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Disguised Jeep Grand Cherokee Spotted in Chicago
KickingTiresWe've been surprised a few times when automakers have driven camouflaged cars undergoing testing by our offices in downtown Chicago. Generally, car companies go to great lengths to keep these secret cars as far away from automotive journalists as...Tags: Automotive Equipment, Passenger Cars, Manufacturing and Engineering, Jeep
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Cars.com Drives the L.L. Bean Boot
KickingTiresEver since Cars.com linked up with PickupTrucks.com, we've done only a little truck testing of our own, but we still take them out for a spin just to keep in step with the market. Such was the rationalization last week......Tags: Toyota, Ferrari, Heads of State, Navy Pier, Oil Changes
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What I did on my summer vacation, part two
Dining@LargeRetired in Elkridge is the second regular in the space of a couple of days to send me details of his trip at summer's end. (See also Hal Laurent's, posted yesterday.) I know some of you don't like me to......Tags: Alcoholic Beverages, Hamburgers, Sandwiches, Sweet Potatoes, Coconut
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'Transformers 3' Car Carnage Hits Chicago
KickingTiresUPDATE: More images of the set and new Autobots and Decepticons here. The crew of ???Transformers 3??? has begun its takeover of downtown Chicago. While most of the press has focused on the movie shutting down Michigan Avenue this coming......Tags: Entertainment, Layoffs and Downsizing, Movies
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Chicago classical music ensemble Dal Niente gets fierce
A couple of years ago Ensemble Dal Niente trumpeted its mission as presenting "the fiercest music of recent decades." The Chicago-based group of super-musicians still focuses on championing, commissioning and performing some of the most uncompromising...
Tags: Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Concerts, France, Near North Side, DePaul University
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Civic Orchestra doesn't need a conductor to play inspired Beethoven
The performance did not take place quite in the manner Yo-Yo Ma had envisioned for the young members of the Civic Orchestra of Chicago. But that was much less important than the skills the newly empowered players took away from the experience. And the...
Tags: Entertainment, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Concerts, Music, Arts and Culture
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52% of low-income, minority CTA riders paying more
As South Side and south suburban Chicago Transit Authority riders figure out the best way to get to work and other activities Monday without Red Line Dan Ryan service, a new analysis shows that the CTA's fare increases for one-day and seven-day passes...
Tags: Minority Groups, Chicago Transit Authority, Poverty, Forest Park, Chicago Tribune
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Chicago is mostly banished at Obama party
"Hello, Chicago," said the city's newly elected hometown president, speaking to ecstatic Grant Park celebrants four years ago this week amid a backdrop of iconic Midwestern skyscrapers, shimmering in red, white and blue. After Barack Obama's victory rally...
Tags: McCormick Place, Grant Park, CNN (tv network), Elections, Tribune Tower
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Rosie O'Donnell's holiday party, Tyrese coming to Chicago, Theo Epstein dines at Mon Ami Gabi
"The Rosie Show" staff holiday party took place at Roof in the Wit hotel Wednesday and included an appearance by Rosie O’Donnell herself. Highlights from the party and the preparations for the party will air on the OWN network talk show.
O’...Tags: Concerts, OWN (tv network), Penny Marshall, Talk Shows (genre), Ernie Banks
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CM Punk wins WWE Championship, Cutler and broken thumb visit Public House, Jenny McCarthy bartends at Cuvee
The day after Lockport native CM Punk won the WWE Championship at the Allstate Arena in mid-July, there were photos on TMZ of Punk celebrating with the title on the streets of Chicago. Not long after that, Punk was appearing on “Jimmy Kimmel Live&...Tags: World Wrestling Entertainment Inc., Magnificent Mile Lights Festival, Entourage (tv program), Water Tower Place, Lifestyle and Leisure
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Celebs who are coming to Lollapalooza, Cee Lo performing at Hard Rock, Joe Jonas hangs out at Studio Paris
It’s hard to predict all of the celebrities who will attend Lollapalooza this year. Unlike a major sporting event in Chicago, the stars in the Lollapalooza crowd aren’t just actors, musicians and athletes with local ties. They’re often...
Tags: Black Sabbath (music group), Grant Park, Aaron Paul, Lifestyle and Leisure, Taylor Kinney
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D-Rose, Pippen watch the throne, Rosie O'Donnell on Michigan Avenue cover, Cutler talks wedding planning
Any chance Derrick Rose had of keeping a low profile at Wednesday’s Watch The Throne show went out the window when rapper Kanye West announced to the United Center audience that the NBA MVP was in attendance.
“Derrick Rose, I see you,”...Tags: Malaysia, Derrick Rose, United Center, Lifestyle and Leisure, Television Industry
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