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Two young blues musicians from the Peninsula, Logan Layman and William Ledbetter, to be part of Chicago Blues Festival
Two young blues musicians from the Peninsula, singing bassist Logan Layman and guitar player William "MoBetta" Ledbetter, have been picked to be part of an all-star youth band that will open the Chicago Blues Festival on June 6. Logan, a 12-year-old...
Tags: New Music Mondays Millenium Park, Norfolk (Norfolk, Virginia), Shemekia Copeland, Music, Entertainment
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Chicago museums reeling after building sprees
The turn of the millennium was a heady time for many Chicago cultural institutions. Cheap loans, high investment returns and swelling endowments spawned a slew of new attractions along the lakefront and around downtown. The Art Institute built its Modern...
Tags: Colleges and Universities, Adler Planetarium, Arts, Money and Monetary Policy, Economy, Business and Finance
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TribU: Smart Negotiating -- get what you want
At Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management, course registration is a case in economics. Every student is allotted a bag of points and must spend them bidding against each other for seats in classes. The more popular the class, the more...
Tags: Chicago Gourmet, Career and Workplace, Merck & Company Incorporated, Chicago Tribune, Richard M. Daley
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New extension agent joins staff at Boyle County office
smojica@amnews.comThe Boyle County Extension Office recently welcomed a new extension agent to its team. Alethea Price, 23, a December graduate of Eastern Kentucky University, started as a family and consumer sciences agent on Jan. 18. Price earned a bachelor’s...Tags: Environmental Issues, Food Network (tv network), Conservation, Nutrition
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Sighting: Mike Tyson, Evander Holyfield reunite in Chicago supermarket
Chicago once again played host to a Mike Tyson-Evander Holyfield reunion Saturday, just like it did when the two former boxing rivals appeared on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" in 2009. But rather than reunite in front of a live studio audience, they smiled and...
Tags: Psych (tv program), Wicker Park, Steppenwolf Theatre, Jewel, Arts
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Zigzagging along the Chicago Cultural Mile
At first glance, the Chicago Cultural Mile ("Where Culture & Commerce Meet") resembles nothing so much as a gerrymandered congressional district. According to its website, this officially arty and mercantile stretch begins at Michigan Avenue and the...
Tags: Downtown Disney, Adler Planetarium, Arts, Chicago Hotels, Manufacturing and Engineering
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Danville Dance Alliance presents showcase today at Community Arts Center
mariel@communityartscenter.netThis afternoon, the Danville Dance Alliance, a coalition of local dancers and instructors, is ready to take Danville by storm. The group formed this past fall thanks to the hard work of Amra Boanerges, a professional dancer who canvassed town,...Tags: Entertainment, Entertainment Events, Dance
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Why the Chicago Jazz Festival left Grant Park
For decades, the defenders of the status quo have insisted that the Chicago Jazz Festival must remain anchored in Grant Park. They said the dreadful acoustics there were just fine. They said the dilapidated Petrillo Music Shell served the fest well....
Tags: Arts, Jazz Institute of Chicago, Music, Culture, Chicago Cultural Center
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Chicago Jazz Festival moving to Millennium Park
After more than three decades at the Petrillo Music Shell in Grant Park, the Chicago Jazz Festival will be leaving the venue for Millennium Park, according to the city’s Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE). Though in recent...
Tags: Music, Chicago Cultural Center, Arts and Culture, Chicago Loop, Chicago Jazz Fest
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BORN TO LEARN: New push for early education seen as key to solving larger problems
tkleffman@amnews.comAnna Houston was watching last month when President Barack Obama delivered his State of the Union address. She was pleasantly surprised when she heard the president say this: “In states that make it a priority to educate our youngest children&...Tags: State of the Union Address, Teachers, Teaching and Learning, Employment Opportunities, Personal Income
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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: Fred Anderson, Hyde Park, Music, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Arts and Culture
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Glorious sounds soar above season of economic gloom
No musical news story in 2012 drew greater media attention, inside and outside Chicago, than the strike that silenced the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for 48 hours in late September. The cliffhanger was resolved just in time for the CSO to fulfill a...
Tags: Classical Music (genre), James Conlon, Music, Frankfort, Chicago Symphony Orchestra
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