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Spring finally arrives in Chicago
Tribune reporterAfter the rainiest April in Chicago’s recorded history kept people inside most of the month, thousands flooded the city’s parks, beaches and streets at the first convincing glimpse of a spring weekend. Temperatures hit the upper-60s on...Tags: Apple iPhone, Chicago Loop, Rentals, Cloud Gate, South Shore
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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: Music Theater, Green Mill (club), Music, Mayne Stage, Plymouth
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Daley giving $540,000 in campaign funds to charity
Former Mayor Richard Daley is giving more than $500,000 remaining in his campaign fund to 13 charities, with the biggest bequest going to the After School Matters organization founded by his wife Maggie, a spokeswoman said Tuesday. He's also giving six-...
Tags: University of Chicago, Chicago Public Schools, Charity, Elections, Lawndale (Chicago, Illinois)
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A passionate, dynamic spark for Chicago ad agency
Peter McGuinness, an East Coast advertising wunderkind who took the helm at DDB Chicago less than two years ago, is competitive, passionate and driven to succeed. He also likes to stir things up. Those qualities got him into and out of hot water growing...
Tags: Manhattan (New York City), Robert Downey Jr., Interpublic Group of Companies Incorporated, State Farm Insurance, Elections
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New CEO to lead change microloan non-profit
Inside the John Hancock Center, 13 floors up, Vicki Escarra gazes into a large camera lens. She eschews a word-for-word script, speaking instead from an outline that allows for more spontaneity. "You know, women are the largest untapped lever in the...
Tags: River North, General Motors Corp., ABC (tv network), Loans, Malawi
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Jeremy Pelt trumpets young talent at the Showcase
Major soloists play the Jazz Showcase all the time, but something special often happens when the star shares the stage with students. The latest example came Thursday night, as trumpeter Jeremy Pelt – who has made a strong impression leading his...
Tags: Music Industry, Quincy Jones, Music, Colleges and Universities, Louis Armstrong
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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: Chicago Blues Fest, Festive Events, Norfolk (Norfolk, Virginia), New Music Mondays Millenium Park, Music Industry
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Living the high life
Penthouses are increasingly defining the Chicago skyline as developers tap into a niche market for luxury residential properties and savvy buyers and renters see an opportunity to elevate their lifestyles. Buyers pay a premium for those lofty perches,...
Tags: Manhattan (New York City), Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Chicago Loop, River North, Physical Fitness and Exercise
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Violence, Chicago and its storytellers
A decade or so ago, executive and philanthropist John H. Bryan Jr., the former CEO of Sara Lee Corp., raised a broad swath of the roughly $475 million needed for Millennium Park, the biggest and most successful cultural project in Chicago since the...
Tags: University of Chicago, The New York Times, Chicago Park District, Rahm Emanuel, Barack Obama
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Howells & Hood goes upscale on a large scale
For decades Chicago journalists' post-work watering hole of choice has been the Billy Goat Tavern, with its three beers on tap ($3.50 Schlitz and Billy Goat Dark and Lager) and $3.15 cheeseburgers just a dark stairway's descent from the Magnificent Mile's...
Tags: Magnificent Mile, Alcoholic Beverages, Event Planning, Services and Shopping, Cheesecake Factory
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Chicago museums reeling after building sprees
The turn of the millennium was a heady time for many Chicago cultural institutions. Cheap loans, high investment returns and swelling endowments spawned a slew of new attractions along the lakefront and around downtown. The Art Institute built its Modern...
Tags: Shedd Aquarium, Arts, Career and Workplace, Arts and Culture, Financial Markets
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New Constellation in city's entertainment galaxy
In less than a month, a new performing arts center will open its doors in Chicago. Or perhaps it's best to call it a new/old venue, its novel concept taking root in a familiar building. Come April 1, the noted Chicago jazz drummer and impresario...
Tags: Festive Events, Chicago Loop, Green Mill (club), Arts and Culture, Music
Apr 28, 2013
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Mar 12, 2013
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Mar 21, 2013
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Mar 13, 2013
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Mar 10, 2013
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