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Zigzagging along the Chicago Cultural Mile
At first glance, the Chicago Cultural Mile ("Where Culture & Commerce Meet") resembles nothing so much as a gerrymandered congressional district. According to its website, this officially arty and mercantile stretch begins at Michigan Avenue and the...
Tags: Michigan Avenue, Chicago Hotels, Soldier Field, Capital Bank Corporation, Adler Planetarium
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Danville Dance Alliance presents showcase today at Community Arts Center
mariel@communityartscenter.netThis afternoon, the Danville Dance Alliance, a coalition of local dancers and instructors, is ready to take Danville by storm. The group formed this past fall thanks to the hard work of Amra Boanerges, a professional dancer who canvassed town,...Tags: Entertainment, Dance, Entertainment Events
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Why the Chicago Jazz Festival left Grant Park
For decades, the defenders of the status quo have insisted that the Chicago Jazz Festival must remain anchored in Grant Park. They said the dreadful acoustics there were just fine. They said the dilapidated Petrillo Music Shell served the fest well....
Tags: Jazz Institute of Chicago, Howard Reich, Festive Events, Chicago Cultural Center, Cloud Gate
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Chicago Jazz Festival moving to Millennium Park
After more than three decades at the Petrillo Music Shell in Grant Park, the Chicago Jazz Festival will be leaving the venue for Millennium Park, according to the city’s Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE). Though in recent...
Tags: Festive Events, Arts and Culture, Chicago Cultural Center, Cloud Gate, Chicago Jazz Fest
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BORN TO LEARN: New push for early education seen as key to solving larger problems
tkleffman@amnews.comAnna Houston was watching last month when President Barack Obama delivered his State of the Union address. She was pleasantly surprised when she heard the president say this: “In states that make it a priority to educate our youngest children&...Tags: United Way , Employment, Early Learning, Career and Workplace, State of the Union Address
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Glorious sounds soar above season of economic gloom
No musical news story in 2012 drew greater media attention, inside and outside Chicago, than the strike that silenced the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for 48 hours in late September. The cliffhanger was resolved just in time for the CSO to fulfill a...
Tags: Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Italy, James Conlon, Poetry, University of Chicago
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Northwestern's free ice-skating rink taking shape
RedEyeWhen the lines to ice skate at Millennium Park are too long, wouldn’t it be nice to have your own ice skating rink in your backyard? Northwestern University students are lucky enough to have something like that. Construction on the ice rink at...Tags: Education, Colleges and Universities, Northwestern University, Students, Teaching and Learning
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Bassist Matt Ulery's 'By a Little Light' breakthrough album is triumph of '12
What a year this has been for Chicago bassist-composer Matt Ulery. His breakthrough album, "By a Little Light" (Greenleaf Music), has been turning up on best-of-year lists, including NPR's and the Chicago Tribune's. He has taken this hauntingly...
Tags: DePaul University, Education, Colleges and Universities, Entertainment, Vocal Music (genre)
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Luxury buyers find options at Millennium
Luxury real estate in downtown Chicago came roaring back in 2012, experiencing its best year since 2008. According to a recent report, sales of million-dollar homes rose by 15 percent last year, and while the rebound has been welcome news to sellers, it...
Tags: Michigan Avenue, Magnificent Mile, Grant Park, Personal Service, Real Estate Buyers
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Chicago Confidential: City makes headway in Bloomingdale Trail project
The city of Chicago last week bought the 2.7-mile-long elevated Canadian Pacific Railway spur known as the Bloomingdale Trail. The sales price was $1, not including administrative fees. By the time the spur's makeover into a bike and running path is...
Tags: Canadian Pacific Railway Limited, John Hancock Center, Politics, Humboldt Park, Elections
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A preview of the top Chicago parties in 2013
The best parties in Chicago don’t all take place in the summer — just most of them. But if you’re getting early stages of cabin fever and don’t feel like you can spend another weekend in your sweatpants, there is the...
Tags: Rick Bayless, Randy Wells, The B-52s (music group), Kerry Wood, Dining and Drinking
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Buddha heads designed to get people thinking
For RedEyeHalf-submerged Buddha head sculptures started popping up in five Chicago neighborhoods in the fall, and in 2013, the next phrase of the public art installation is set to turn even more communities on its head. Ten Thousand Ripples—a...Tags: Michigan Avenue, Martin Luther King Jr., Uptown, Auburn Gresham, South Chicago
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Jan 15, 2013
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