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Fake Twitter account mocks Michigan budget director
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan budget director John Nixon doesn't have a Twitter account, but like Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, he's attracted a tweeter pretending to be him. The FakeJohnNixon Twitter account started up last week and already has...Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, Rick Snyder, Arts and Culture, Elections, Rahm Emanuel
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YouTube, universities launch new media program
NEW YORK (AP) — YouTube is partnering with universities to launch a new media program series for aspiring digital filmmakers. The video-sharing website announced Thursday it would launch the YouTube Creator Institute with the University of...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Arts and Culture, Google Inc., YouTube, Mass Media
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Nathan Rabin Nathan Rabin is the head writer for The A.V. Club. His books include “The Big Rewind” and “My Year of Flops.” He also collaborated on “Weird Al: The Book.” He has written for the Wall Street Journal,...Tags: Cornell University, Ellen Warren, News Media, Crime, Law and Justice, Fine Artists
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Chance the Rapper leaves little to chance
Chance the Rapper is going to make sure he gets this right: rap music, a pop-star ascent from Chicago, a record deal, that whole fame thing — and on his own terms. Chance, whose full name is Chancelor Bennett, has been drawing increasingly large...
Tags: Music Theater, Music, NBC (tv network), Humboldt Park, Kendrick Lamar
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Chicago classical music ensemble Dal Niente gets fierce
A couple of years ago Ensemble Dal Niente trumpeted its mission as presenting "the fiercest music of recent decades." The Chicago-based group of super-musicians still focuses on championing, commissioning and performing some of the most uncompromising...
Tags: Music, Customs and Tradition, DePaul University, Entertainment Events, Concerts
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As Cabrini's row houses empty, the poor are shifted around the city
A moving man knocked on Jacqueline Pratt's row house door Tuesday to see if she was ready to leave the ghost town. "I'm not rushing you," the mover said, and that was good because even though this week is the exit deadline, she wasn't ready. Outside 904...
Tags: Public Housing, Heart Problems, Housing and Urban Planning, Interior Policy, Asthma
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Decision to spare 4 schools delights some parents
For weeks that became months, parents at Garvey Elementary School protested its possible closing at community meetings, signed petitions and hoped against hope that they wouldn't have to send their children to an unfamiliar building in their Far South...
Tags: Elementary Schools, Rahm Emanuel, Schools, Chicago Mayor, Education
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Shift from Schwinn to SRAM mirrors change in bicycle business
John Nedeau rides his bike to work when he can. He has a good bike. He's a good rider. He works for a company called SRAM. Its global headquarters on Chicago's North Side is a long way from his home in suburban Lake Bluff, but Nedeau averages about 30...
Tags: Hobbies, Bankruptcy, Companies and Corporations, Economy, Business and Finance, Lifestyle and Leisure
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Richard Snow to sign books Wednesday at McLean & Eakin
Richard Snow will be signing copies of his new book, "I Invented the Modern Age: The Rise of Henry Ford," from 6-7 p.m. Wednesday, May 22, at McLean & Eakin, Booksellers in Petoskey. Snow weaves together a narrative of Ford's rise to fame -- as well as...Tags: New York City, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Ken Burns, Coney Island
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A magnetic actress tackles a taboo subject in 'Unspeakable Act'
"In the spring of 2011, at the age of 18, my brother Matthew got his first real girlfriend," says the 17-year-old protagonist of "The Unspeakable Act" in voiceover as we see her riding her bike down leafy, idyllic streets in Brooklyn. "I had somehow...
Tags: Trips and Vacations, Celebrities, Dollhouse (tv program), Barbershop (movie), NBC (tv network)
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Columbia students power this year's Manifest urban arts festival
For RedEyeStarting at noon Friday, Columbia College will shut down a section of Wabash Street in the South Loop for its annual Manifest urban arts festival, the school’s biggest event of the year that will showcase the work of more than 2,000 graduating...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Arts and Culture, Lollapalooza, Entertainment Events, Festive Events
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RedEye's Rock 'n' Vote 2013 Top 10
RedEye Sound BoardUPDATE: 2013 Rock 'n' Vote voting has closed. RSVP for the show (required for attendance) and click here to get to know this year's acts better. See you there! The abundance of great Chicago bands never ceases, or ceases to impress. That’s...Tags: Owl City (music group), Cut Copy (music group), Dance, Taste of Chicago, Michael Jackson
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