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    Aug 5, 2012 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  1. Family secrets live on in film

    It is an arduous task to make a movie — how many of you are tired of waiting for "The Devil in the White City" to hit the big screen almost 10 years after the book's publication? — so it is not hard to understand why it took Wisconsin-based visual artist Genevieve Davis eight years to get "Secret Life, Secret Death" to the screen.
    It is an arduous task to make a movie — how many of you are tired of waiting for "The Devil in the White City" to hit the big screen almost 10 years after the book's publication? — so it is not hard to understand why it took Wisconsin-based...

    Tags: Movies, Sex Crimes, Entertainment, Prostitution, Music

    2. Oct 10, 2011 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  2. Mediums on the loose in Chicago, scaring few

    THEATER REVIEW: "The Spirit Play" by The Strange Tree Group ★★ ... With lowered gas lights and a bit of hocus-pocus and table magic, the bereaved could be persuaded that their dearly departed floated once again amongst them.
    In the Chicago of the 1870s, the fashionable drawing rooms of Prairie Avenue were frequently host to spiritualists, mediums and charlatans, often folks playing all three of those roles at once. With lowered gas lights and a bit of hocus-pocus and table...

    Tags: Arts and Culture, Steppenwolf Theatre, Halloween, The Spirit (movie)

    3. Dec 16, 2010 | Chicago Tribune

  3. Daley assembles panel turning Michael Reese Hospital into tech park

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    Posted by John Byrne at 5:30 p.m. Mayor Richard Daley has put together a group of business leaders and university officials to advise the city on turning the vacant Michael Reese Hospital site into a technology park for businesses. Daley......
    4. May 19, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  4. Falling in love? Get it in writing

    David and Kimberley Rudd got to know each other as journalism students at Northwestern University in the fall of 1984.
    David and Kimberley Rudd got to know each other as journalism students at Northwestern University in the fall of 1984. And it was a strictly platonic relationship. "We were two of about 13 African-American freshman journalism students at...

    Tags: Students, Education, Teaching and Learning, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Tribune Tower

    5. May 15, 2013 |Story| RedEye

  5. Chinatown-area riders to endure more CTA headaches

    Riders who use the Cermak-Chinatown station just can't catch a break.
    RedEye
    Riders who use the Cermak-Chinatown station just can't catch a break. Five years ago, a semi-trailer truck crashed into the station escalator, killing two people and injuring about two dozen more. Over the next few years, the CTA overhauled the...

    Tags: Waterway and Maritime Transportation Industry, Chicago Transit Authority, Michigan Avenue, Chinatown (Chicago, Illinois)

    6. May 15, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  6. DePaul arena would anchor event center near McCormick Place, source says

    Convention officials are close to unveiling plans for an arena to house the DePaul Blue Demons men's basketball team, two hotels and an array of restaurants and entertainment venues next to the McCormick Place convention campus, with an announcement expected this week.
    Convention officials are close to unveiling plans for an arena to house the DePaul Blue Demons men's basketball team, two hotels and an array of restaurants and entertainment venues next to the McCormick Place convention campus, with an announcement...

    Tags: DePaul Blue Demons , Tom Cross, Finance, Illinois Governor, McCormick Place

    7. Apr 19, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  7. Obama library, casino among options for former Reese site

    A casino-entertainment complex, a major convention hotel and a Barack Obama presidential library are being floated as possible anchors for a mixed-use development of the former Michael Reese Hospital site on the Near South Side. The scenarios were...

    Tags: Arts and Culture, Bronzeville, Libraries, Barack Obama, McCormick Place

    8. Mar 27, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  8. Espresso martini

    <strong>Espresso martini</strong>: Mixing caffeine with alcohol can be a tricky exercise, as many a vodka Red Bull drinker can attest. Luckily, the mixologists at M Lounge &mdash; a classy, candlelit sanctuary on the Near South Side &mdash; have perfected the art of buzz meets booze with a delightfully decadent espresso martini.
    Espresso martini: Mixing caffeine with alcohol can be a tricky exercise, as many a vodka Red Bull drinker can attest. Luckily, the mixologists at M Lounge — a classy, candlelit sanctuary on the Near South Side — have perfected the art of...

    Tags: Manhattan (New York City)

    9. Aug 20, 2010 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  9. Row 2750 breaks ground in Lincoln Park

    Chicago-based LG Development Group and Hartshorne Plunkard Architecture have broken ground on Row 2750, a luxury row home and condominium development in Lincoln Park.
    Chicago-based LG Development Group and Hartshorne Plunkard Architecture have broken ground on Row 2750, a luxury row home and condominium development in Lincoln Park. Located at 2750 N. Lakewood Ave., the enclave of 11 residences has nine row homes and...

    Tags: Personal Service, U.S. Cellular Field, Chicago Skyline, Metal and Mineral, Homes

    10. Nov 23, 2007 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  10. Gold Coast: Gilded age redux

    Marilyn Perno loves to walk. Really loves to walk. So after raising her family in the Washington, D.C. area, and later living in Naperville, the born-and-bred Chicagoan, as she describes herself, felt it was time for a return to her pedestrian-friendly roots -- this time to the Gold Coast.
    Special to the Tribune
    Marilyn Perno loves to walk. Really loves to walk. So after raising her family in the Washington, D.C. area, and later living in Naperville, the born-and-bred Chicagoan, as she describes herself, felt it was time for a return to her pedestrian-friendly...

    Tags: Arts and Culture, Real Estate Buyers, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Lifestyle and Leisure, Water Supply

    11. Feb 18, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  11. University of Chicago Medicine's top official faces a challenging 2013

    Nearly every morning, before 7 a.m., Dr. Kenneth Polonsky is dropped off near the Lakefront Trail on Chicago's South Side, a few steps from Lake Michigan.
    Nearly every morning, before 7 a.m., Dr. Kenneth Polonsky is dropped off near the Lakefront Trail on Chicago's South Side, a few steps from Lake Michigan. He carries no briefcase, wears no suit and has no cup of coffee, the standard trappings of his...

    Tags: Activism, Economy, Business and Finance, Barack Obama, Colleges and Universities, Human Interest

    12. Mar 16, 2008 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  12. Washington Park's promise attracting money, faith

    Craig Huffman comes to the private-equity world with a multifaceted set of credentials: two master's degrees from the University of Chicago, stints in the non-profit world, and a stretch as a rehabber of distressed properties.
    Tribune reporters
    Craig Huffman comes to the private-equity world with a multifaceted set of credentials: two master's degrees from the University of Chicago, stints in the non-profit world, and a stretch as a rehabber of distressed properties. Now Huffman is ready to...

    Tags: Arts and Culture, Rentals, Grand Boulevard, Real Estate Buyers, McCormick Place

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