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City's culture guru leaving amid rift with Daley
Boundlessly creative, a champion of new ideas and a tireless advocate for the arts, Lois Weisberg will end her long tenure as one of the most influential women to ever serve in local government when she leaves her position as the city's commissioner of...Tags: Arts, Festive Events, Politics, Harold Washington, Malcolm Gladwell
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Wednesday, January 5, 2011
5 - 8:30 a.m. Rob Hart in for Greg Jarrett 7:09 a.m. Professor Paul Green joins Rob for his weekly visit. Topics will include Bill Daley and the Illinois legislature's vote on an income tax increase. 7:39 a.m. Senator Mark Kirk will take your calls...Tags: Paul Green, Chicago Blackhawks, Illinois General Assembly, Dallas Stars, Mark Kirk
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Park District taking over 'Taste;' no 'big musical acts'
Tribune reporterThis year’s Taste of Chicago will be run by the Chicago Park District and will go without "big musical acts," instead incorporating music from four of the city’s smaller niche festivals, officials announced today. Gospel Fest, Celtic Fest,...Tags: Festive Events, Chicago Park District, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Politics, Entertainment
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Park district lowers Taste restaurant application fee
Special to the TribuneThe Chicago Park District is now accepting applications from restaurants to participate in the city’s annual Taste of Chicago, which the park district will manage for the first time this summer. In one of its first moves, the park district has...Tags: Dining and Drinking, Chicago Park District, Restaurants, Lifestyle and Leisure, Illinois
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Daley looking at privatizing recycling, Taste of Chicago
Chicago Breaking NewsMayor Richard Daley is looking at getting the city out of the festival business and handing off curbside recycling to a private company as he scrambles to fill a big budget hole without raising taxes before February's election. The nearly $655 million... -
Mayor Daley hit some bum notes in relating to music community
Turn It UpMayor Richard M. Daley announced Tuesday that he won’t be running for re-election in 2011, and he will leave behind a decidedly mixed and often controversial legacy as the city’s de facto overseer of the local music community. For decades,...... -
Daley's last budget dips into reserves, cuts 234 employees
Clout StPosted by John Byrne and Hal Dardick at 10:00 a.m.; last updated at 12:37 p.m. Mayor Richard Daley this morning is proposing a $6.1 billion budget for next year, up nearly $49 million from this year. According to a series...... -
Smaller lakefront music festivals in danger if private operator can't be found
Clout StPosted by John Byrne at 3:01 p.m. The City of Chicago might be forced to downsize or consolidate some of its smaller annual lakefront music festivals if attempts to privatize them fail, officials said today. Megan McDonald, executive director of...... -
Danny Davis doing his best Bill Brady impersonation
Change of SubjectInterviewer Carol Marin pressed Chicago mayoral candidate and U.S. Rep Danny Davis for his ideas on how to bring the city's budget into balance during a one-on-one interview on WTTW-Ch. 11's "Chicago Tonight" last night. Note the gauzy lack of...... -
Daley's last budget poised to sail through City Council
Clout StPosted by Hal Dardick at 5:50 p.m. A key City Council committee on Monday recommended approval of Mayor Richard Daley’s last budget proposal, even though many critics say it relies far too heavily on one-time revenues. But it also includes...... -
Former Weis aide to run Cook County homeland security
Clout StPosted by Erika Slife at 8:13 p.m. The right-hand man to former Chicago Police Superintendent Jody Weis will lead Cook County’s troubled homeland security and emergency management agency, Board President Toni Preckwinkle announced Thursday.... -
Taste of Chicago 2011 announces budget-crunched lineup
Turn It UpHeadliners for Taste of Chicago 2011 will include Loretta Lynn (July 1), the Jayhawks (July 2) and Natalie Cole (June 30). Folded into the Taste lineup in Grant Park will be one-day versions of four formerly freestanding festivals: Viva! Chicago......
Jan 19, 2011
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