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Emanuel names Desiree Rogers chairman of Choose Chicago
By Tribune staffMayor Rahm Emanuel on Monday appointed former White House social secretary Desiree Rogers as board chairman of Choose Chicago, as has been expected. Rogers, now CEO of Ebony and Jet parent Johnson Publishing Co., steps into the volunteer post vacated...Tags: Dwayne Johnson, Chicago Mayor, Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo, Peoples Energy Corporation, Elections
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M&T Bank executive named chair of Baltimore Convention and Tourism Board
M&T Bank Corp. executive Atwood "Woody" Collins III has succeeded Edwin F. Hale Sr. as chair of the Baltimore Convention and Tourism Board, city officials said Monday. The appointment of Collins, an executive vice president of M&T, became effective...
Tags: Visit Baltimore, Ed Hale, Travel, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, First Mariner Bancorp
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Springfield-Greene County Park Board celebrates 100 years with 'birthday bash'
ewood@ky3.comSpringfield, Mo. -- One hundred years ago this weekend, the Springfield-Greene County Park Board was born. That's when city leaders began looking for land to buy and build new parks. "We come here a lot," said Misty DeLong, a mother of a two-year-old,...Tags: Gardens and Parks, Travel
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Bright light, safe harbor
Here's a bright idea: Take a tour of the Hillsboro Lighthouse on Saturday. Once a month, the Hillsboro Lighthouse Preservation Society offers tours of the historic structure, which is reachable only by boat. Boats push off from the Sands Harbor Resort...
Tags: Broward County, Pompano Beach, U.S. Coast Guard, Travel
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The Restaurant People open S3 restaurant on Fort Lauderdale Beach
They've been downtown, and now they're heading to the beach. The Restaurant People, the group behind popular Fort Lauderdale restaurants such as YOLO and Tarpon Bend Food & Tackle, have opened a new restaurant steps away from the sand on Fort Lauderdale...
Tags: Foods and Beverages, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Restaurants, Fort Lauderdale, Restaurant and Catering Industry
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Navy Pier remake would add urban park elements
Tribune staff reporterNavy Pier, the highly commercialized tourist attraction jutting into Lake Michigan, will take on a more park-like feel under the first phase of redevelopment plans to be formally announced Friday morning. The initial remake does not include some of the...Tags: Tour Operations Industry, McCormick Place, Chicago Restaurants, Arts and Culture, Rahm Emanuel
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Volunteers set to help build playground in a day for tornado-hit southern Indiana town
HENRYVILLE, Ind. (AP) — Volunteers are set to help with a one-day project to build a new playground in a southern Indiana town still recovering from a devastating tornado that hit last year. The playground equipment at the Henryville Youth Sports...Tags: Natural Disasters, Tornadoes, Gardens and Parks, Travel
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Top 20 Concert Tours from Pollstar
The Top 20 Concert Tours ranks artists by average box office gross per city and includes the average ticket price for shows in North America. The previous week's ranking is in parentheses. The list is based on data provided to the trade publication...Tags: Taylor Swift, Carrie Underwood, Eric Church, Tiesto (music group), Travel
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READER SUBMITTED: Connecticut Open House Day With Six Of Connecticut Landmarks' Historic Properties
HartfordJoin Connecticut Landmarks as it participates in Connecticut's Ninth annual statewide Open House Day on Saturday, June 8, and travel through four centuries of history with six Landmark properties. Explore the rich heritage of: the Bellamy-Ferriday House...Tags: Monuments and Heritage Sites, Suffield, New London (New London, Connecticut), Travel
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READER SUBMITTED: Pirie Associates Architects' Renovation Of CT Landmarks' Nathan Hale Homestead Ell Receives Award
CoventryA five-year renovation and addition project of the Nathan Hale Homestead Ell Visitor's Services, designed and orchestrated by Pirie Associates Architects of New Haven, has received the 2013 Connecticut Real Estate Exchange's CREW CT Blue Ribbon Award in...Tags: Monuments and Heritage Sites, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Environmental Issues, Renovation, Arts and Culture
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Obama walks a fine line with Myanmar president's landmark visit
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will walk a fine line between fostering a U.S. ally in China's backyard and trying to defend human rights when the president of Myanmar becomes the first head of his country to visit the White House in 47...Tags: Prisoners and Detainees, Politics, Barack Obama, Wars and Interventions, Game Playing
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Inflatable train a huge hit at Railroad Heritage Days
julieg@herald-mail.comKids couldn’t get enough Sunday of a 59-foot-long inflatable train at Railroad Heritage Days. Going through the bouncy train time after time, kids were smiling whether they were stepping, crawling or falling out of the opening in the locomotive&...Tags: LEGO Group, Museums, Washington, DC, Arts and Culture, Gardens and Parks
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