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    Apr 28, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  1. Barrington car show moving to Chicago in 2014

    The Barrington Concours d'Elegance, an annual showcase of collectible cars and motorcycles, will move to downtown Chicago in 2014 and be renamed the Chicago Concours, its new management told the Tribune.
    The Barrington Concours d'Elegance, an annual showcase of collectible cars and motorcycles, will move to downtown Chicago in 2014 and be renamed the Chicago Concours, its new management told the Tribune. The new owners are David Cooper, founder of...

    Tags: Services and Shopping, Vehicles, West Loop, General Motors Corp., Electricity Production and Distribution

    2. Nov 15, 2012 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  2. Too many around Bears just don't get it

    Without hesitation or apology Thursday at Halas Hall, Bears linebacker Brian Urlacher admitted again that he would lie about having a concussion to stay in a game.
    Without hesitation or apology Thursday at Halas Hall, Bears linebacker Brian Urlacher admitted again that he would lie about having a concussion to stay in a game. The irony was you admired Urlacher's honesty. In the midst of Chicago's weeklong...

    Tags: Chicago Bears, Houston Texans, Brandon Marshall, Football, Danieal Manning

    3. Aug 8, 2012 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  3. Regina George runs her own way

    LONDON — Sprinting down the hallways for track practice at St. Gregory High School on the North Side, of all the unlikely places, Regina George helped open a door to the 2012 Olympics. The Catholic school, enrollment 98, had no outdoor track or...

    Tags: Track and Field, Sports, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Prescription Drugs, Soccer

    4. Apr 11, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  4. Jazz meets tango in Pablo Aslan's grand experiment

    In 1959, Astor Piazzolla – a genius of tango composition and performance – released "Take Me Dancing," an album he later deemed an artistic "sin." The jazz-inspired recording, which Piazzolla had hoped would enable him to break through to...

    Tags: Jazz Institute of Chicago, University of Chicago, Green Mill (club), Arts and Culture, Plymouth

    5. Apr 1, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  5. Lollapalooza on way to sellout; day-by-day lineups set

    Lollapalooza will put 60,000 single-day tickets on sale Wednesday at 10 a.m. central for the festival Aug. 2-4 in Grant Park. The only question remaining is how fast they’ll sell out.
    Lollapalooza will put 60,000 single-day tickets on sale Wednesday at 10 a.m. central for the festival Aug. 2-4 in Grant Park. The only question remaining is how fast they’ll sell out. The festival’s entire lineup leaked weeks early last...

    Tags: Vaccines, Local Natives (music group), Thievery Corporation (music group), Lollapalooza, Dada Life (music group)

    6. Mar 25, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  6. Northerly Island to host 6 to 8 30,000-capacity concerts a summer

    Northerly Island will host as many as eight 30,000-capacity concerts a summer in addition to a full slate of smaller shows, promoters Live Nation and the Chicago Park District will announce Monday.
    Northerly Island will host as many as eight 30,000-capacity concerts a summer in addition to a full slate of smaller shows, promoters Live Nation and the Chicago Park District will announce Monday. The first major concert will be Jimmy Buffett on June...

    Tags: Entertainment, Lollapalooza, Soldier Field, Phish (music group), Live Nation

    7. Feb 25, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  7. Violence, Chicago and its storytellers

    A decade or so ago, executive and philanthropist John H. Bryan Jr., the former CEO of Sara Lee Corp., raised a broad swath of the roughly $475 million needed for Millennium Park, the biggest and most successful cultural project in Chicago since the Columbian Exposition. He did so by putting together a coalition of donors, many of whom lived and worked in the suburbs.
    A decade or so ago, executive and philanthropist John H. Bryan Jr., the former CEO of Sara Lee Corp., raised a broad swath of the roughly $475 million needed for Millennium Park, the biggest and most successful cultural project in Chicago since the...

    Tags: Rahm Emanuel, Environmental Issues, Barack Obama, University of Chicago, Sara Lee Corporation

    8. Feb 14, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  8. Grant Park Music Festival summer season announced

    Once again the Grant Park Music Festival is taking the lead among local summer festivals when it comes to presenting eclectic combinations of popular symphonic and choral fare and more adventuresome classical music programming. And it's all free.
    Once again the Grant Park Music Festival is taking the lead among local summer festivals when it comes to presenting eclectic combinations of popular symphonic and choral fare and more adventuresome classical music programming. And it's all free. The...

    Tags: South Shore, Culture, Grant Park, Arts and Culture, New Music Mondays Millenium Park

    9. Jan 24, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  9. Chicago Confidential: City makes headway in Bloomingdale Trail project

    The city of Chicago last week bought the 2.7-mile-long elevated Canadian Pacific Railway spur known as the Bloomingdale Trail.
    The city of Chicago last week bought the 2.7-mile-long elevated Canadian Pacific Railway spur known as the Bloomingdale Trail. The sales price was $1, not including administrative fees. By the time the spur's makeover into a bike and running path is...

    Tags: John Hancock Center, Manhattan (New York City), Canadian Pacific Railway Limited, Railway Transportation, Transportation

    10. Oct 18, 2012 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  10. New artistic directors for Theatre on the Lake

    Theater on the Lake, the summer theater operation of the Chicago Park District located at the corner of Fullerton Ave. and Lake Shore Drive, has announced the joint artistic directors for its 2013 season: Halena Kays, artistic director of The Hypocrites,...

    Tags: Arts and Culture

    11. Sep 14, 2012 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  11. What would Neva Boyd think?

    In Chicago, last week was for the playing of games.
    In Chicago, last week was for the playing of games. Three of Chicago's best-trained game players — Aidy Bryant, Tim Robinson and Cecily Strong — landed lucrative, career-making gigs on "Saturday Night Live," a tantalizing reminder of the...

    Tags: Strikes, Rahm Emanuel, University of Chicago, Saturday Night Live (tv program), Movies

    12. Mar 14, 2012 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  12. Lollapalooza restructures Grant Park deal, ticket prices to rise

    A new agreement with the Chicago Park District announced Wednesday will extend Lollapalooza's stay in Grant Park through at least 2021, while requiring the promoters to pay millions in annual city and county amusement taxes and state liquor taxes for the first time. Though it bolsters government revenue, the deal will likely mean that festivalgoers will pay more for tickets.
    A new agreement with the Chicago Park District announced Wednesday will extend Lollapalooza's stay in Grant Park through at least 2021, while requiring the promoters to pay millions in annual city and county amusement taxes and state liquor taxes for...

    Tags: Lollapalooza, Grant Park, Arts and Culture, Bridget Gainer, Science and Technology

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