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Like old times (only better)
Special to the TribuneBefore Jill and Charley Gross began restoring their 1870s Italianate house in Wilmette, Jill Gross explored Evanston, looking at comparable homes from the same era. She was struck by how the original windows -- narrow and tall with ornate trim --...Tags: West Ridge, Renovation
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Gold Coast: Gilded age redux
Special to the TribuneMarilyn Perno loves to walk. Really loves to walk. So after raising her family in the Washington, D.C. area, and later living in Naperville, the born-and-bred Chicagoan, as she describes herself, felt it was time for a return to her pedestrian-friendly...Tags: Nursing, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Medical Specialization, Realty, Real Estate
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Thrills and great storytelling in Lookinglass Theatre's 'Hephaestus'
Tribune criticIf the aims of the Lookingglass Theatre were purely fiscal or populist, there would no reason to ever close "Hephaestus: A Greek Mythology Circus Tale." Just steps from Magnificent Mile shopping, Chicago now has a live, 75-minute, all-human circus...Tags: Magnificent Mile, Water Supply, Blue Man Group, Circuses, Gurnee Mills
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Open your minds, calendars for the fall theater season
Metromix.com"The Merchant of Venice" at Chicago Shakespeare, starring the indefatigable Mike Nussbaum as Shylock. The circus-oriented "Hephaestus" at Lookingglass. The classic musical "Gypsy" at Porchlight. "Three by Friel" at the never-say-die Irish Repertory. And...Tags: Hyde Park, Arts, Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Steppenwolf Theatre, David Mamet
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Boy band still honors its sweet, funny altar
Tribune theater criticProfessional obligations mean I now have seen the satirical, concert-style, boy-band musical "Altar Boyz" three times. I recommend no more than once, but I do recommend that once. To spend too much time parsing the relative merits of the different...Tags: Magnificent Mile, Satire (genre), Water Supply, Theater, Movies
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'Morning's' doesn't rise to the occasion provided
Tribune arts criticPenned for the Broadway season of 1939, Paul Osborne's "Morning's at Seven" flows from a lost era when American playwrights could still make a decent living churning out soft-edged theatrical pictures of the minutiae of Midwestern life as it then was...Tags: Comedy (genre), Literature, Theater, Celebrities, Entertainment
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Why is foie gras a big honking deal?
Tribune staff reporterOnce the hog butcher for the world, Chicago could become a foie gras-free zone if the City Council adopts a proposal to ban the fancy liver dish made by force-feeding ducks or geese. Such a change would have a limited effect on Chicago and the state as a...Tags: Charlie Trotter, Lifestyle and Leisure, Restaurants, Science and Technology, Foie Gras
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'Hephaestus' brings the circus up close
Tribune arts criticLookingglass Theatre Company made its name and deserved reputation by doing physical theater, especially intensely acrobatic stagings of classic texts. But there's a difference a world of difference between legitimate actors who studied movement in...Tags: Blue Man Group, Circuses, Theater, Celebrities, Cirque du Soleil
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Steppenwolf, 'Wicked' top Jeff Award nominees
Tribune arts criticBelying its reputation for conservatism, the Joseph Jefferson Awards Committee lauded the Steppenwolf Theatre Company's controversial production of "The Pain and the Itch" in its annual but unusually expansive list of nominations, released Monday....Tags: Water Supply, Lifestyle and Leisure, Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Maggie Siff, Steppenwolf Theatre
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High-wire act
Special to the TribuneWith its self-seriousness and new-age spectacle--plus a conspicuous lack of animals--Montreal's Cirque du Soleil has revolutionized the very concept of a circus show. Here in Chicago, in the years since the Cirque phenomenon hit critical mass,...Tags: Family, United Center, Monuments and Heritage Sites, Cirque du Soleil, Entertainment
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