1. Half Acre Party at The Dock

WHERE: The Dock at Montrose Beach
 (200 W. Montrose Harbor Dr
.)
WHEN: Friday, May 18th 6-10pm

Half Acre beer and food from Big Star and Belly Shack? Yes, please! Tickets are $45 and only 350 are available, so act quick before they’re sold out. [Editor's Note: This is event is now sold out]

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2. Goose Island Minigolf

WHERE: Goose Island’s Fulton’s Barrel Warehouse (
1800 W Walnut St.)
WHEN: Sunday, May 20th 11am
 – 5pm

Grab your plaid pants and tiny pencils— Goose Island has turned their Fulton’s Barrel Warehouse into a nine hole minigolf course! Tickets are limited so be sure to reserve your tee time before the event is all sold out. [Editor's Note: No more tickets are available]

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3. Three Floyds Tap Takeover

WHERE: Village Tap (2055 W. Roscoe)
WHEN: Thursday, May 17th 5:00pm – Saturday, May 19th 11:45pm

Three Floyds is taking over one of our favorite Roscoe Village pubs, The Village Tap. Arctic Panzer Wolf, Ham on Rye, Gumballhead, Robert the Bruce, and many more brews will be available. For an up-to-date beer menu check out the restaurant’s website www.thevillagetap.com.

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4. Revolution Brewery Grand Opening Party

WHERE: Revolution Brewing Kedzie Production Facility 
(3340 N. Kedzie Ave.)
WHEN: Friday, May 25th 5-10pm

Our neighborhood brewpub is celebrating the grand opening of its new production facility.  Tickets are $15 each and details of the event are still tbd, but knowing the folks at Revolution we’re sure it’s going to be a blast. [Editor's Note: This is event is now sold out]

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5. Metropolitan Brewing Tour

WHERE: Metropolitan Brewing
 (5121 N. Ravenswood Ave.)
WHEN: Saturday, May 26th 1:30-4:30pm

Metropolitan Brewing’s monthly brewery tour just happens to land on the last Saturday of Chicago Craft Beer Week. How simpatico! They’ll be pouring their usual brews as well as a special CCBW beer, Arc Welder Dunkel Rye.

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For more info on Busy Beaver’s Chicago Beer Week event, click here.

[Editor's Note: Sorry for the confusion! A few events listed are now sold out. To see the full Chicago Craft Beer Week schedule and to get updates on individual events please go to chibeerweek.com]

Approximately 6×4 inches, this GOP elephant figurine was made of cast iron with a spot to display at 2.25-inch button. This collectible was recently sold on the Hake’s auction website minus its mate, a cast iron donkey displaying the photo button of Taft’s opponent, William Jennings Byron.

These buttons look to be from 1896, the same year that the pin-back button received its patent. Don’t you just love the detail of the imagery?

Guests can enjoy free beer from 7pm-9pm and complementary snacks courtesy of Top Chef’s Chuy Valencia, Pop Chips, and Pretzel Chips. And, if you’re lucky, you might even snag a 1-inch button printed with The Snackpot’s flying Twinkie® logo courtesy of Busy Beaver Button Co.

For more info on The Snackpot’s launch party, click here.

Available in all button sizes, the 100% recycled Speckletone paper from French Paper Co is an off-white color with visible flecks of wood— the perfect earthy look for your custom button design!

Order your 100% recycled paper buttons while they’re still available! Shop now at busybeaver.net.

The button pack is a collaboration of Wild Rumpus, One Life Left, and Venus Patrol, the three companies that teamed up to put on a “an evening of video game fun times”.  You gamers might have also noted that the central image is based on the PS-move controller— very cool.

And it’s not just buttons, Keyboard Cat is running campaign ads (Paid for by Friends of Keyboard Cat):

In 2012, we need a candidate we can believe in. Can you support a cat meme? Yes, I can!

Pledge your support now at keyboardcatforpresident.com.