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City Winery Chicago announces 2012 concert lineup
City Winery Chicago, a 300-capacity concert hall in the West Loop, will open Aug. 1 and announced a full slate of performers Tuesday for the 2012 season, including singer-songwriter Rosanne Cash, gospel great Mavis Staples and jazz vocalist Kurt Elling....
Tags: Ian Hunter, Maxwell Street, Los Lobos (music group), Music Industry, Matthew Sweet
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City Winery enters a crowded music and restaurant market
Into a live music scene already stuffed with clubs, City Winery promises something different: Music and food in a wine-country atmosphere. But will it be enough to draw traffic from already well-trafficked clubs and restaurants within miles, if not a...
Tags: Los Lobos (music group), Dave Alvin, Music Industry, Wines, Music Theater
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Getting a jump on the season
Change of SubjectIs it beginning to feel a lot like Christmas? No, it is not. Even those of us in the cast of Songs of Good Cheer, the winter holiday sing-along parties at the Old Town School of Folk Music aren’t yet...... -
April 10: Focus on Family - Ralph's World
WGN NewsRalph Covert For more information about the show: www.timemachineguitar.com Concert: Sunday, April 22 Old Town School of Folk Music 4544 N Lincoln Chicago www.ralphsworld.comTags: Ralph's World (music group)
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June 14: Author - Bob Riesman, I Feel So Good: The Life and Times of Big Bill Broonzy
WGN NewsBob Riesman Event: Tribute to Big Bill Broonzy Friday, June 17 8:00 p.m. Old Town School of Folk Music 4544 N Lincoln Avenue Chicago www.oldtownschool.org To purchase a copy of the book: I Feel So Good: The Life and Times of Big Bill Broonzy A major...Tags: WGN, Eric Clapton, Arkansas, Folk (genre), Human Interest
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June 8: Music Lounge - Anna Fermin
WGN NewsAnna Fermin To purchase a copy of the CD: Someday Afternoon Appearing: June 9 7:00 p.m. Old Town School of Folk Music 4545 North Lincoln Avenue Chicago For tickets: www.oldtownschool.org Visit Anna's website: www.annafermin.comTags: Entertainment, Music
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You've never seen 'Christmas Schooner' like this
![THEATER REVIEW: "The Christmas Schooner" at the Mercury Theater ★★★ ... This sentimental musical yarn is in tribute to the 19th-century Christmas tree ships that once plied Lake Michigan in the perilous gales of late November.](http://www.chicagotribune.com/media/thumbnails/column/2011-11/66265173-22150527.jpg "THEATER REVIEW: "The Christmas Schooner\" at the Mercury Theater ★★★ ... This sentimental musical yarn is in tribute to the 19th-century Christmas tree ships that once plied Lake Michigan in the perilous gales of late November.")
I've reviewed John Reeger and Julie Shannon's "The Christmas Schooner" in these pages about a dozen times, and now at three different Chicago-area theaters. At this point, this sentimental musical yarn in tribute to the 19th century Christmas tree ships...Tags: Religious Festivals, Theater, Arts and Culture, Immigration, Entertainment Events
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'Song in Your Soul' needs to trust story at hand
![THEATER REVIEW: "Keep a Song in Your Soul: The Black Roots of Vaudeville" at the Old Town School of Folk Music ★★½ ... At one point in the Old Town School's first foray into the world of theater, a narrative describes how Bill "Bojangles" Robinson danced through his pain.](http://www.chicagotribune.com/media/thumbnails/column/2011-11/65870989-04100848.jpg "THEATER REVIEW: "Keep a Song in Your Soul: The Black Roots of Vaudeville\" at the Old Town School of Folk Music ★★½ ... At one point in the Old Town School's first foray into the world of theater, a narrative describes how Bill \"Bojangles\" Robinson danced through his pain.")
At one point in "Keep a Song in Your Soul," a project billed as the Old Town School of Folk Music's first foray into the world of theater, a narrative description is provided of how the great Bill "Bojangles" Robinson danced through his pain with his...Tags: Arts and Culture, Entertainment Events, Music Industry, Dance, Greg Wilson
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175 years of memorable, horrible, humorous and remarkable events that shaped Chicago
On March 4, 1837, exactly 175 years ago, Chicago was incorporated. Not that Flashback needed a reason, but we took this occasion to compile a very long list of events, year by year and decade by decade, that helped shape this great city.
Some events...Tags: Jane Byrne, Chicago White Sox, Railway Transportation, John Dillinger, L. Frank Baum
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Jazz meets classics: A Chicago pianist teams with Orion Ensemble
When Chicago pianist Miguel de la Cerna was growing up on the South Side, the sound of jazzand blues, gospel and funk, R&B and soul was everywhere. It blasted out of clubs and apartments, car radios and storefronts, inspiring a kid growing up near 41st...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Music Industry, Green Mill (club), Howard Reich, Arnold Schoenberg
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Exclusive: Lineup and highlights from Bud Light stage at Taste of Chicago 2012
RedEye Sound BoardYou heard it here first: Now that our 2012 RedEye Rock ‘n’ Vote winner has been slotted in, these bands comprise the best of the previously unannounced Bud Light Stage lineup at this year’s Taste of Chicago. You’ll be at all of...Tags: Lynyrd Skynyrd (music group), Elections, Koko Taylor, Politics, Woody Guthrie
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Remarkable Woman: Julie Frost
![Many musicians have dreams. Some materialize. Others are broken. But singer and songwriter Julie Frost feels like Cinderella. After standing alongside Madonna onstage at the Golden Globes and accepting the award for co-writing the best original song in a motion picture ("Masterpiece," from the movie "W.E."), Frost is hoping the rest of 2012 can measure up.](http://www.chicagotribune.com/media/thumbnails/story/2012-03/69108793-29155754-187105.jpg "Many musicians have dreams. Some materialize. Others are broken. But singer and songwriter Julie Frost feels like Cinderella. After standing alongside Madonna onstage at the Golden Globes and accepting the award for co-writing the best original song in a motion picture ("Masterpiece,\" from the movie \"W.E.\"), Frost is hoping the rest of 2012 can measure up.")
Many musicians have dreams. Some materialize. Others are broken. But singer and songwriter Julie Frost feels like Cinderella. After standing alongside Madonna onstage at the Golden Globes and accepting the award for co-writing the best original song in...Tags: W.E. (movie), Arts and Culture, Theft, Music Industry, Mary J. Blige
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