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12 sculptures invade Oak Park for the summer
TribLocal - Oak Park & River Forest » NewsPublic art in Oak Park just became a summertime activity. Earlier this month, Oak Park kicked off its first-ever sculpture walk, comprised of 12 larger-than-life …... -
Camerata Chicago a small orchestra with big dreams
Camerata Chicago is the best local chamber orchestra you've probably never heard of. But pay heed: The group is celebrating its 10th anniversary this season, is about to release a new recording and is preparing for its first European tour next month....
Tags: International Travel, England, Entertainment Events, DeKalb, Radio
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Jazz, Israeli style, sweeps into Chicago
What does Israeli jazz sound like? It's experimental and traditional, edgy and relaxed, forward-looking and retrospective. The music of this cosmopolitan culture, in other words, proves as stylistically wide-ranging as you might hope of a Middle...
Tags: Entertainment Events, Old Town School of Folk Music, Judaism, Festive Events, Electronics
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Film festival gets hometown love on opening night
Special to Tribune NewspapersThe stars were out in force for the opening night of the 47th Chicago International Film Festival. The evening began with the premiere of "The Last Rites of Joe May" at the Harris Theatre at Millennium Park. Chicago connections were prominent with...Tags: Bill Kurtis, Chicago International Film Festival, Film Festivals, Movies, The Last Rites of Joe May (movie)
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40th Gazebo Holiday Market benefits women and children
Special to Tribune NewspapersThe century-old Junior League of Chicago celebrated its 40th Gazebo Holiday Market with a Martinis & Mistletoe preview party at the Chicago Cultural Center. Santa greeted everyone at the door for this festive affair that offered an exclusive first look at...Tags: Holidays, Family
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Red Line project kicks off with new signs
RedEyeA good sign: The CTA learned its lesson from past projects and updated much of the signage for the southern Red Line reconstruction project, making it easier for riders to commute on Monday, the first weekday of the five-month initiative. The CTA...Tags: Chicago Transit Authority, Electronics, Science and Technology, Austin (Chicago, Illinois)
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StoryCorps booth allows Chicagoans to make history into a microphone
Sitting across from his son Peter in a warmly lit booth at the Chicago Cultural Center earlier this month, Chester Konopacki gave slow, careful answers about his childhood on his family's farm in Eastern Poland. He recalled he was tending horses one night...
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Israeli Jazz Festival brings Middle Eastern sounds to Chicago
Though its population hovers at just 8 million, Israel has become a powerhouse in nurturing high-caliber jazz talent. Chicago concertgoers are well acquainted with Anat Cohen, the uncommonly versatile Israeli clarinetist who's based in New York and...
Tags: Howard Reich, Entertainment Events, Old Town School of Folk Music, Judaism, Festive Events
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CSO's Citizen Musician seeks right note
A little more than two years ago, the curtain lifted on the Chicago Symphony Orchestra-led Citizen Musician initiative, and CSO Association President Deborah Rutter told an overflow crowd at the Chicago Cultural Center: “All of you are citizen...
Tags: New Products, Artists, Chicago Public Schools, Pat Quinn, Children's Memorial Hospital
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'Bodies of Work' is all about art and ability
Lyrical dance pieces incorporating performers in wheelchairs, a one-man show promising "funny stories about cancer" and the Lookingglass Theatre's world premiere adaptation of "Still Alice," a New York Times best-selling novel about a college professor...
Tags: Hull House, Entertainment Events, Education, Artists, Festive Events
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Puppets and fairy tales are part of 'Stages, Sights and Sounds'
Tribune reporterThe Chicago Humanities Festival is one of those things that many locals have on their calendar, but let's be clear about this — it's people in a room, standing on a stage, talking about stuff. What self-respecting kid will sit still for that?...Tags: Sleeping Beauty (movie), Chicago Humanities Festival, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Arts, Entertainment
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Classical Corner
Apollo Chorus of Chicago: Composer Stephen Paulus will be in residence for a program of his choral works under Stephen Alltop's direction. 7:30 p.m. Friday at Fourth Presbyterian Church, 126 E. Chestnut St.; and 3 p.m. Sunday at Alice Millar Chapel,...Tags: Lincoln Center, Chicago Park District, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Colleges and Universities, Arts and Culture
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