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Boosters want to turn Pullman into national park
A group of Chicago residents and preservationists are working to win federal approval to turn the entire Pullman neighborhood on Chicago's Far South Side into a national park. If approved by Congress or proclaimed a national monument by the president,...
Tags: Jesse Jackson, Jr., Career and Workplace, Human Interest, Sales, Passenger Cars
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Goodman Theatre announces 2013-14 season including 'Venus in Fur' and new Rebecca Gilman drama
The Goodman Theatre announced its 2013-14 season Wednesday, a slate that includes a new play by Rebecca Gilman, a blues-infused Cheryl L. West drama about Pullman porters, Mary Zimmerman's "The White Snake" and the Chicago premiere of the sexy David...
Tags: Venus in Fur (play), Arts and Culture, Goodman Theatre
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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: Manhattan (New York City), Arts and Culture, James Earl Jones, Chicago Loop, South Loop
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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: Duke Ellington, Arts and Culture, Lionel Hampton, Education, Social Issues
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Remembering 'the eagle that is forgotten'
Change of SubjectJohn Peter Altgeld Reader Russell T writes: I grew up in Chicago and have been living in Aachen, Germany, for the past two and a half years. Yesterday, we had the day off for May Day, for which we have...... -
The stories of two Pullman porters
Readers' Representative JournalAnn M. Simmons wrote a moving article July 5 about Lee Wesley Gibson, who at 100 was believed to be the oldest living Pullman porter -- one of the uniformed railway men who served first-class passengers in a train’s luxurious...... -
Chicago's Clarence Darrow on the death penalty
Change of SubjectFamed Chicago attorney Clarence Darrow (1857-1938) will be honored Sunday, the anniversary of his death, at 10 a..m. at the Darrow Bridge in Jackson Park. A wreath will be tossed on the waters where his ashes were strewn and attendees...... -
Two more South Side Wal-Marts to open next year
Clout StPosted by John Byrne at 11:35 a.m.; last updated at 2:21 p.m. Wal-Mart will open two more stores on the South Side next year, city officials and the giant retailer announced today. A store with a grocery and pharmacy will...... -
'ON THE FRINGE' WINTER GUIDE: Your best bets for off-Loop theater in 2011
The Theater LoopNina Metz and Kerry Reid write the "ON THE FRINGE" column every Friday in the Tribune, reviewing shows from Chicago's off-Loop theater scene. This is their column looking ahead to the new year. Left, the upcoming Neo-Futurists production of "Laika...... -
South Side Wal-Mart vote delayed again
Clout StPosted by John Byrne at 5:36 p.m. A key zoning vote on a controversial Far South Side Wal-Mart has been delayed again as labor unions continue to talk to the giant retailer. Ald. Daniel Solis, chairman of the City Council’s...... -
Daley applauds Wal-Mart wage concessions ahead of key vote
Clout StPosted by John Byrne at 1:20 p.m. Mayor Richard Daley today applauded Wal-Mart's offer to pay workers at Chicago stores at least $8.75 an hour, saying the retailer is showing it is willing to go beyond what it pays elsewhere...... -
Daley says Wal-Mart workers could make $9.50 in a year
Clout StPosted by Hal Dardick and John Byrne at 12:55 p.m.; last updated at 3:45 p.m. Mayor Richard Daley today continued to press for an agreement to allow a South Side Wal-Mart, saying workers at the Pullman neighborhood store could expect......
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