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Jubilation, relief mingle at no-frills CSO gala
"Stay close to this orchestra," Riccardo Muti enjoined the audience at the end of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra's Symphony Ball gala on Saturday night, "because it represents Chicago to the world." The CSO and its music director are about to do just...Tags: The New York Times, Career and Workplace, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Music Industry, Concerts
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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: Michigan Avenue, Festive Events, New Music Mondays Millenium Park, Concerts, Spider (music group)
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Redmoon harvest: A Harvard fellowship is letting a local theater artist take five
As you read this, Jim Lasko and his family, which includes his wife, two children and a dog named Beckett, are in a car heading east. Or they might have already arrived and are now unpacking boxes of clothes and all the other things that will fill their...
Tags: Arts, Pilsen, Fine Artists, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Josh Beckett
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Go on, take a bite
The fifth annual Chicago Gourmet (full name: Bon Appetit Presents Chicago Gourmet) will take place Sept. 29 and 30 in Millennium Park. Hundreds of Chicagoans and visitors will be there; here are five reasons to be one of them. It's worth the splurge:...
Tags: Wines, Chicago Gourmet, The Purple Pig, Blackbird, Dining and Drinking
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Al Pacino and his 'Stand Up Guys' among the stars slotted for CIFF
With its founder Michael Kutza nearing his half-century mark as leader, the Chicago International Film Festival announced its 48th edition slate Thursday. Heavily concentrated, as it has been in recent years, at the downtown AMC River East 21 multiplex,...
Tags: Iran, Cannes Film Festival, Stand Up Guys (movie), Amour (movie), Arts and Culture
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Coldplay bowls at 10pin, Robin Thicke headlines Glamorama, 'Mob Doctor' films at Abruzzo's
Following their show at the United Center Thursday, Coldplay band members Chris Martin, Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland and Will Champion hit 10pin Bowling Lounge for food, drinks and, of course, bowling. I'm told the band members requested anonymity...
Tags: Ronald McDonald House Charities, United Center, Fashion Shows, Festive Events, ABC (tv network)
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Taste of Chicago returns
It's safe to say that nobody knows what to expect from this year's Taste of Chicago.
Stripped down to five days from its usual 10, the number of food vendors trimmed to 40 (compared with 59 in 2011) and separated from its traditional Fourth of July...Tags: Phil Vettel, Services and Shopping, Chicago Transit Authority, Restaurants, Pizzas
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Hyatt leader wowed Pritzkers early, then fell for hospitality
Tribune staff reporterMark Hoplamazian was a freshly minted MBA graduate when consummate dealmaker Jay Pritzker hired him to work on new investments and acquisitions in 1989. Almost immediately, the 25-year-old grandson of Armenian Christian immigrants found himself in an...Tags: Manhattan (New York City), University of Chicago, Mexico, Passover Seder, Finance
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Where are Q101 DJs now?
RedEyeTheir given names are James, Christine, Brian and Todd--but many Chicagoans remember them best for their colorful DJ names--JVO, Electra, Sludge and Fook. They were some of personalities manning the mics of Q101, the rock radio station that ruled the...Tags: Disc Jockeys, Weezer (music group), Music Industry, Concerts, Nine Inch Nails (music group)
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Tonight's top show: Chico Trujillo at Millennium Park
Chico Trujillo: This ensemble is part of a new movement of Chilean bands merging traditional elements of cumbia and other ethnic music with ska, hip-hop and rock, topped by lyrics that address contemporary life, 6:30 p.m. Monday with Occidental Brothers...
Tags: Chico Trujillo (music group), Entertainment Events, New Music Mondays Millenium Park
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Divas Goerke, Wagner knock Lyric concert out of the park
Under general director Anthony Freud, Lyric Opera is going all out this season to persuade the uninitiated that opera can entertain as well as edify. Several out-of-the-box events have been announced beyond the mainstage season, including the company's...
Tags: Poetry
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Snow jobs: 2 great ways to enjoy the chill
Hit the ice Polish up your blades and hit one of our favorite rinks -- if you own your own skates there are no fees involved. Millennium Park: Chicago's most dramatic spot to skate thanks to Anish Kapoor's nearby "Cloud Gate," but also its most crowded....
Tags: Michigan Avenue, University of Chicago, Cloud Gate, Grant Park, Woodlawn (Chicago, Illinois)
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