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New artistic chief charts daring new directions for Chicago Opera Theater
In contrast with the greatest hits programming Lyric Opera has announced for next season, the alternative opera schedule with which Chicago Opera Theater is inaugurating the Andreas Mitisek era, beginning this weekend, promises to be anything but safe and...
Tags: Philip Glass, Edgar Allan Poe, Music, Roosevelt University, Amelia (movie)
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Fire officials shut down nightclub, community center party
Tribune reporterThe Chicago Fire Department shut down a South Side nightclub and a party on the roof of a West Side community center early Sunday morning after officials found exposed wiring, overcrowding and other code violations.About 12:15 a.m., fire officials were...Tags: Bars and Clubs, Dining and Drinking, Recreational and Sporting Goods Industry, Chicago Fire Department, Lifestyle and Leisure
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Pilsen polluter H. Kramer agrees to cut lead emissions
Tribune reporterOwners of a smelting facility linked to dangerous levels of lead in Chicago’s Pilsen neighborhood will spend $3 million on new equipment to curb emissions of the toxic metal. In a legal settlement announced today by federal and state officials, H....Tags: Environmental Issues, Lawyers, Michael Hawthorne, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Lisa Madigan
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West Side shooting injures boy, 17
A 17-year-old boy was shot early Monday morning in the Pilsen neighborhood on the West Side, police said. Shortly after midnight, shots rang out near the intersection of West 20th Street and South Loomis Street, Chicago Police Department News Affairs...
Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County, Chicago Police Department
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U.S. vows to clean up lead-polluted lot near Pilsen school
Federal officials vowed Wednesday to conduct an emergency cleanup of a lead-contaminated lot near a Pilsen elementary school, more than six years after authorities first identified the hazards. The Tribune reported in November that the lot had not been...
Tags: Lead Poisoning, Environmental Issues, Michael Hawthorne, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Chicago Tribune
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Invest in early childhood education
During this year’s State of the Union address, President Obama called on Congress and the American people to make early education expansion a priority. Raising children and providing them a high quality education is not an easy job for parents....Tags: Personal Income, Humboldt Park, Juvenile Delinquency, Early Learning, Head Start
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Redmoon Theater headed to Pilsen
Redmoon Theater, the 23-year-old Chicago performance, spectacle and party-creation company, said Thursday that it is vacating its longtime “Redmoon Central” headquarters in the West Loop and heading to Pilsen. The new (and more affordable)...Tags: Arts and Culture, Chicago Loop, West Loop
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Jay-Z's $20K purchase raises local artist's profile
Hebru Brantley's trip to Miami Beach for the high-profile Art Basel art show was winding down when the Chicago-based street artist and De La Salle Institute alum was told there was one more potential customer who wanted to meet him right before his flight...
Tags: Miami Beach, Chicago Bulls, Michigan Avenue, Jason Kidd, Scottie Pippen
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Pilsen plant agrees to curb lead emissions
Nearly a decade after neighbors first drew attention to lead pollution from a Pilsen smelting plant, the owners agreed Thursday to spend $3 million on new equipment to curb emissions of the brain-damaging metal. In a legal settlement announced Thursday...
Tags: Environmental Issues, Plant Openings, Lawyers, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Economy, Business and Finance
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Talented locals crank the volume on Chicago's electronic music scene
Brandon Boom insists they are all just friends. Which is to say that their scene is not really one — it just looks that way from the outside. "We are not trying to make 'the scene,' but it's starting to happen," says Boom, a DJ and producer who is...
Tags: Photography and Video, Services and Shopping, Entertainment, Music, Science and Technology
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Single mom runs PR/event firm to the stars
For RedEyeLike many Chicagoans, Candace Polk's day begins around 8 a.m. when she takes her daughter to school, then continues at work with continuous emails, phone calls and meetings. Unlike most Chicagoans, however, some of Polk's meetings are with local...Tags: Celebrities, Common, Derrick Rose
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CSO hosts Youth in Music fest
Before Riccardo Muti takes his Chicago Symphony Orchestra on a 13-day, 9-concert tour of the Far East in late January and early February, he will engage in a pursuit close to his heart: the musical education of youth. The CSO music director will lead an...Tags: Festive Events, Mexico, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Entertainment, Culture
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