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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: Festive Events, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Arts and Culture, Culture, Andrew Davis
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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: Gifts, Human Interest, Festive Events, Lima (Peru), Bucktown Arts Fest
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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: Christianity, Barack Obama, Mormonism, Religion and Belief, 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: Festive Events, Nicole Mitchell, Arts and Culture, Culture, Music Industry
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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: New Products, Human Interest, Veterans Day, Chicago Bears, Howard Reich
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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: Classical Music (genre), Entertainment Events, Ceremonies, Arts, Culture
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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: Newspapers, Human Interest, Chicago Tribune, Animals, Ira Glass
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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), Millennium Park, Human Interest, Festive Events, Apple iPad
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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: Politics, Millennium Park, Latin Music (genre), Mayne Stage, Festive Events
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Fall jazz preview: From Esperanza Spalding to Ravi Coltrane, a lively lineup
The fall seasons looks so rich for jazz and related genres that these must be considered the highlights of the highlights: Victor Garcia The rising Chicago trumpeter leads a septet for the 2012 Hyde Park Jazz Festival Gala. 6 to 9 p.m. Friday (with...
Tags: United Center, Festive Events, Entertainment Events, Hyde Park, Ravinia Festival
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