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Grant Park Music Festival summer season announced
Once again the Grant Park Music Festival is taking the lead among local summer festivals when it comes to presenting eclectic combinations of popular symphonic and choral fare and more adventuresome classical music programming. And it's all free. The...
Tags: Entertainment Events, Chicago Park District, Music, Grant Park, Chicago Symphony Orchestra
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Cops: Woman crashed car while chasing fleeing husband
TribLocal - Oak Park & River Forest » NewsA Chicago woman is being charged with reckless driving after police said she chased her husband in her vehicle while the man fled on foot, …... -
Knife-wielding man steals iPhones, and more
TribLocal - Oak Park & River Forest » NewsThe following items were taken from Oak Park police records Sept. 14. Armed Robbery A man in his 20s stole a bag and two iPhones …... -
Addict shoots for bigger things now
For more than two decades, Timothy Gulley walked through life under the suffocating cloud of drug addiction. The 52-year-old electrician was in and out of jail and struggled to hold onto a job as he chased his next high. Many nights his mother refused...
Tags: Lawyers, Washington, DC, Methadone (drug), Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System
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Dining Review: Maddy's Food Truck Offers Classic Haitian Flavors
Maddy's Food Truck @maddysfoodtruck Griot: a French word for the traveling poets, musicians and storytellers of West African. Griot: a Haitian dish of morsels of tender, spicy, fried pork. I haven't yet figured out how these two meanings are...
Tags: Thyme, Mexico, Stamford, Music, Mushrooms
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Here is Stamford's 2013 Alive @ Five Line-up
Stamford's Alive @ Five summer concert series lineup has been announced, and it's been expanded to eight weeks this year. The shows all take place in Columbus Park and headliners include the likes of country legend Wynonna, Poison frontman Brett Michaels,...
Tags: Bob Dylan, Stamford, Bret Michaels
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CTA bus driver hit with stun gun, robbed on West Side
Tribune reporterA CTA bus driver was rendered immobile by a passenger with a stun gun who robbed her and left her slumped at the wheel of her bus Saturday morning in Columbus Park in the Austin neighborhood, authorities said. The 40-year-old driver was treated and...Tags: Chicago Transit Authority, Austin (Chicago, Illinois), Chicago Police Department, Weaponry, Theft
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Listing: Chicago-area farmers markets
An early spring will bring not only May flowers to the farmers markets this year, but also an abundance of farm-fresh produce earlier than usual, while preparations for Chicago's first NATO summit will delay two downtown markets.
The Daley Plaza...Tags: North Lawndale, Chicago City Hall, Scranton, Interior Policy, Pilsen
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Color your world
Tribune reporterAbove the Grove Portage Trail at the River Trail Nature Center in Northbrook, the canopy of trees was taxicab yellow. With the sun pouring down from above, the colors glowed. Beneath them, we walkers gaped at the view, pointed our cameras and counted...Tags: Environmental Issues, Chicago Park District, Highland Park (Cook, Illinois), Conservation, Willow Springs
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56-Year-Old Woman Punched in Face, Robbed and Assaulted
FOX40 NewsA 56-year-old woman was robbed and punched in the face in Stockton Monday night. The woman was walking in Seaport District near Columbus Park when she was approached by a man in his 50's who asked her if she wanted a ride. She went inside the home the...Tags: Theft, Abusive Behavior, Sex Crimes
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2012 Summer Restaurant Weeks in Stamford
Instead of the usual restaurant week, Stamford has taken it to the next level this year by having restaurant weeks. Two of 'em, back-to-back, to be exact. It started on August 20th and runs through Labor Day (Monday, Sept. 3rd), and you can sample from 30...
Tags: Dining and Drinking, Stamford, Lifestyle and Leisure, Labor Day, Restaurants
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Our Picks: Six Great Shows Happening This Week Near Hartford
1) Dopapod & Jimkata: $10-$15. Thurs. 10 p.m. Arch Street Tavern, Hartford. 2) Iron and Wine: $25-$35. Fri. 8 p.m. Calvin Theatre and Performing Arts Center, Northampton. 3) Joe Louis Walker w/ special guest Clarence Bucaro: $20-$30. Fri. 8 p.m....
Tags: Styx (music group), Arts and Culture, Music, Joe Louis, Entertainment
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