how much rent was). This means that Furious Spoon is down to just its Logan Square location.

• The Office: Fan of the iconic TV show? If so, good news. The largest cast reunion ever is taking place this weekend at an interactive fan convention at Navy Pier! If you've ever wanted to meet Dwight, Kevin, Toby, Stanley, Oscar, Meredith, Creed or some of the other characters, here is your chance!

• Alicia Keys: It was just announced that Alicia Keys and her Keys to the Summer tour is coming to the United Center on July 18. Presale tickets are available now and tickets go on sale to the general public tomorrow morning at 9:00 am.

Millennium Park Free Outdoor Summer Film Series

Movie Time: This summer's movie lineup dropped for the Millennium Park Summer Film Series. The movies take place on Tuesdays from July 11 through August 29. Films start at 6:30pm, they are free to attend and you don't need tickets. You can sit inside the Jay Pritzker Pavillion and lounge on the Great Lawn. This site has all the info. Here is the movie lineup:

• July 11: Fast Five

• July 18: Turning Red

• July 25: Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

• August 1: Summer of Soul

• August 8: Clueless

• August 15: Top Gun: Maverick

• August 22: Barbershop

• August 29: Everything Everywhere All At Once

Photo of the Week

Let's Complain: So what's going on in this graph you ask? It shows how the fan bases of different MLB teams feel about this year's new rule changes. The biggest rule change was the addition of a pitch clock. The pitch clock forces the pitcher and batter to be ready to go within 15 seconds after each pitch or 20 seconds if a runner is on base.

The reason this rule was implemented was to speed up baseball games. Many fans were becoming disinterested in baseball, partially because games were too long. For example, the average game length last year was just over three hours. So is it working? The short answer is yes as the average game time is around 30 minutes shorter than last year.

Are fans happy with the results of the changes? That is where the above graph comes in. What is super interesting for Chicagoans is that Cubs fans hate the rule changes more than any other fan base in MLB. Complaints from just Cubs fans have made up 13% of total complaints overall. On the opposite end, White Sox fans like the changes more than any other fan base. So why is this the case?

What people are pointing to is that baseball games at Wrigley Field are an experience unlike any other in baseball. Yes, people do go there to watch the game, but they may go there just as much to have fun, eat, drink and hangout.

Cubs fans want the games to be longer so that they can fully enjoy the experience. If the game is shorter, there is less time to grab another beer and hangout in the bleachers. On the other side of things, people are saying that White Sox fans have so much to complain about already that these new rules weren't their top priority lol.

Curious what seats are the worst at both Wrigley Field and Guaranteed Rate? You can see for yourself here!

Poll of the Week

Last Week's Poll Results

55% of you said that the NASCAR race will do more harm than good for Chicago.

Today's Sunset in Chicago

The sun will set in Chicago this evening at 7:36pm. Which means the sun sets today 7 minutes later than it did compared to last week.