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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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Umami burger faceoff
Having exhausted the foie gras/Kobe short rib/shaved trufflization of burger-swankifying, the foodie brain trusts decided the next great innovation in the hamburger arts will come from Japan: the mysterious fifth "taste" known as umami. Umami is so hard...
Tags: Hamburgers, Onions, Lifestyle and Leisure, Japan, Foods and Beverages
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Mayor touts summer parks programming
Tribune reporter Circus performers and Shakespearean actors helped Mayor Rahm Emanuel announce Tuesday that the city is doubling the number of performances and cultural events at its parks this summer. Amid lush greenery and newly bloomed flowers at...
Tags: Chicago Park District, Music, Gardens and Parks, Chicago Mayor, Edgewater
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Five books by Chicago authors appearing at Lit Fest
In Thomas Dyja's cultural history of Chicago, "The Third Coast," he writes that in Nelson Algren's day, "being Chicago's Famous Writer was like winning the heavyweight title — there was only one at a time, and you kept the belt for as long as you...
Tags: Edgar Allan Poe, Nelson Algren, Arts and Culture, Poetry, Fiction
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UCAN to break ground on new campus, address gun violence
Before Tom Vanden Berk's 15-year-old son was shot and killed at a Rogers Park house party in 1992, Vanden Berk didn't think much could be done about gun control. But since then, the gun violence prevention movement has been front and center in his life....
Tags: Lawndale (Chicago, Illinois), Shootings, Prisons, Politics, Gun Control
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Former alderman arrested on gun charge
Tribune reportersA former Chicago alderman was ordered held on bond today after being charged with illegally carrying a loaded gun at a West Side police station over the weekend, authorities said. Sharon Denise Dixon--who ended her term as alderman of the 24 th Ward...Tags: Judges, Justice System, Michael D. Chandler, Crime, Law and Justice, Prosecution
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Chicago band Switchback keeping musical options open
Former Chicagoan Ron Pen holds a very lengthy and lofty title at the University of Kentucky in Lexington: Professor; Director, John Jacob Niles Center for American Music; Coordinator, Division of Musicology and Ethnomusicology. You might think him...
Tags: Concerts, McHenry, Music, St. Patrick's Day, Leon Russell
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Female Beastie Boys tribute band honor the late Adam Yauch
For RedEyeIt's been 32 years since the Beastie Boys were founded, but the band's fan base is as strong as ever. And although no one can replace the now-defunct band, Chicago fans can pay tribute to Mike D, MCA and Ad-Rock thanks to their female counterparts in She'...Tags: International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Adidas AG, Lakeview (Chicago, Illinois), Music, Entertainment
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'Mortal Kombat' creator Ed Boon back with DC superhero game
Ed Boon was pulling punches. I could tell immediately: Why else would Aquaman be wiping the floor with Batman? Not to mention, I was playing Ed Boon in a video game, a fighting game, that Ed Boon, the king of the fighting-game genre, created. The game...
Tags: Midway Games Inc., Times Square, Xbox 360, Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., Joe Lieberman
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Suspect in Rogers Park cab robberies arrested
RedEyeA Rogers Park man accused of robbing neighborhood cab drivers was arrested Monday after police learned he had also stolen food from a local Dominick's supermarket. Police arrested Charles Boatman, 38, of the 6000 block of North Kenmore Avenue, in his...Tags: Theft
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Hyde Park shooting: 'When he passed away, he was in my arms'
Tribune reportersOne minute Luis Galvin was opening the door to his Hyde Park apartment, the next he was lying on the floor holding his dying friend. "I was down on the ground, I was just waiting for the rest of the shots to come," Galvin told reporters outside his...Tags: Grand Boulevard, Shootings, Barack Obama, Kenwood, Crime, Law and Justice
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Relatives fight over estate of poisoned lottery winner
The family of a North Side businessman who died of cyanide poisoning after winning a $1 million lottery jackpot is disputing a deal he purportedly signed leaving his share of several dry cleaning stores to his wife. In an emergency motion filed Monday...
Tags: Lawyers, Realty, Urooj Khan, Lifestyle and Leisure, Arteriosclerotic Vascular Disease
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