Displaying items 13-24 of 132
» View wsbt.com items only
< Previous
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Next >
-
Alzheimer's musical surprises and moves
As a subject for a musical comedy, Alzheimer's disease can be a tough sell. Even Avrum Krause, director of the Time of Your Life Players, who came up with the idea of writing a musical comedy about a rock guitarist who develops early onset Alzheimer's,...
Tags: Entertainment, Rush University Medical Center, Diseases and Illnesses, Music, Prostate Cancer
-
Update: Epic Sound's Jada-Amina Harvey makes it to semifinals, Kuumba Lynx wins finals
The words and rhymes of 12 high school poets competing in the individual finals of the Louder Than a Bomb slam poetry festival echoed off the marble walls of the Chicago Cultural Center Wednesday night. Jada-Amina Harvey, a member of Kenwood Academy's...
Tags: Palace Theater, Poetry, Rahm Emanuel, Arts and Culture, Chicago Mayor
-
Plotting out another great Story Week
It is a pleasurable thing to have drinks with Randy Albers and we have done so over the years at such saloons as, of course, the Billy Goat, as well as Stefani's 437, the Underground Wonder Bar and some joint in the South Loop whose name escapes me at the...
Tags: Richard M. Daley, Entertainment, Jane Hamilton, Buddy Guy, Arts and Culture
-
Will Penny Pritzker become the next U.S. commerce secretary?
In late 2009, President Barack Obama appeared on "60 Minutes" and said "fat-cat bankers" were smothering his efforts to craft new rules for Wall Street. As soon as the reforms cleared Congress six months later, the president's top advisers launched a...
Tags: Internal Revenue Service, Unions, Barack Obama, Gaming, Satellite and Cable Service
-
Chicago Underground Film Fest finds a fitting home
Nearly 20 years after it was founded, the Chicago Underground Film Fest remains (perhaps appropriately) a relatively underground event. Two decades is a milestone, though, especially if you're talking about a fest that brands itself as the home of...
Tags: Entertainment, Festive Events, Sundance Film Festival, Olympia Dukakis, Arts and Culture
-
City-sponsored Chicago Music Summit to debut
The City of Chicago has for the first time in its history an office charged with serving the needs of the local music community. Now begins director Dylan Rice’s first major hurdle: alerting people that it exists. “We’re not calling...
Tags: Entertainment, Richard M. Daley, SXSW Music and Media Conference & Festival, Culture, Arts and Culture
-
'Louder Than a Bomb' still crackles with young poets' ideas
Last week, in a valiant effort and one that deserves to be applauded, the mayor and NBA Hall of Famer Isiah Thomas took the point in an effort to raise money to expand the at-risk youth basketball program known as Windy City Hoops. “For me, as a...
Tags: Isiah Thomas, Poetry, Robert Frost, Lawndale (Chicago, Illinois), Roseland
-
Citywide Expo Art Week announced
Tribune reporterSeveral of the city's major cultural institutions announced plans Tuesday to join together this fall for a "citywide celebration of arts and culture." Dubbed “Expo Art Week,” the event is set to encompass museum and gallery exhibitions,...Tags: Artists, Culture, Navy Pier, Sepia, Arts and Culture
-
Candid Candace: Bears' Gould kicks in to help kids receive books
The associate board of Working in the Schools hosted its annual Blackboard Affair on Feb. 8. More than 425 partygoers enjoyed a Mardi Gras-themed event at the Chicago Cultural Center that began with a VIP reception hosted by Bears placekicker Robbie...
Tags: Entertainment Events, Robbie Gould, Mardi Gras, Lollapalooza, Jimmy Kimmel Live! (tv program)
-
Downton Abbey's Mrs. Patmore dishes on life in that TV kitchen
Tribune reporterActress Lesley Nicol was in Chicago for a few days minus the white apron and cap she wears in the kitchen of PBS-TV’s “Downton Abbey.” She was here to bring the story of legendary English pianist Myra Hess to a sold-out crowd at the...Tags: Entertainment, YouTube, Woody Harrelson, PBS (tv network), Maggie Smith
-
Claire Ashley's paintings misbehave
It isn't often a painting makes you want to bounce against it. Or crawl under it, swing it over your shoulder, parade around with it, hug and squeeze it tight, or lay your head to rest on it. This isn't akin to wanting to enter the seamy, tinted world...
Tags: Culture, Domodedovo Airport Bombing (2011), School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Arts and Culture, Michigan Avenue
-
Smorgasbord for the soul
Lately I've been having some excellent lunches downtown. One day I had a fabulous repast of Poulenc and Prokofiev. Another time, I enjoyed several delicious servings of Georgia O'Keeffe. And on Friday, I chewed over some Heidegger. I've been on a kick...
Tags: Entertainment, Music Industry, Culture, Music, University of Chicago
Mar 11, 2013
|Column| Chicago Tribune
Mar 11, 2013
|Story| Chicago Tribune
Mar 8, 2013
|Story| Chicago Tribune
Mar 3, 2013
|Column| Chicago Tribune
Feb 28, 2013
|Column| Chicago Tribune
Feb 28, 2013
|Column| Chicago Tribune
Feb 22, 2013
|Column| Chicago Tribune
Feb 19, 2013
|Story| Chicago Tribune
Feb 17, 2013
|Story| Chicago Tribune
Jan 29, 2013
|Story| Chicago Tribune
Feb 13, 2013
|Story| Chicago Tribune
Feb 4, 2013
|Column| Chicago Tribune
Original site for Chicago Cultural Center topic gallery.