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Goose Island looking at city deal to sell beer, wine at Pritzker Pavilion concerts
Clout StPosted by John Byrne at 1:03 p.m. Goose Island brewing company would get to sell beer and wine during concerts at Pritzker Pavilion in Millennium Park under a plan that will head to the City Council for approval. The council's...... -
When the sun, and mayor, pop up for the arts
Tribune criticEach and every year in Chicago, there is a moment when the problems of the city seem to fall away and everything seems doable and winnable again. It is a moment inextricably tied to the weather. Spring always comes later than even the worst-case scenario....Tags: Garfield Park Conservatory, Millennium Park, Bucktown, Entertainment, Chicago Public Schools
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Penny Pritzker nominated for Commerce secretary
Tribune staffChicago business executive Penny Pritzker was nominated by President Barack Obama to become the new Secretary of Commerce on Thursday, in an expected move that could prove controversial for the longtime political supporter and fundraising heavyweight....Tags: PlayStation Portable, Chicago Hotels, Chicago Teachers Union, Rahm Emanuel, Parties and Movements
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Chicago Jazz Festival 2013 lineup announced
Drummer Jack DeJohnette, trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith, pianists Jason Moran and Robert Glasper and saxophonists Donald Harrison, Charles Lloyd, Jimmy Heath and Rudresh Mahanthappa will headline the 35th annual Chicago Jazz Festival, running Aug. 29...
Tags: Grant Park, Fred Anderson, Michigan Avenue, Colleges and Universities, Entertainment Events
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Chicago saxophonist Pat Mallinger gets ready for his close-up
When singer-pianist Diane Schuur headlined at the Jazz Showcase last week, she wasn't the most commanding player on stage. At leat not whenever Chicago saxophonist Pat Mallinger stepped up to solo. Each time he brought the mouthpiece to his lips,...
Tags: Millennium Park, Theater, Entertainment, Mayne Stage, Green Mill (club)
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With Danzmayr at the helm, Illinois Philharmonic embarks on a new era
Don't look now, but Chicago music is about to experience an Austrian invasion. In June, six months after Chicago Opera Theater announced the appointment of the Viennese-born Andreas Mitisek as its new general director, the Illinois Philharmonic...
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Mother Nature makes local premiere of 'Inuksuit' a soggy walk in the park
So far I have had trouble connecting with the minimal-mystical music of the Alaskan composer John Luther Adams, although colleagues I respect, such as New Yorker music critic Alex Ross, have heaped rapturous praise on it. Many of Adams' works seek to...
Tags: Entertainment, Arts and Culture, Music Industry, Culture, Chicago Symphony Orchestra
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Chicago Blues Festival: Shemekia Copeland, James Cotton to headline
Shemekia Copeland, Irma Thomas, Otis Clay, James Cotton and Billy Branch will be among the headliners at the 30th annual Chicago Blues Festival, running June 6 through 9. The festival, expanded to four days this year, will open for the first time at the...
Tags: Millennium Park, Chicago Blues Fest, Grant Park, Shemekia Copeland, Quinn Sullivan
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FlySpace looks to pool resources, brains
The practical challenges of a small modern dance company are ever formidable: a struggle to finance productions and attract an often elusive audience. Whining gets you nowhere, while action talks. In that vein, four venerable Chicago companies have come...
Tags: Millennium Park, Entertainment, Art Institute of Chicago, Michigan Avenue, Columbia College Chicago
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Free Downtown Sound lineup includes Sharon Van Etten, Glen Hansard, Dessa
Downtown Sound, Millennium Park’s free Monday night music series, returns this summer with a lineup that includes Sharon Van Etten, Glen Hansard, Dessa and Psalm One. In addition, the Loops and Variations series that debuted last year on...
Tags: Millennium Park, Glen Hansard, Entertainment Events, Sharon Van Etten
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Millennium Park jazz season announced
Drummer Jack DeJohnette, singer Dee Alexander and drummer Dana Hall will headline the annual “Made in Chicago: World Class Jazz” series this summer at the Pritzker Pavilion in Millennium Park, near Randolph Drive and Michigan Avenue....
Tags: Millennium Park, Jimi Hendrix, Muhal Richard Abrams, Chicago Jazz Fest, Entertainment Events
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Two young blues musicians from the Peninsula, Logan Layman and William Ledbetter, to be part of Chicago Blues Festival
Two young blues musicians from the Peninsula, singing bassist Logan Layman and guitar player William "MoBetta" Ledbetter, have been picked to be part of an all-star youth band that will open the Chicago Blues Festival on June 6. Logan, a 12-year-old...
Tags: Millennium Park, Chicago Blues Fest, Entertainment, Shemekia Copeland, Norfolk (Norfolk, Virginia)
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