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Jazz resolutions for a New Year
A new year brings new hopes for music in Chicago. Here are key resolutions for 2013: Create a concise Cultural Plan. After months of town hall meetings, the city's Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events last fall came up with a 48-page wish...
Tags: Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sonny Rollins, Entertainment, Culture, Dave Brubeck
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Helfgot's boys hoops blog | Simeon, Young in same sectional again
Public League coaches were so upset at the way last year's map was drawn that they threatened to boycott the tournament and create their own instead. That talk died down quickly and isn't likely to be rekindled, but the problem hasn't gone away. The...
Tags: Morgan Park, Nazareth
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Boys hoops blog | Morgan Park's Kyle Davis picks Dayton
Morgan Park guard Kyle Davis, one of the top seniors in the state, orally committed to Dayton on Sunday night, according to Morgan Park coach Nick Irvin.
Coming off a great showing on the AAU circuit, the 6-foot Davis chose Dayton despite offers from Big...Tags: Morgan Park, Big East Conference, Southeastern Conference, Illinois Fighting Illini, Northwestern Wildcats
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Helfgot's hoops blog | Morgan Park's Williams cleared to play by CPS
Morgan Park’s loaded backcourt is now complete. Senior point guard Markee Williams, who transferred from Morgan Park to Crane and then back to Morgan Park, has been declared eligible by Chicago Public Schools administration, according to Morgan...
Tags: Chicago Public Schools, Morgan Park, Richton Park
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Helfgot's hoops blog | Davis cleared to play for Morgan Park; Williams still awaiting word
On the eve of Morgan Park's season opener, Kyle Davis, a transfer from Hyde Park, was cleared to play by CPS administration Wednesday, according to Morgan Park coach Nick Irvin. Davis, a 5-foot-11 guard who signed with Dayton, is considered among the...
Tags: Morgan Park
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Obama adviser hits South Side shops
Valerie Jarrett, a senior adviser to President Barack Obama who grew up in Chicago, visited two South Side stores Saturday afternoon as part of a nationwide effort to support small businesses during the holiday shopping season. Jarrett stopped by...Tags: Small Business Saturday, Kenwood, Valerie Jarrett, Barack Obama, Business
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Obama's Chicago neighborhood celebrates with food, song, hope
For many in Chicago's Hyde Park and Kenwood neighborhoods, Wednesday was a day to celebrate. There would be another time to worry about the fragile economy, the loss of jobs and the escalating violence in neighborhoods farther south. Many had stayed...
Tags: Roseland, Painting, Elections, Arts, Kenwood
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The story of steel
Chicago Tribune reporterWhen A. Finkl & Sons moves its steel-making plant next year from the North Side to the site of an abandoned mill on East 93rd Street, it will bring with it a whiff of nostalgia tinged with bitterness. More than a century ago, the steel industry made...Tags: Immigration, University of Chicago, Hegewisch, South Chicago
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2 killed, police officer hurt in overnight crashes
Two men were killed and a police officer was injured in separate traffic accidents overnight in Chicago, authorities said. In Rogers Park, a man identified as Michael Schaefer, 34, was struck by a cab in the 6800 block of North Sheridan Road and declared...
Tags: Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Motorvehicle Accidents, Hospitals and Clinics, Accidental Death, Evanston
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Celebrating Christmas and Hanukkah, through jazz
For those who prefer holiday music that's performed at a high artistic level, this will be a noteworthy weekend – as well as an historic one. Specifically, a Christmas-music tradition in Chicago is coming to an end, while a Hanukkah musical...
Tags: Matzoh, Judaism, Holiday Music (genre), Christmas Music (genre), Chicago Loop
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Jeb Bishop's 50th birthday celebration could feel like a mini-fest
Trombonist Jeb Bishop has been a key player on Chicago's avant-garde jazz scene for the past two decades, working prolifically with such similarly indispensable figures as reedists Ken Vandermark and Dave Rempis, guitarist Jeff Parker and bassist Kent...
Tags: Chicago Park District, Entertainment Events, Jimi Hendrix, Green Mill (club), Entertainment
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New mother of twins recovering after near-fatal condition
Two hours after giving birth to twins in northwest Indiana, Stacy Martinez was being loaded onto a helicopter to be rushed to University of Chicago Hospital. A nurse told the patient's friend Saturday to say her goodbyes because Martinez's life hung...
Tags: Nursing, Health and Medical Professionals, Blood, University of Chicago, Hospitals and Clinics
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Dec 13, 2012
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Dec 6, 2012
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