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City unveils dates for 2013 festivals
Chicago’s festival season will begin in May, with the lineup of music and food soirees released by the city’s Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events on Wednesday. Following is the schedule, with dates subject to change: Chicago...
Tags: Memorial Day, Entertainment Events, Millennium Park, Festive Events, Taste of Chicago
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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 …... -
Lyric creative team talks 'Bel Canto,' Ars Viva tackles elusive Sibelius symphony
No opera company faces a more formidable task than commissioning a new opera, assembling the forces needed to bring it to fruition and nursing it through the long and sometimes painful process leading up to the premiere. But such undertakings are vital if...
Tags: Music Industry, Entertainment, Andrew Davis, Arts and Culture, Chicago Symphony Orchestra
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Winter agenda: Events for the season
STAGE The Christmas Schooner Have yourself a City of Big Shoulders Christmas at the Mercury Theater, the current home of the beloved Chicago musical, “The Christmas Schooner.” Created by John Reeger and Julie Shannon, “Schooner”...Tags: Candy, Flowers and Gifts, Material Science, Chicago Park District, Morton Arboretum, Magnificent Mile
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Readings, concert mark selection of Chicago as National Bible City
Ever since the presidency of Franklin Roosevelt, the National Bible Association has sponsored a celebration of the Judeo-Christian scriptures around the week of Thanksgiving. This year, President Barack Obama's hometown hosted the celebration. On...
Tags: Barack Obama, Christianity, Chicago Mayor, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Bible
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November 9: Midday Fix - Fifth House Ensemble
Fifth House Ensemble Concerts: Caught: The Woods Friday, November 9 6:30 p.m. Humboldt Park 1440 N. Sacramento Ave. Chicago Sunday, November 11 3:00 p.m. Chicago Cultural Center - Preston Bradley Hall 78 E. Washington Street Chicago For more...
Tags: Humboldt Park
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Umbrella Fest welcomes a downpour of novel sounds
The music of two continents converged Wednesday night at the Chicago Cultural Center, launching one of the prime gatherings of the fall season: the seventh annual Umbrella Music Festival. As its name suggests, the event embraces a deluge of musical...
Tags: Music Industry, Nicole Mitchell, Entertainment, Arts and Culture, Culture
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Bears score one for veterans -- via jazz
When the Chicago Bears and the Houston Texans step off the grass at Soldier Field for halftime on Sunday evening, 60,000-plus fans — and possibly a national TV audience — will see and hear something they've never encountered before. For...
Tags: Nicole Mitchell, Houston Texans, U.S. Military, Jazz (genre), Music Industry
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Fall music preview: Getting a sound classical education
How many of you feel you need more grounding in some basic elements of classical music? Let's have a show of hands. I thought so! Some of you may simply want to know what distinguishes a symphony from a sonata, or what makes music “modern,”...
Tags: Ceremonies, Entertainment Events, Classical Music (genre), Michigan Avenue, Concerts
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Cartoonist Chris Ware is in his own category
If you were building a Chris Ware, if you were constructing the most celebrated cartoonist of the past couple of decades, drawing up the plans for an Oak Park illustrator so routinely referred to as a genius that the accolade is more like fact than...
Tags: Charles M. Schulz, Newspapers, Awards and Prizes, Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth (book), Entertainment
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Dame Myra Hess classical concert series celebrates 35th birthday
It's heartening when a musical organization that's central to the city emerges from a fiscal crisis in stronger shape than before. Such an organization is the weekly Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts series, the most valuable freebie in downtown Chicago...
Tags: Classical Music (genre), Grant Park, Millennium Park, Festive Events, Concerts
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World Music Festival returns -- free but smaller
The good news: All events at the 14th annual World Music Festival will be free. The bad: The event is smaller than last year's, with 49 shows, compared to last year's 63. "Obviously, in a transition year, you're not working under ideal circumstances,"...
Tags: Contemporary Music (genre), National Museum of Mexican Art, Jerry Douglas, Millennium Park, Festive Events
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