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Upscale dining, Isaac Hayes singing in Washington Park, new art galleries and front-row seats to the Bud Billiken parade are just some of the amenities available to residents in historic Bronzeville on the city's South Side. Read more about Bronzeville.
Upscale dining, Isaac Hayes singing in Washington Park, new art galleries and front-row seats to the Bud Billiken parade are just some of the amenities available to residents in historic Bronzeville on the city's South Side. Read more about Bronzeville.
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At the MCA, Stew serves up tangy observations about Chicago
"Hey broken-nose girl," the redoubtable Stew sang from the stage of Chicago's Museum of Contemporary Art on Saturday night, addressing Chicago, the commissioned topic of much of his pair of weekend performances. "I hear you're second to none. I don't know...
Tags: Stew Leonard's, Lake Surfing, Arts, Jean Baptiste Point du Sable, Travel
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Victory Gardens announces smaller season, Sandra Oh
Citing the need for financial responsibility and a desire to conserve resources for the 40th anniversary season, Victory Gardens Theater artistic director Chay Yew announced Monday that the venerable non-profit will have a 2013-14 subscription season of...
Tags: Humana Incorporated, Tony Kushner, David Henry Hwang, Sandra Oh, Arts and Culture
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Oscar Micheaux: A legend's links
Leroy Collins never says anything about it. He never tells his neighbors he was once a movie star — once. Collins is 89 and lives by himself in the Montgomery Place retirement community in Hyde Park. Scientists who worked on the Manhattan...
Tags: Roosevelt University, Chicago Loop, Oscar Micheaux, Paul Robeson, Chatham
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DuSable High School a landmark with jazz as catalyst
No high school in America did more to shape the sound of jazz than a magnificent edifice at 49th Street and Wabash Avenue, on the South Side of Chicago. Singer-pianist Nat "King" Cole, master vocalist Johnny Hartman, piano whiz Dorothy Donegan and...
Tags: High Schools, Architecture, Grand Boulevard, Lionel Hampton, Education
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Finding potential in vacant city lots
There's nothing like a weedy, littered-filled lot or a vacant building to bring down a neighborhood. That is, until a community comes together and finds a creative use for the space, holding its place until a more permanent solution comes along. The idea...
Tags: Politics, Science and Technology, Metropolitan Planning Council, Book, Roseland
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Chicago’s old movie theaters refuse to fade away
TribLocal - Joliet » NewsGetting rid of a decaying old movie theater, as many rueful city and suburban officials can attest, can be as tough as tearing down a …... -
Company surprises PE teacher with new equipment
TribLocal - Joliet » NewsA Joliet physical education teacher received a surprise Friday during his routine 5thgrade class — nearly $1,000 in hula hoops, balls and other equipment. “This …... -
Ex-Ald. Dorothy Tillman gets another month to try to save Harold Washington center
Clout StPosted by John Byrne at 1:40 p.m. Administrators of the troubled Harold Washington Cultural Center will have another month to try to stave off foreclosure before aldermen consider a Daley administration plan to turn over the Bronzeville neighborhood... -
Giannoulias, Kirk rally their bases of support in city, suburbs
Clout StPosted by Oscar Avila and Jeff Coen at 7:40 p.m. Democrat Alexi Giannoulias and Republican Mark Kirk started the one-month sprint to Election Day in their U.S. Senate contest by rallying their bases with the message that their financial prosperity...... -
Showtime picks up second season of Chicago-based 'Shameless'
About Last NightWilliam H. Macy films Showtime's "Shameless" in Chicago. (Photo courtesy of Showtime) Showtime announced this week that it has picked up a second season of the Chicago-based "Shameless." The dysfunctional family drama, which stars Oscar-nominated actor... -
'Shameless' star Emmy Rossum prefers filming show in Chicago over L.A.
About Last NightEmmy Rossum attends the grand opening of the JW Marriott Chicago on March 7, 2011 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Timothy Hiatt/Getty Images) The cast and crew of Showtime’s “Shameless” were stuck in Chicago during February’s... -
'Tearing Down the Walls' by eta Creative Arts: Story of hooking up in Bronzeville needs an update
The Theater LoopTHEATER REVIEW: "Tearing Down the Walls" ★★ Through Feb. 13 by eta Creative Arts Foundation, 7558 S. South Chicago Ave.; Running time: 2 hours; Tickets: $30 at 773-752-3955 or www.etacreativearts.org Daniel Beaty has been attracting much attention...
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