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The Men Who Stare At Goats -- based on an actual government program dedicated to the results of some REALLY intense goat staring, is one of the few meetings we're anxiously awaiting. Well, a lucky reader of Chicagoist need not wait like we mere mortals! We have a pair of tickets to the screening in Chicago on Wednesday at 7 p.m. that includes access to an exclusive after-party! No word on if goats will be present at either event.

Bummed you missed U2 for their recent stint at Soldier Field? Don't worry, Bono + The Boys have scheduled a return trip for July 6, 2010 as they extend their massive tour. With several open days on either side of that date, additional shows are also possible. Tickets will go on sale in November, though specifics haven't been announced. [Tribune]

We know Marian Hossa and Patrick Kane have been dominating the hockey headlines lately, but there's reason for Blackhawks fans to rejoice: single game tickets went on sale earlier today. Skate on by and pick some up.

Trent Reznor took to Twitter today to announce the dates for the upcoming NIN tour - allegedly their last - and the Chicago dates are August 28 and 29, both shows at the Aragon Ballroom. The NIN.com presale for both dates is July 17 and general on-sale will be July 31. Mew will open both dates.

The Batter's Eye, the club in dead-center field at Wrigley, is being opened up to individual ticket buyers. Previously available only to parties of between 75 and 100, the club will cost you $165 but that includes "an unlimited food and beverage package." Click here for a list of available games and your chance to purchase tickets.

We’ve seen plenty of arrest-worthy parking meter shenanigans over the past couple of weeks: graffiti, vandalism, filling meters with pennies, gluing quarters into meter slots and more. The rage of Chicago residents over the increased parking fees seems to be growing steadily, and we expected to see stories about an upsurge in arrests and tickets as the city and the police retaliate. What we didn’t expect: threats of arrest for… paying parking meters.

With just the tip of the lineup iceberg announced, we're already pretty pumped for this year's Pitchfork Music Festival. Rest assured we'll be sweating it out this year at Union Park (July 17th through the 19th) just like we do every year. Lucky for us, this Friday the 13th brings us the start of ticket sales for the fest. And while Lolla's allotment of $60 tix sold out lickety-split, Pitchfork's tickets are always on the cheap anyway, making it a solid deal.

Those $60 Lollapalooza tickets? Gone in a flash. They went on sale on the site sometime around 2 p.m. yesterday afternoon and were gone in less than 15 minutes from what we're told. Not to fret, though. Early Bird tickets to the megafest go on sale on March 31. There's no word on the site how much those tickets will cost; rest assured, though, that that while they'll be a bit more steep than $60, the price only goes up as we get closer to August 7.

• Chicago Police are investigating what seems to be a serial rapist terrorizing the Bucktown neighborhood after another attack of a woman leaving the Western Ave. Blue Line stop.
• Former pro-wrestling star Verne Gagne is in hot water after a man he threw to the ground in a nursing home died as a result of the incident.
• On the eve of the 10th anniversary of Gene Siskel's death, former partner-in-criticism Roger Ebert gives a heartfelt remembrance of Siskel.

Single game tickets for the 2009 season go on sale this Friday, but if you want to get seats from the Wrigley Field box office, you'll first need a numbered wrist band. Wrist bands will be distributed at at Wrigley Field from 11:00 a.m. - 10:00 p.m. on Wednesday and from 7:00 .a.m - 10:00 p.m. on Thursday. The starting number will be randomly drawn and announced on WGN (720AM) shortly after 6:00 a.m. on Friday and tickets will be sold starting at 8:00 a.m. at the box office (10 a.m. online).

A few weeks back, we looked at the 2009 Speaker Series that will bring a set of political talks to the Chicago Theater. Full of intriguing pairings, we were most enthused about the debut set of Ann Coulter and Bill Maher. Now, in the midst of all kinds of economic turmoil, we're happy to report we have a pair of tickets to give away to the March 11 event featuring Coulter and Maher. They'll either kill each other or wind up making love on stage. Either way, it's going to be a fun night so enter after the jump for your chance at a pair of tickets. We'll be accepting entries through the end of the day.

The economic crisis that's gripping the nation might have claimed yet another local victim: vehicle stickers. Whether or not that's the reason fewer people are buying stickers (as opposed to, say, laziness), you'll still get ticketed out the wazoo if you're caught sans sticker.

Through Oct. 31, investigators for the city clerk's office had issued 46,541 tickets to vehicles that either had an expired city sticker or no sticker at all. That's up 8 percent from the same period a year ago. City stickers cost $75 for passenger vehicles, reduced to $30 for senior citizens. The sticker fee for SUVs went up -- from $90 to $120 -- in 2008. The 46,541 figure includes only those tickets written by the clerk's office.

It's hard to believe, but tickets for shows in the first quarter of 2009 are already going on sale and it's quite a collection of awesome.

Tickets for the Smashing Pumpkins' 20th Anniversary tour Chicago shows go on sale to the general public this Monday, October 13 at 10:00 a.m. They are:

Planning on hoping to walk up and get tickets to the Sox-Twins tilt after work? Don't bother. While we're sure the scalpers will be out in force, the White Sox report they have sold out the last few remaining standing room only tickets for tonight's playoff game.

