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Chicago's Rogers Park neighborhood is known for its vintage apartments and Victorian houses, its proximity to Loyola University Chicago, and its independent spirit. Read about Rogers Park
Chicago's Rogers Park neighborhood is known for its vintage apartments and Victorian houses, its proximity to Loyola University Chicago, and its independent spirit. Read about Rogers Park
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An intimate 'Light' shines in Rogers Park
Kelli Harrington, the little-known actress playing Margaret Johnson in Fred Anzevino and Brenda Didier's deftly sung, intensely intimate, astutely staged and very moving little production of the Adam Guettel musical "The Light in the Piazza," is currently...Tags: Lincoln Center, Theater, Celebrities, Tommy Tune, Goodman Theatre
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Theo Ubique to stage Sondheim's 'Passion'
Theo Ubique Theatre, the small Chicago company known for its intimate productions of musicals, will stage Stephen Sondheim's "Passion" as part of its 2013-14 season, the Rogers Park company has announced. "Passion" will be helmed by Theo Ubique artistic...Tags: Theater, Master Class (play), Music Theater, Music, Entertainment Events
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Haymarket carves out authentic niche in baroque chamber opera
From its debut in 2011, the Haymarket Opera Company has thrived by putting on repertory of the sort no other Chicago group has investigated as thoroughly – unusual baroque chamber operas using period instruments and historically informed stage...
Tags: Mayne Stage, Music Industry, Dance, Theater, Music
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Problem Solver updates: Garden or weeds?
The fight over Kathy Cummings' front yard is not over yet. The West Town neighborhood resident, once awarded by former Mayor Richard Daley for her natural garden, was featured in the Dec. 30 column after the city fined her $640 for violating Chicago's...
Tags: West Town, Richard M. Daley
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The Double Cupp Diner, now open for some real business
Even a warm, fun, country-rock night at the Double Cupp Diner — home of the "Pump Boys and Dinettes" — must come to a close. So the authors of this familiar, honkey-tonk musical revue helpfully provided a number — "Closing Time" —...Tags: Theater, Apollo Theater, Music Theater, Studs Terkel, Music
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Family activism can be so awkward, can't it?
"Those people could be my neighbors," I heard one woman remark at the conclusion of "After the Revolution," the current production at the Next Theatre in Evanston. Actually, Amy Herzog's impressive 2010 play is set in Greenwich Village, where, to...
Tags: Greenwich Village, Human Interest, Arts and Culture
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Winners and losers in Chicago housing market
Even if the real estate market were in Armageddon mode, many real estate industry types could still be expected to give you an enthusiastic "yes!" if you asked them, "Is now a good time to sell my house?" But given the near-avalanche of somewhat...
Tags: Real Estate Buyers, Homes, The Happiest News!, Condos, Real Estate
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Andrew Lloyd Webber seduces on small stage
The last time you could see a significant production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's "Aspects of Love" in Chicago was more than 20 years ago, when a touring company played the old Civic Theatre, now used by the Lyric Opera as a rehearsal space. The No Exit...
Tags: Andrew Lloyd Webber, Arts and Culture
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Problem Solver: ComEd meter wires are crossed, customer is frazzled
David Wilhelm and his wife moved into their Rogers Park neighborhood condo in June 2011, and by January their monthly electric bill seemed out of whack. How, they wondered, could they be using more electricity in winter than during the summer? After...
Tags: Jon Yates
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Baroque-style 'Dido' shows off Haymarket at its best
With no opera earlier than Mozart on next season's Lyric Opera schedule, and with the new regime at Chicago Opera Theater focusing on 20th century rarities, the Haymarket Opera Company has baroque opera all to itself, now and for the foreseeable future....
Tags: Mayne Stage, Music Industry, Dance, Music, Entertainment Events
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Local comedians cut up in the studio for 'Mixtape'
The night before in Million Yen Studios, on the city's Northwest Side, the local rock duo Local H was putting some finishing touches on its first studio album in four years. But the gathering on this night was for a different kind of recording. "Standup...
Tags: Brooklyn (New York City), Brian Eno, Malaria, Apple iTunes, Media Industry
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'Slow moving holocaust' keeps prisons full
The first thing you notice about the 1905 mug shot of Laura Scott is her Sunday-go-to-meeting hat, large with wayward bows. Then, you take in the information surrounding the photograph that reveals her physical measurements and describes her as a 40-year-...
Tags: Prisons, U.S. Department of Justice, Criminals, Ronald Reagan, Richard Nixon
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