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Free Downtown Sound lineup includes Sharon Van Etten, Glen Hansard, Dessa
Downtown Sound, Millennium Park’s free Monday night music series, returns this summer with a lineup that includes Sharon Van Etten, Glen Hansard, Dessa and Psalm One. In addition, the Loops and Variations series that debuted last year on...
Tags: Entertainment Events, Sharon Van Etten, Glen Hansard, New Music Mondays Millenium Park
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EDITORIAL: Time to address vision for parks and recreation
Signs of spring have been fleeting so far, but you can tell the season by our annual rush to patch Boyle County’s aging and leaky public swimming pool. Danville City Commission signed off on another temporary solution during its meeting last week....Tags: Local Government
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Stuff Chicagoans like
Change of SubjectBy Jessica Reynolds With all the recent news about Chicago’s shortcomings, let’s remind ourselves of what we love about this city. My list so far: -The lakefront -Portillo’s -The Sears Tower -Free concerts in Millennium Park -Strolling... -
Living the high life
Penthouses are increasingly defining the Chicago skyline as developers tap into a niche market for luxury residential properties and savvy buyers and renters see an opportunity to elevate their lifestyles. Buyers pay a premium for those lofty perches,...
Tags: Chicago Hotels, Grant Park, Manhattan (New York City), Navy Pier, Chicago Skyline
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Millennium Park jazz season announced
Drummer Jack DeJohnette, singer Dee Alexander and drummer Dana Hall will headline the annual “Made in Chicago: World Class Jazz” series this summer at the Pritzker Pavilion in Millennium Park, near Randolph Drive and Michigan Avenue....
Tags: Muhal Richard Abrams, Entertainment Events, Jimi Hendrix, New Music Mondays Millenium Park, Chicago Jazz Fest
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Jeremy Pelt trumpets young talent at the Showcase
Major soloists play the Jazz Showcase all the time, but something special often happens when the star shares the stage with students. The latest example came Thursday night, as trumpeter Jeremy Pelt – who has made a strong impression leading his...
Tags: Louis Armstrong, Music Industry, DePaul University, Education, Quincy Jones
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Violence, Chicago and its storytellers
A decade or so ago, executive and philanthropist John H. Bryan Jr., the former CEO of Sara Lee Corp., raised a broad swath of the roughly $475 million needed for Millennium Park, the biggest and most successful cultural project in Chicago since the...
Tags: Conservation, Environmental Issues, Barack Obama, Sara Lee Corporation, Murder
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Two young blues musicians from the Peninsula, Logan Layman and William Ledbetter, to be part of Chicago Blues Festival
Two young blues musicians from the Peninsula, singing bassist Logan Layman and guitar player William "MoBetta" Ledbetter, have been picked to be part of an all-star youth band that will open the Chicago Blues Festival on June 6. Logan, a 12-year-old...
Tags: Norfolk (Norfolk, Virginia), Arts and Culture, Entertainment Events, Music Industry, Festive Events
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At Steppenwolf, another way of looking at youth violence
The main scenic elements for "How Long Will I Cry?: Voices of Youth Violence," the latest in a sudden string of intense Chicago productions aiming to engage us in the crisis of youth violence, have a distinct resemblance to the Crown Fountain in...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Chicago Public Library
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New Constellation in city's entertainment galaxy
In less than a month, a new performing arts center will open its doors in Chicago. Or perhaps it's best to call it a new/old venue, its novel concept taking root in a familiar building. Come April 1, the noted Chicago jazz drummer and impresario...
Tags: South Loop, Arts and Culture, Music Industry, Festive Events, Dance
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Howells & Hood goes upscale on a large scale
For decades Chicago journalists' post-work watering hole of choice has been the Billy Goat Tavern, with its three beers on tap ($3.50 Schlitz and Billy Goat Dark and Lager) and $3.15 cheeseburgers just a dark stairway's descent from the Magnificent Mile's...
Tags: Alcoholic Beverages, Chicago Hotels, Hamburgers, Radio, Sweetwater
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