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Saturday, Oct. 18, Lebowski Fest came to Diversey River Bowl. The fest is a gathering of what event co-founder Will Russell calls the achievers, which are die-hard fans of the 1998 comedy and a nod to the Lebowski over-achievers in the movie. People came from all over the United States for the event, many in costume dressed as The Dude (Jeff Bridges’ character) and Walter Sobchak (John Goodman’s character). Others wore obscure costumes that only a true Coen Brothers fan could appreciate. The night was filled with bowling, costume contests and people yelling movie quotes that would make Jackie Treehorn blush. The fest, which kicked off Friday, Oct. 17 with a movie showing at Thalia Hall, is now in its 13th year, and by the size of the crowd that showed up this weekend in Chicago, it doesn’t seem to be losing steam any time soon.