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First concert of Theodore Thomas' Chicago Orchestra
Chicago TribuneThe triumphant final chords of Tchaikovsky's First Piano Concerto brought a storm of applause from the audience, assembled for the first public rehearsal and concert by Chicago's new orchestra. But the sense of triumph that pervaded the Chicago Auditorium...Tags: Daniel Barenboim, Fritz Reiner, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Death, Chicago Tribune
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Buenos Dias
Start brushing up on your sugar skull-making skills. Dia de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead, is officially celebrated Nov. 1 and 2, but a slew of local hangs are already breaking out the azucar--and the alcohol. With the Mexican holiday comes a host of...Tags: Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Restaurants, Wicker Park, Holidays, Pumpkin
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Federal buildings don armor of nation under siege
Tribune architecture criticThey are ruining Washington, ruining it in the name of saving it. Five years after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, this once-lovely city of broad diagonal avenues and open vistas conceived in 1791 by French engineer Pierre L'Enfant is becoming an ever...Tags: Transportation, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Michael Bilandic, Crime, Law and Justice, Bones and Joints
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Obama: Wheels-up from Chicago
The Swampby John McCormick President Barack Obama departed O'Hare International Airport at 10 a.m. CST today, ending his first visit to Chicago as the nation's chief executive. Air Force One took off to the west on a chilly, but sunny President's......Tags: Transportation, Air Transportation Industry, Defense, Air Transportation, Armed Forces
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Wrigley Building clearly a landmark
Tribune architecture criticWe live in Daleyland. Or Wonderland. Sometimes, it seems as if it's the same place. Mayor Richard M. Daley's recent assertion that the city will not seek landmark status for the iconic Wrigley Building takes us straight through the looking glass and into...Tags: Chicago Board of Trade, Soldier Field, Awards and Prizes, Richard M. Daley, Architecture
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Beloved building vulnerable because it is not a landmark
Tribune architecture critic"London has Big Ben, Paris has the Eiffel Tower, and Chicago has the Wrigley Building," the architectural historian Sally Chappell once wrote. That is an overstatement, perhaps--Sears Tower and the John Hancock Center are the city's real skyscraper...Tags: Federal Reserve, John Hancock, Architecture, Frank Sinatra, Willis Tower
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Nowhere to go but up
Special to the TribuneAlex Piper and her husband, Jonathan, moved to Evanston four years ago for the same reasons many young families do: good schools, cozy neighborhoods, a short walk to a Lake Michigan beach, a fast commute to downtown Chicago. "It was," she remembers,...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Water Tower Place, Property, Northwestern University, Minority Groups
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Stage For Shakespeare: As the Bard settles in on Navy Pier, here's a behind-the-scenes look at his new showcase
Tribune criticIn 1986, Barbara Gaines, one of the city's leading actresses, put together a company of performers and put on "Henry V" in the patio at the Red Lion Pub on Lincoln Avenue. "We only had two weekends to invite people we hoped would be potential supporters,"...Tags: Defense, Science, Celebrities, Armed Forces, William Shakespeare
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A place to play
By Jay PridmoreAlready, many Chicagoans have their favorite parts of the city's new and improved "Museum Campus Chicago," dedicated earlier this month on the south edge of Grant Park. To some, Chicago's "cultural playground" means quiet promenades from museum to...Tags: Entertainment, History, Soldier Field, Adler Planetarium, Science
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Off-the-beaten-path sites to see
Taking a tour of the town? Here are some stops they don't make on the architectural tour. The Balbo Column, east of Soldier Field at about 1600 S. Lake Shore Drive. Mounted on a base of travertine marble, this ancient Roman artifact offers a bizarre...Tags: Soldier Field, Benito Mussolini, U.S. Cellular Field, Grant Park, Building Material
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Best of the century
We tend to view the arts as evolutionary, with events and works slowly altering the course of different disciplines. But once in a while, there is a convergence of movies or plays or musical compositions that are so significant that they create waves,...Tags: Transportation, Movies, Bob Dylan, Civic Opera House, Art Institute of Chicago
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Soldier Field ready for next round
Tribune staff reportersWith hulking jackhammers poised to start slugging away Monday at Soldier Field's northern entrance, perhaps the only mystery left in its latest and most dramatic journey to reincarnation is why it took so long. Although this may surprise the stadium's...Tags: Vince Lombardi, Super Bowl, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Green Bay Packers, Defense
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