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A preview of the top Chicago parties in 2013
The best parties in Chicago don’t all take place in the summer — just most of them. But if you’re getting early stages of cabin fever and don’t feel like you can spend another weekend in your sweatpants, there is the...
Tags: Kristin Cavallari, Pete Wentz, Theo Epstein, Wolfgang Puck, Rahm Emanuel
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Buddha heads designed to get people thinking
For RedEyeHalf-submerged Buddha head sculptures started popping up in five Chicago neighborhoods in the fall, and in 2013, the next phrase of the public art installation is set to turn even more communities on its head. Ten Thousand Ripples—a...Tags: Rogers Park, Sculpture, Albany Park, South Chicago, Martin Luther King Jr.
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Ready, reserved
I have this problem. I made more New Year's Eve reservations than I can use. More than 100 of them, actually. Which is why, for the 12th straight year (and the 17th time in the past 19 years), I'll be giving them away to nimble-fingered readers who ask....
Tags: Disc Jockeys, Henri, Browntrout, Diets and Dieting, Chicago Restaurants
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Jazz roaring ahead for the New Year
The New Year has just begun, but the jazz scene never settles down. Among the weekend's highlights: Rob Mazurek: The enterprising Chicago cornetist has produced remarkable work with his aptly named Exploding Star Orchestra, which conjures a...
Tags: Jim Ryan, Ramsey Lewis, Tony Bennett, Stan Kenton, Count Basie
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Bassist Matt Ulery's 'By a Little Light' breakthrough album is triumph of '12
What a year this has been for Chicago bassist-composer Matt Ulery. His breakthrough album, "By a Little Light" (Greenleaf Music), has been turning up on best-of-year lists, including NPR's and the Chicago Tribune's. He has taken this hauntingly...
Tags: Chicago Tribune, NPR, Vocal Music (genre), Irving Park, Music Industry
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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: Benny Carter, Louis Armstrong, Jazz (genre), Joe Segal, Festive Events
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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: Music Industry, Entertainment, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Poetry, Frankfort
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A procrastinator's guide to making the holidays count
The holidays always seem to come too soon and leave too early. One minute you're wailing that the stores are playing "Jingle Bell Rock" at Halloween, the next you're whimpering that it's Jan. 2 and you never really felt the holiday spirit. By "you," I...
Tags: Lincoln Park Zoo, Halloween, Brookfield Zoo, Holidays, Religious Festivals
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Northwestern's free ice-skating rink taking shape
RedEyeWhen the lines to ice skate at Millennium Park are too long, wouldn’t it be nice to have your own ice skating rink in your backyard? Northwestern University students are lucky enough to have something like that. Construction on the ice rink at...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Students, Northwestern University, Education, Colleges and Universities
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City unveils dates for 2013 festivals
Chicago’s festival season will begin in May, with the lineup of music and food soirees released by the city’s Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events on Wednesday. Following is the schedule, with dates subject to change: Chicago...
Tags: Chicago Blues Fest, Chicago Air and Water Show, Festive Events, Entertainment, Chicago Jazz Fest
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Where are Q101 DJs now?
RedEyeTheir given names are James, Christine, Brian and Todd--but many Chicagoans remember them best for their colorful DJ names--JVO, Electra, Sludge and Fook. They were some of personalities manning the mics of Q101, the rock radio station that ruled the...Tags: Disc Jockeys, Halloween, Talk Shows (genre), Smashing Pumpkins (music group), Radio
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Libertyville student’s ‘cool’ summer project: Documenting the ‘cancer experiment’
TribLocal - Libertyville » NewsWithout a declared major or a summer internship, Kenny Shaevel of Libertyville was looking for something “cool” to do this summer after his freshman year …...
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