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    May 23, 2013 |Column| RedEye

  1. Millennium Park free summer film series begins June 18

    Remember when there were free movies shown in Grant Park each summer? Remember how bummed you were when that series went away?
    Remember when there were free movies shown in Grant Park each summer? Remember how bummed you were when that series went away? Well, good news: The offices of the mayor and cultural affairs announced today that a new, free film series will begin June 18...

    Tags: Grant Park, Singin' in the Rain (movie), Amadeus (movie), Entertainment Events, The Jungle Book (movie)

    2. Feb 14, 2013 |Story| SFL

  2. Still rolling on the river

    These days, Dar Lopez approaches the Riverwalk Blues and Music Festival with a degree of humility. It's rooted, perhaps, in the organizer's abiding respect for the event's late founder, Don Cohen, who inaugurated the all-day party in the parking lot of the Musicians Exchange, a Fort Lauderdale concert venue, and who eventually courted to his festival the likes of blues giants Buddy Guy and John Lee Hooker.
    These days, Dar Lopez approaches the Riverwalk Blues and Music Festival with a degree of humility. It's rooted, perhaps, in the organizer's abiding respect for the event's late founder, Don Cohen, who inaugurated the all-day party in the parking lot of...

    Tags: Movies, Dining and Drinking, Buddy Guy, Concerts, The Rolling Stones (music group)

    3. Feb 12, 2012 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  3. The creative stew that was Bronzeville

    On Nov. 22, 1981, the Rolling Stones paid tribute to black history at the Checkerboard Lounge on East 43rd Street. In town for concerts at the then-Rosemont Horizon, the famed rock group made a pilgrimage to the South Side, where their musical style and name were born. They shared the blues joint's tiny stage with Muddy Waters, whose song "Mannish Boy" had the refrain: <i>"I'm a rollin' stone."</i>
    On Nov. 22, 1981, the Rolling Stones paid tribute to black history at the Checkerboard Lounge on East 43rd Street. In town for concerts at the then-Rosemont Horizon, the famed rock group made a pilgrimage to the South Side, where their musical style and...

    Tags: Mick Jagger, Savoy (music group), Chicago Loop, The Rolling Stones (music group), Concerts

    4. Nov 26, 2011 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  4. Playing the blues in black AND white

    On a recent Wednesday night at Blue Chicago, a long-running club downtown, you had to elbow your way forward just to get past the doorman. Men and women in business suits &mdash; collars loosened, beers in hand &mdash; packed the place, barely leaving room for the waitress to make her way to the bar and back.
    On a recent Wednesday night at Blue Chicago, a long-running club downtown, you had to elbow your way forward just to get past the doorman. Men and women in business suits — collars loosened, beers in hand — packed the place, barely leaving...

    Tags: Radio, Chicago Loop, Culture, Buddy Guy, Dining and Drinking

    5. May 14, 2010 | Chicago Tribune

  5. Buddy Guy relocates Legends; new state-of-the-art blues club set to open

    Turn It Up
    After a decade of uncertainty, Buddy Guy’s Legends finally has a new home – and it’s a lavish improvement on just about anything the venerable Chicago blues scene has ever seen. When the new space (above, with Guy) is unveiled......
    6. Dec 31, 2007 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  6. Terry Armour: Life lived to fullest

    <i>Chicago Tribune colleagues share their memories of Terry Armour</i>
    Chicago Tribune colleagues share their memories of Terry Armour When I met Terry Armour in December 1981, we were copy clerks in the Tribune newsroom, and I never would have dreamed this wacky guy from the South Side would turn out to be a multimedia...

    Tags: U.S. Cellular Field, CLTV, United Center, High School Sports, Basketball

    7. Sep 8, 2005 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  7. Chicago Blues

    Tribune staff reporter
    It's rough and gritty, raucous and raw and, at its best, a searing expression of life in this city. Part myth, part reality, the Chicago Blues are everywhere in this town - if you know how to listen. For though it's true that the heyday of the city's most...

    Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Muddy Waters, Koko Taylor, Chess Playing, Buddy Guy

    8. May 26, 2003 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  8. Legendary blues club runs out of encores

    Tribune staff reporter
    When the 20th annual Chicago Blues Festival kicks off this week in Grant Park, tourists and blues aficionados who want to check out the authentic blues institutions around town will have to cross the Checkerboard Lounge off their list. The club, at 423...

    Tags: Hyde Park, Heads of State, Government, Chicago Loop, Dining and Drinking

    9. Oct 7, 2001 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  9. Spotlight on Chicago's legendary South Side

    Tribune arts critic
    The South Side of Chicago holds a sacred place in the evolution of American music, for jazz, blues and gospel blossomed in this part of the city through most of the 20th Century. Why the South Side? Because great waves of African-Americans migrated...

    Tags: Folklore and Mythology, Gene Ammons, Miles Davis, Dining and Drinking, Lifestyle and Leisure

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