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2013 outdoor dining and drinking preview
For RedEye"Do you remember when it was 80 degrees in March last year?" Yup, that might be the most common complaint muttered by coat-clad Chicagoans this spring. Sure, summer didn't come early this year as it did last, but that hasn't stopped dozens of...Tags: Boystown (Chicago, Illinois), Restaurants, Wrigley Building, River North, Old Town (Chicago, Illinois)
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Howells & Hood goes upscale on a large scale
For decades Chicago journalists' post-work watering hole of choice has been the Billy Goat Tavern, with its three beers on tap ($3.50 Schlitz and Billy Goat Dark and Lager) and $3.15 cheeseburgers just a dark stairway's descent from the Magnificent Mile's...
Tags: Restaurants, Services and Shopping, Chicago Restaurants, Cheesecake Factory, Old Town (Chicago, Illinois)
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'Book of My Lives': Aleksander Hemon's remarkable tale
Aleksandar Hemon landed in the United States two decades ago, January 1992. He was 27, a young Bosnian journalist from Sarajevo arriving on a one-month visa, arranged through a cultural exchange program sponsored by the State Department. Just after he...
Tags: Sports, Literature, James Joyce, John Freeman, Immigration
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Lunch conversation, community inspiration
Last week, I enjoyed joining a lunch discussion with a few dozen community leaders who were interested in education, volunteerism, and the community. The goal of the lunch was to brainstorm ways together to inspire students, parents and policy-makers to...
Tags: Chicago Public Library, Media Industry, Chicago Tribune, Chicago Public Schools, Libraries
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Trib Nation half-off discount on TribU career courses
We wanted to make you aware of a special half-off Trib Nation discount that will work for four upcoming career-focused TribU classes -- on researching the decision to get an MBA; on more effective workplace conversations; on better time management; and on...
Tags: Colleges and Universities, Roosevelt University, Brookings Institution, University of Chicago, Chicago Tribune
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Cooper Rollow 'a reporter at heart'
The letter arrived in July of 1974. My writing clips had been reviewed, my references approved and interview completed. I was hired by the Chicago Tribune, even though the signature at the end of the letter sounded more like one of those fictitious...
Tags: Sports, High School Sports, Periodicals, Drake Relays, Chicago Bears
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Interview: 'The Call' star David Otunga finds himself in the center of the ring
David Otunga had little time to order food Friday during lunchtime at Howells & Hood in the Tribune Tower — not with his hectic press tour running late and a live TV appearance up next — so the Elgin native and WWE Superstar settled for just a...
Tags: The Descendants (movie), Henry Thomas, Betrayal (movie), The Host (movie), A Good Day to Die Hard (movie)
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25 things every Chicagoan should know how to do
RedEyeYou start to learn things about Chicago after living here a while. RedEye staff members feel we'd be ignoring our civic duty by not clueing you in on some of the best tips and tricks we've acquired over our collective years. Call them ... Chicago hacks?...Tags: Services and Shopping, Willis Tower, Chicago Transit Authority, Bleep (euphemism), Lollapalooza
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'Game of Thrones' returns — and it's spellbinding
The wildly popular epic fantasy series "Game of Thrones" opens its third season on HBO on Sunday. And now those of us who are hooked on the medieval fantasy must ask ourselves: Are we nerds? And do we really care if we're nerds? No. And no. "I'm...
Tags: Sean Bean, Literature, Game of Thrones (tv program), Arts and Culture, Peter Dinklage
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Not your parents' journalism
Change of SubjectBy Jessica Reynolds A blog post by a former reporter-turned-hospital fundraiser is being circulated throughout the journo digital world. In a nutshell, Allyson Bird, the author, paints a grim picture of modern journalism and justifies why she left the... -
Fallout of fear
Chicago Tribune reporterHalf a century ago, the unthinkable became all too thinkable as the Soviet Union and the United States engaged in a game of chicken, played with nuclear bombs. On Oct. 22, 1962, President John F. Kennedy went on television to announce that the Soviet...Tags: The Pentagon, Weaponry, Unrest, Conflicts and War, University of Chicago, Nuclear Weapons
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Maurice Chavalier drinks a Pabst Blue Ribbon
In the early 20th Century, the epicenters of film and stage stardom were New York and Los Angeles. Luckily for us, stars in transit often changed trains in Chicago. Hepburn, Pickford, Rogers, West, Hughes, Capra and Brice. All names and iconic faces...
Tags: Katharine Hepburn, Apple iPad, Chicago Tribune, Howard Hughes
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Mar 28, 2013
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Feb 19, 2013
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