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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: University of Chicago, Services and Shopping, Concerts, Poetry, Ravi Shankar
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Fast track to the American dream
— Amid the skyscrapers and coal power plants in this fast-growing manufacturing city of nearly 13 million people, eager investors filed into a convention center that thumped with dance music from a Florida beach party video. On sale was the dream...
Tags: Interior Policy, McDonald's, Crime, Law and Justice, Patrick Leahy, Ann Lee
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Plano celebrating Superman film with festival, 'Millionaire' casting in Chicago, Jay-Z interrupts Kanye West at BET Awards
“Man of Steel” isn’t scheduled to hit theaters until June 14, 2013, but the city of Plano doesn’t want to wait that long to capitalize on the Superman reboot that filmed last August in the Western suburb’s downtown area....
Tags: Carolina Panthers, Festive Events, Television Industry, National Football League, Celebrities
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Top weekend shows: Pitchfork, Chaka Khan, Z-Trip
Pitchfork Music Festival: The seventh annual gathering of the indie tribes will be headlined by Feist, Godspeed You! Black Emperor and Vampire Weekend, with much-anticipated sets by Wild Flag, Danny Brown, Willis Earl Beal, Big K.R.I.T and the Olivia...Tags: Entertainment, Feist, Chaka Khan, Music, House of Blues Chicago
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Lolla 2012: Best and worst Friday performances
Best Metric, 4 p.m. at Bud Light stage Frontwoman Emily Haines is absolutely unstoppable on stage, moving from keys to tambourine to guitar and back during a set with perfect pacing and just the right balance of old favorites and new material from the...
Tags: Beyonce, Sony Corp., Sade (music artist), Music, Google Play
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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: Sony Corp., Festive Events, Joakim Noah, Guy Fieri, Celebrities
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Lollapalooza weekend filled with stars, swag and shoutouts
Before Zach Gilford and his fiancee, Kiele Sanchez, went to check out the gift suites in the Hard Rock Hotel on Saturday, the self-deprecating “Friday Night Lights” star and Evanston native, who is currently filming Fox's “The Mob...
Tags: Television Industry, Music, Celebrities, Jenny McCarthy, Breaking Bad (tv program)
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Informal poles: Totems add flair to Lolla fest
People wave things over their heads at concerts. Especially during weekend music festivals. Lollapalooza, for instance. Cigarette lighters, cell phones, hands, of course. That forked, heavy metal hand salute, for sure. And the rain on Saturday brought out...
Tags: Concerts, Festive Events, Arts and Culture, Music, Barack Obama
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Lolla severe-weather plan doesn't specify single authority in an emergency
With 270,000 fans expected to swarm Grant Park this weekend for Lollapalooza, the city and the concert promoter have been working for months on a severe-weather plan that takes into account wind, tornadoes, lightning and hail. The 2012 Lollapalooza...
Tags: Services and Shopping, Concerts, Festive Events, Arts and Culture, Music
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Jazz Fest launches with a warm tribute to Ella Fitzgerald
The pleasant, populist program that opened the 34th annual Chicago Jazz Festival on Thursday night certainly had a great deal going for it. Three top Chicago vocalists. The splendid Chicago Jazz Orchestra. And the Pritzker Pavilion in Millennium Park,...
Tags: New Music Mondays Millenium Park, Concerts, Festive Events, Arts and Culture, Music
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Yearly picnic thrilled thousands of kids
Chicago Tribune reporterAt a time when automobiles were rare but orphans were plentiful, a tradition began in Chicago to bring them together. The idea was simple: Why shouldn't a needy kid get to enjoy an automobile ride and fun picnic in the park? In 1904, five children from a...Tags: Evanston, Services and Shopping, Lincoln Park Zoo, Arts and Culture, World War II (1939-1945)
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Would you like to run with Kate Gosselin?
TV WatchersHave you always dreamed of running in a race with Berks County mother of eight Kate Gosselin? Me, neither. But if seeing how you do against the former star of "Kate Plus 8" is something on your bucket list, here......
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