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Epic, Half-Realized, Wildly Swirling Thoughts on Obama, Poverty, Politics, Guns, Chicago, Being a White Guy, the Secret Service, and Little Old Lady Laughs
President Barack Hussein Obama came to Chicago last Friday to give a speech at Hyde Park Academy on the South Side, and I went to write about it. Technically, this was my third time seeing the president speak live after making it to election night...
Tags: Shootings, Murder, Pat Quinn, U.S. Secret Service, University of Chicago
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Simeon All Access | Looking for answers after death of 17-year-old
For all of Simeon's victories on the basketball court, the program's most famous story is one of loss. The 1984 shooting death of Ben Wilson, a Simeon forward then considered by many to be the best high school basketball player in the country, resonated...
Tags: Chicago State University, High School Sports, Morgan Park, Health and Safety at School, Chicago Public Schools
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Basketball schedule | Jan. 14-27
BOYS Monday, Jan. 14 Rich Central at Rich East, 7 Vocational at Simeon, 4:30 South Beloit MLK Tournament Teams: Mooseheart Tuesday, Jan. 15 Brother Rice at Nazareth, 7:30 Dundee-Crown at Jacobs, 7:30 Dwight at Lisle, 6:45 Elgin at Batavia, 7:15...Tags: Peru, Riverside (Cook, Illinois), Morgan Park, Naperville, Religion and Belief
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Man charged with spitting at agent outside Obama home
Tribune reporterA Hyde Park man accused of spitting in the face of a Secret Service agent guarding President Barack Obama’s Chicago home last month was ordered held on $50,000 bond Sunday. The agent was inside a car stationed on the 5000 block of South Greenwood...Tags: U.S. Secret Service, Barack Obama, Prosecution
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The best jazz concerts of 2012
2012 was a characteristically plentiful year in jazz performance, Chicagoans hearing a tremendous range of music. The best concerts, in chronological order: March 1: Tammy McCann at the Jazz Showcase. The majestic Chicago singer designed her four-...
Tags: Sonny Rollins, Green Mill (club), Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Entertainment, Human Interest
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Best jazz concerts of 2012
2012 was a characteristically plentiful year in jazz performance, Chicagoans hearing a tremendous range of music. The best concerts, in chronological order: March 1: Tammy McCann at the Jazz Showcase. The majestic Chicago singer designed her four-...Tags: Sonny Rollins, Green Mill (club), Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Howard Reich, Entertainment
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Frank Catalano going strong
When it comes to playing through pain, Chicago tenor saxophonist Frank Catalano has more experience than most of his colleagues. Eighteen years ago, he severed the middle finger of his right hand while fixing his car, enduring surgery to reattach it and...
Tags: Scott Williams, Pumpkin, Irving Park, Smashing Pumpkins (music group), Green Mill (club)
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Logan Center at U. of C. looks, sounds, feels like nothing else in town
On a recent wintry evening, a crowd of sleekly dressed dance lovers filtered into an elegant new auditorium to catch a robust performance by the Deeply Rooted Dance Theater. That same night, students dressed in jeans and sneakers rode the elevator up to...
Tags: Arts, Politics, University of Chicago, Architecture, Education
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Celebrating Christmas and Hanukkah, through jazz
For those who prefer holiday music that's performed at a high artistic level, this will be a noteworthy weekend – as well as an historic one. Specifically, a Christmas-music tradition in Chicago is coming to an end, while a Hanukkah musical...
Tags: Matzoh, Music Industry, Holidays, Woodlawn (Chicago, Illinois), Music
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Jazz roaring ahead for the New Year
The New Year has just begun, but the jazz scene never settles down. Among the weekend's highlights: Rob Mazurek: The enterprising Chicago cornetist has produced remarkable work with his aptly named Exploding Star Orchestra, which conjures a...
Tags: Artie Shaw, Count Basie, Music Industry, Millennium Park, Ramsey Lewis
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Jazz resolutions for a New Year
A new year brings new hopes for music in Chicago. Here are key resolutions for 2013: Create a concise Cultural Plan. After months of town hall meetings, the city's Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events last fall came up with a 48-page wish...
Tags: Sonny Rollins, Millennium Park, Ramsey Lewis, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Howard Reich
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Jeb Bishop's 50th birthday celebration could feel like a mini-fest
Trombonist Jeb Bishop has been a key player on Chicago's avant-garde jazz scene for the past two decades, working prolifically with such similarly indispensable figures as reedists Ken Vandermark and Dave Rempis, guitarist Jeff Parker and bassist Kent...
Tags: South Shore, Green Mill (club), Music, Jazz Institute of Chicago, Chicago Park District
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