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Showtime picks up second season of Chicago-based 'Shameless'
About Last NightWilliam H. Macy films Showtime's "Shameless" in Chicago. (Photo courtesy of Showtime) Showtime announced this week that it has picked up a second season of the Chicago-based "Shameless." The dysfunctional family drama, which stars Oscar-nominated actor... -
'Shameless' star Emmy Rossum prefers filming show in Chicago over L.A.
About Last NightEmmy Rossum attends the grand opening of the JW Marriott Chicago on March 7, 2011 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Timothy Hiatt/Getty Images) The cast and crew of Showtime’s “Shameless” were stuck in Chicago during February’s... -
Chicago chefs spice up schools' new push for healthy eating
Tribune staff reporterDozens of white-clad food missionaries fanned out across the city Monday to preach the gospel of healthy food. Chef Melissa Graham read "Little Pea" followed by a veggie tasting at McAuliffe Elementary in Humboldt Park. Chef TJ Harville taught grade-...Tags: Healthy Diet, Humboldt Park, Diets and Dieting, Chicago Public Schools, Michelle Obama
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'Tearing Down the Walls' by eta Creative Arts: Story of hooking up in Bronzeville needs an update
The Theater LoopTHEATER REVIEW: "Tearing Down the Walls" ★★ Through Feb. 13 by eta Creative Arts Foundation, 7558 S. South Chicago Ave.; Running time: 2 hours; Tickets: $30 at 773-752-3955 or www.etacreativearts.org Daniel Beaty has been attracting much attention... -
Albertina Walker dies at 81; Grammy-winning 'Queen of Gospel'
![Albertina Walker, the Grammy-winning vocalist known around the world as the "Queen of Gospel" who helped launch some of the biggest names in traditional gospel through her vocal ensemble the Caravans, has died. She was 81.](http://www.latimes.com/media/thumbnails/story/2010-10/56628002-08215244-187105.jpg "Albertina Walker, the Grammy-winning vocalist known around the world as the "Queen of Gospel\" who helped launch some of the biggest names in traditional gospel through her vocal ensemble the Caravans, has died. She was 81.")
Albertina Walker, the Grammy-winning vocalist known around the world as the "Queen of Gospel" who helped launch some of the biggest names in traditional gospel through her vocal ensemble the Caravans, has died. She was 81.
Walker died of respiratory...Tags: Music, Hospitals and Clinics, Robert Anderson, Minority Groups, Carnegie Hall
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Margaret Burroughs dies; founder of Chicago's DuSable Museum of African American History
![Margaret Burroughs, an artist and teacher who founded the nationally recognized <a href="http://www.dusablemuseum.org/"> DuSable Museum of African American History</a> in the living room of her home on the South Side of Chicago almost 50 years ago, died Sunday of unspecified causes at home, surrounded by family. Relatives said she was 95; other records indicate she was 93.](http://www.latimes.com/media/thumbnails/story/2010-11/57826623-22220236-187105.jpg "Margaret Burroughs, an artist and teacher who founded the nationally recognized <a href="http://www.dusablemuseum.org/\"> DuSable Museum of African American History</a> in the living room of her home on the South Side of Chicago almost 50 years ago, died Sunday of unspecified causes at home, surrounded by family. Relatives said she was 95; other records indicate she was 93.")
Margaret Burroughs, an artist and teacher who founded the nationally recognized DuSable Museum of African American History in the living room of her home on the South Side of Chicago almost 50 years ago, died Sunday of unspecified causes at home,...Tags: Music, Arts, Minority Groups, African Americans, Entertainment
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It's Christmastime in Chicago
![I have seen a couple of little girls walk from a roller coaster at Navy Pier's Winter Wonderfest dizzy with delight; had a man on Michigan Avenue call me a "------ Scrooge" when I refused to give him "$42 dollars so I can have train fare to visit my sick mother in Detroit" and, 20 minutes later, was referred to as "my own special Santa Claus" by a woman who asked for and got from me "$2 so I can get something to eat". I petted a dog who was wearing tiny reindeer antlers and red (on his front paws) and green (back) little boots; watched a Salvation Army bell ringer ignore the 6-year-old girl trying to stuff a dollar in his plastic kettle while he hit on a woman carrying a stuffed cat and a humidifier; eaten about 1,334 cookies (and counting), all manner of candies and chocolate-covered pretzels, and consumed many drinks (and counting); and ogled the windows at the store formerly known as Marshall Field'sI know that awaiting me are more adventures, sights, food and booze, and memories.](http://www.chicagotribune.com/media/thumbnails/story/2010-12/58333643-20095509-187105.jpg "I have seen a couple of little girls walk from a roller coaster at Navy Pier's Winter Wonderfest dizzy with delight; had a man on Michigan Avenue call me a "------ Scrooge\" when I refused to give him \"$42 dollars so I can have train fare to visit my sick mother in Detroit\" and, 20 minutes later, was referred to as \"my own special Santa Claus\" by a woman who asked for and got from me \"$2 so I can get something to eat\". I petted a dog who was wearing tiny reindeer antlers and red (on his front paws) and green (back) little boots; watched a Salvation Army bell ringer ignore the 6-year-old girl trying to stuff a dollar in his plastic kettle while he hit on a woman carrying a stuffed cat and a humidifier; eaten about 1,334 cookies (and counting), all manner of candies and chocolate-covered pretzels, and consumed many drinks (and counting); and ogled the windows at the store formerly known as Marshall Field'sI know that awaiting me are more adventures, sights, food and booze, and memories.")
I have seen a couple of little girls walk from a roller coaster at Navy Pier's Winter Wonderfest dizzy with delight; had a man on Michigan Avenue call me a "------ Scrooge" when I refused to give him "$42 dollars so I can have train fare to visit my...Tags: Old Town School of Folk Music, Bradley, Music, Mike Royko, Education
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Book places: Hall Library
Special to the TribuneKnown as the “Black Jewel of the Midwest,” the George Cleveland Hall Branch of the Chicago Public Library has been serving the Bronzeville community since 1932. Earlier this year, it was recommended for landmark status for its role as a...Tags: Music, Clubs and Associations, Children, Langston Hughes, Chicago Public Library
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Carolyn M. Rodgers dies at 69; grappled with issues of African American identity
Carolyn M. Rodgers, who grappled with issues of African American identity and culture in poems that took first flight during the vibrant Black Arts Movement of the late 1960s, has died. She was 69.
Rodgers died of cancer April 2 in hospice care at...Tags: Harold Washington, Poetry, Hospitals and Clinics, National or Ethnic Minorities, Minority Groups
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A different drummer
Tribune reporterA few months after arriving from Sierra Leone, Alie Kabba learned the dynamics of Chicago immigrant life when he found a pickup soccer game near his Rogers Park apartment. All of the players were Mexicans. "I didn't have enough for my own team," he...Tags: Edgewater, Activism, Uptown, Illegal Immigrants, Washington (U.S. state)
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City students can take more summer classes online
Clout StPosted by John Byrne at 3:18 p.m. Students at Chicago public high schools will be able to take online make-up courses this summer for classes they failed during the school year in a move Mayor Richard Daley hopes will save...... -
1 person seriously injured in Bronzeville fire
WGN NewsChicago firefighters rescued 1 person from a burning buiding in the city's Bronzeville neighborhood Sunday evening. Firefighters were called to the 4600 block of S. Champlain Avenue shortly after 11:00pm. The 2-story structure housed a vacant church...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Chicago, WGN, University of Chicago, Health
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