As the playoffs approach, postseason tickets for the Cubs and Sox have become the hot commodity around town. And if you're a fan wondering why it's so much harder to get playoff tickets this year than in previous years, there's a simple answer: the teams are releasing fewer seats than ever to the general public. Season ticket holders account for roughly 22,000 of Wrigley's 42,000 seats. Officials aren't saying how many seats were set aside for the general public (a Cubs lottery for tickets garnered over 600,000 applicants), and a growing number of seats are set aside for MLB employees, players, celebrities, and local politicians: aldermen have the option of buying "two tickets for every Cubs home playoff game at face value and can also pay for access to a Sox skybox for each game."

It's hard to believe football is so close, but the first preseason games are just a few weeks away. And there's no time like the present to get pumped for the season as Bears individual game tickets go on sale tomorrow (Saturday, July 12) at high noon via Ticketmaster (including by phone). Tickets are a measly $68 to $350. (A personal note from me to the schedule makers for putting the Saints game in December for a second straight year: you're jerkstores.) This year's complete home schedule after the jump.

The weather has been gorgeous all week and, if you're like us, you've been stuck inside, dreaming of a chance to get out and about. Lots of bands are announcing late summer/early fall tour dates for our fair city and lots of Lolla-related shows happening, so while you wait for the weekend, here are some shows you can utilize your Ticketmaster clicking finger on.

Because those Ticketmaster fees just aren't enough of a pain in the ass, the City of Chicago is suing websites eBay and StubHub, claiming that as "reseller agents," the sites are required to an amusement tax on sports and cultural events tickets sold on the sites under a Chicago ordinance. If the city succeeds, future purchases on these sites could see an additional tax of up to 8% tacked on to the price. The two websites have vowed to fight the lawsuit, issuing a joint statement:

"We do not believe that the City's Amusement Tax applies to either eBay's or StubHub's business models nor do we believe that the Amusement Tax can properly be assessed here. We intend to fight this litigation vigorously."

Ugh, paper work is the worst. And we're all guilty of letting it pile up, from time to time. But we're pretty sure cops aren't supposed to do that. With parking tickets. Like, the ones they've issued. Maybe Sal Mungia didn't get the memo? Or maybe it got lost? Under the pile of nearly 300 tickets he wrote but didn't give to drivers?

Chicago took another step towards fulfilling Mayor Daley’s vow that by 2016, we’ll have cameras on “almost every block.”

How many dance troupes in Chicago can claim that they dance off the ceiling as well as the floor? AMEBA can. Billing themselves as an acrobatic and aerial dance company, AMEBA’s choreography uses the trapeze, suspended scarves, bungee cords, rope ladders … and they climb all over each other, too.

The Chicago Rush will kick off their eighth season in the Arena Football League with a primetime Monday Night Football match-up with the San Jose Sabercats. The League picked a great match-up for the first Monday Night Football game of the year. The game features the last two Arena Bowl Champions as the Sabercats took the title in 2007 and the Rush earned the title in 2006. The AFL "pre-season power poll" ranks San Jose first and the Rush second out of 17 teams. That same poll predicts that the Rush will take back the Arena Bowl title in 2008.

Filmmaker Taylor Greeson was twelve years old in 1993. That summer, three things occurred: he was ordained with the priesthood in the Mormon church, he lost his virginity to an older man and his older brother Charlie was murdered. Using montages of family photographs and pastoral footage of Montana, where he lived at the time, Greerson revisits that summer in Meadowlark. He uses a cool, seemingly-detached perspective that drains any traces of sensationalism from the events. His unflappability extends even to sequences where he interviews his brother's killer in prison. It's a horse of a different color compared to daytime TV.

Often when we think of plays, rosy cheeks and jazz hands come to mind. While a great variety of plays exist, it seems the majority try to uplift and entertain, not scare the bejesus out of us. But the WildClaw Theatre wants us to expect the unexpected. This newly-formed company is dedicated exclusively to bringing true horror back to the stage, and wastes no time kicking off their mission with The Great God Pan - their inaugural show which opened Sunday night at the Athenaeum Theater in Lakeview.

More fascinated by Kelis' milkshake than Daniel Plainview's? Is the only Oscar you'll watch living in a garbage can? Then this Sunday probably means nothing to you. You're burnt out on the "glitz" and "glamor" of the night, not to mention the drama surrounding that writers strike.

The Chicago Symphony Orchestra has just announced its 2008 / 2009 season. Tickets are already on sale, so here are a few Chicagoist recommendations to keep in mind:

If you're like us, then you love to drink and you like to support great causes. Well, tonight's your chance to do both! The Greater Illinois Chapter of the Alzheimer's Association is throwing a party to raise some money, "to support programs and services for the more than half a million Illinois residents affected by Alzheimer’s disease. These programs and services include our 24-hour Helpline, support groups, educational opportunities for both public and professional audiences, and Safe Return." Last year's event raised over $117,000.

Tickets for the Chicago matches of the Barclays Churchill Cup are on sale now. The tournament is North America's biggest international rugby tournament, and if you recall, the tournament will culminate in Chicago with the final day of competition being played at Toyota Park.

When it's this cold and icy, the last thing we can imagine doing is sitting outside at a ball game. But spring will one day arrive, and we're sure some of you will want to spend time enjoying the nicer weather at Wrigley Field.