All about Eve

* All That Glitters Isn’t Gold Spin, 800 W Belmont Ave (773-327-7711). El: Red, Brown, Purple (rush hrs) to Belmont. Bus: 8, 77. 8pm; $15, advance $10. Spin offers plenty of bang (hee hee) for your buck with a splashy NYE party featuring complimentary apps and sweets from 8–10pm, a midnight pizza buffet and Champagne toast, a 10pm dragstravaganza, glittery go-go boys and sounds and visuals from DJ Bryan Smith and VJ Riley York.

FREE Big Chicks New Year’s Eve Big Chicks, 5024 N Sheridan Rd (773-728-5511). El: Red to Argyle. Bus: 92, 151. 9pm. No cover, no frills, no worries. Big Chicks rings in the new year with lots of cocktails and cuties sweating, dancing and drinking into the next decade.

* Club 5400 Mary’s Attic, 5400 N Clark St (773-784-6969). El: Red to Berwyn. Bus: 22, 92. 9pm, $10. Mary’s goes bi (level, that is) for this double-decker NYE bash featuring an appetizer buffet and lounging on the first floor coupled with dancing and a Champagne toast up in the attic.

* Frat House NYE Scarlet Bar, 3320 N Halsted St (773-348-1053). El: Red, Brown, Purple (rush hrs) to Belmont. Bus: 8, 77, 152. 9pm, $5. Scarlet sticks with a formula that works by rolling its already popular Thursday frat party into a NYE budget spectacular featuring a Little Caesars pizza buffet, beer games, Polaroid instant photos, shots from “Baby New Year” and dancing with DJ Katy R.

* New Year’s Eve: A Big, Bright Future Sidetrack, 3349 N Halsted St (773-477-9189). El: Red, Brown, Purple (rush hrs) to Belmont. Bus: 8, 77, 152. 7pm, $25. As usual, Sidetrack’s big annual NYE gala benefits Equality Illinois. The ticket price includes a complimentary appetizer buffet from 7–10pm, bubbly at midnight and leis and noisemakers.

New Year’s Eve 2010 at minibar minibar, 3341 N Halsted St (773-871-6227). El: Red, Brown, Purple (rush hrs) to Belmont. Bus: 8, 77, 152. 9pm; $20, in advance $10, VIP packages $50–$300. Join a glittery crowd of party boys and girls at mini’s NYE bash.

* A Night at the Chez Paree Kit Kat Lounge, 3700 N Halsted St (773-525-1111). El: Red to Addison. Bus: 8, 152. 6pm seating $50, 8pm seating $75, 10pm seating $85. Kit Kat rewinds to Chicago circa the 1930s when the Chez Paree, a local supper club, was in full swing. Resident diva Madame X will re-create musical numbers from the era while guests enjoy a five-course dinner, a complimentary glass of bubbly and a chance at hourly cash giveaways.

NYE at the Call The Call, 1547 W Bryn Mawr Ave (773-334-2525). Bus: 22, 84. 8pm; $10, in advance $8. The Call sends a portion of your ticket price to TPAN while sending you into 2010 with $4 Absolut cocktails, complimentary bites and a midnight Champagne toast.

Once in a Blue Moon Roscoe’s, 3356 N Halsted St (773-281-3355). El: Red, Brown, Purple (rush hrs) to Belmont. Bus: 8, 77, 152. 8pm, $20. Pop the cork with a $1,500-cash-and-prize balloon drop, party favors, apps and a Champagne toast.

Party 2010 Circuit, 3641 N Halsted St (773-325-2233). El: Red to Addison. Bus: 8, 152. 8pm; $20 in advance, members in advance $10. Hosts Miss Ketty and Veronica Zaid bid farewell to ’09 with a fancy party including a midnight countdown, party favors, money-filled balloon drop and confetti blast and Champagne toast.

Stardust NYE Berlin, 954 W Belmont Ave (773-348-4975). El: Red, Brown, Purple (rush hrs) to Belmont. Bus: 22, 77. 9pm, $20. Dance until dawn with queer band SSION plus DJ sets from Greg Haus, Lady Miss Navy Pier and Gay Terrorist.

32nd Annual Black and Blue New Year’s Eve Party Touché, 6412 N Clark St (773-465-7400). Bus: 22, 151, 155. 9pm, $5. Kick the evening off with a free buffet, raffle and party favors. At midnight, it’s lights out (yikes!). DJ Greg Hale spins.

Wild Pug New Year’s Eve Wild Pug, 4810 N Broadway (773-784-4811). El: Red to Lawrence. Bus: 36, 81. 9pm, $10. Live it up in Uptown with the Pug’s recession-friendly NYE party featuring $1 domestic drafts and well drinks plus complimentary Champagne and party favors for the big countdown.

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