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Charity events keep spring social season hot
Chicago socialites had a difficult decision to make Saturday, with three celebrity-hosted galas taking place at the same time around the city. But for the see-and-be-seen crowd, this was likely a good problem to have. Those who attended the 26th...
Tags: Mother's Day, Joakim Noah, Ray Stevenson, Patrick Kane, Iron Man (movie)
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Funds for Mag Mile median gardens not blooming
Change of SubjectBy Jessica Reynolds The tulips on Michigan Avenue are a staple of spring in Chicago, but a decline in contributions to the project's sponsoring organization may force future plantings to be scaled back. John Chikow, president of the Greater North...... -
Former Blackhawks coach lists Park Ridge home for $1.1 million
Former Blackhawks coach Trent Yawney has listed his five-bedroom, 4,000-square-foot home in Park Ridge for $1.1 million. Yawney, a former Blackhawks defenseman, coached the team from 2005-2006. He is the coach of the Norfolk Admirals team, which is...
Tags: Oprah Winfrey, Environmental Issues, Chicago Blackhawks, Waste, Condos
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Oprah sells West Side store space at huge loss
Special to the TribuneOprah Winfrey's Chicago real estate foibles continue. Almost two years ago, the talk-show queen signed off on her massively popular, Chicago-based national chatfest. Soon afterward, she closed her flagship Oprah Store, which was located at 1017 W....Tags: Oprah Winfrey, Environmental Issues, Waste, Realty, Condos
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Oak Park student-actor wins musical theater award
When Oak Park and River Forest High School senior John Clay III goes to New York in late June as the male winner of the Illinois High School Musical Theater Award, he will have at least one friendly face to cheer him on. His girlfriend, Taylor Marie...
Tags: Entertainment, Students, Music, River Forest, Theater
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'Australian Bee Gees Show' is coming to Chicago
An Australian tribute show to the Bee Gees has been booked for July at the Broadway Playhouse, the mid-sized Broadway in Chicago venue located just off Michigan Avenue behind Water Tower Place. "The Australian Bee Gees Show" is billed as a celebration...
Tags: Michigan Avenue
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Passover dining options
Passover begins at sundown Monday, and, as always, Chicago restaurants stand ready to assist. Here are some of the most interesting options; remember to order/reserve early.
Bistronomic (840 W. Wabash Ave., 312-944-8400). Seasonal Passover three-course...Tags: Chicago Restaurants, Dining and Drinking, Holidays, Whitefish, Bistronomic
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Jay-Z's $20K purchase raises local artist's profile
Hebru Brantley's trip to Miami Beach for the high-profile Art Basel art show was winding down when the Chicago-based street artist and De La Salle Institute alum was told there was one more potential customer who wanted to meet him right before his flight...
Tags: Goodman Theatre, Chicago Hotels, Chicago Bulls, Miami Beach, Los Angeles Clippers
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Julia Child play returns to Chicago stage
Julia Child made millions hungry with her cookbooks and television shows while she was alive. Even now, eight years after her death at age 91, there's still a keen appetite for all things Julia. Witness the revival, just announced for September 2013, of a...
Tags: Entertainment, Julia Child, Television, World War II (1939-1945), Arts and Culture
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Interview: 'Homeland' star Mandy Patinkin's passion? Singing
Yes, Mandy Patinkin saw "Saturday Night Live" spoof "Homeland" in a sketch this month. And no, the South Side native and Kenwood Academy High School alum wasn't insulted by Bill Hader's impression of him or the exaggerated impersonations of his "Homeland"...
Tags: Entertainment, Music, Primetime Emmy Awards, The Collection (movie), Movies
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'Kennedy' musical workshops in Chicago
Leslie Bricusse, the Academy Award-winning songwriter behind such monster hits as "What Kind of Fool Am I?," "Candy Man" (penned with the late Anthony Newley) and "Talk to the Animals," slipped quietly into Chicago this week. So did the producer-writer-...
Tags: Entertainment, Music, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Theater, Entertainment Events
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'Mob Wives Chicago' trailer debuts, CM Punk featured on video game cover, celeb-heavy crowd watches LMFAO perform at Studio Paris
For a minute there, I was wondering if there would be any fighting among the cast members of VH1’s upcoming reality show, “Mob Wives Chicago.” There were no signs of tension when I spent an afternoon observing the five women in March and...
Tags: Disc Jockeys, Entertainment, Grant Park, Kerry Wood, Twitter, Inc.
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