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It's time for Chicago
Chicago transforms into a warm-weather temptress once the city bids winter farewell. A sparkling lakefront framed by skyscraper views is just the beginning. Free events are abundant at city parks and along Chicago's 18-mile Lakefront Trail. Favorites...
Tags: Travelzoo Inc., New York City, Chicago Air and Water Show, Travel, Chicago Hotels
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Nearly half polled favor Emanuel's shortened Taste
Chicago mayors have been scaling back the Taste of Chicago and the hoopla surrounding it for years. That downsizing is playing well among white voters but proving unpopular among African-Americans and Latinos, according to a Tribune/WGN-TV poll. The...
Tags: Tour Operations Industry, Layoffs and Downsizing, Politics, Rahm Emanuel, Arts and Culture
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Kahan, Bayless head Taste's Chef du Jour lineup
Tribune reporterPaul Kahan, who received the James Beard Foundation's Outstanding Chef award last week, and Rick Bayless, who won his Outstanding Chef award in 1991 (the first Chicago chef so honored), will head the Mazda6 Celebrity Chef du Jour lineup at Taste of...Tags: Dining and Drinking, Boka, The Publican, Naha, Rick Bayless
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Dibs on a french fry food truck
A calamari taco with cilantro-lime relish would never replace a Chicago-style hot dog. We wouldn't dream of swapping a drippy Italian beef for a gruyere grilled cheese. We'll always crave deep dish pizza. But Chicago continues to miss out on the...
Tags: Dining and Drinking, Mini, Restaurants, Rahm Emanuel, French Fries
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Taste of Chicago lineup adds Robert Plant, Jill Scott
Robert Plant, Robin Thicke and Jill Scott were among the headliners announced Wednesday announced as Taste of Chicago completed its summer concert lineup. The rock band fun. had previously been announced as Taste’s opening-night headliner, on July...
Tags: Neon Trees (music group), Lone (music group)
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Paul Sullivan's Cubs mailbag
Paul, I just don't understand this push for more night games. Anyone who has been to a nice warm summer day game and then spent the rest of the day in Wrigleyville, whether he is from Chicago or some far away city, will tell you that this is one of the...
Tags: Apple iPhone, Personal Service, Brent Lillibridge, Chicago Cubs, New York Mets
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Samoa Air obesity policy weighs heavy on some
Mr. Puni weighs about 440 pounds, and these days he's one big angry Samoan. Like many others of great girth — Samoans and non-Samoans — he's peeved at Samoa Air's new policy to base the price of airline tickets on the weight of the...
Tags: New York City, Samoa, Travel, Air Transportation Industry, Chicago Mayor
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A School of Rock is opening in Plainfield this May
Jason Fein is addicted to rocking. It started when the 29-year-old picked up a guitar 17 years ago. He has been hooked ever since. "It's cliche, but it's indescribable," said the Oswego native, who sings in a pop-punk band called The Run Around....
Tags: Concerts, Music Industry, Jack Black, Entertainment, Summerfest
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Some aldermen want hearings on fixing or dumping Taste of Chicago
Clout StreetA group of aldermen today called for hearings on whether Taste of Chicago should be restructured or even eliminated in the face of years of financial losses. Ald. Robert Fioretti, a sponsor of the non-binding resolution, suggested Taste may have run...Tags: Robert Fioretti, Walter Burnett, Jr., Leslie Hairston, Rahm Emanuel, Patrick J. O'Connor
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fun. to headline Taste of Chicago
The 33rd annual Taste of Chicago, racked by budget cuts in recent years, has booked an in-demand band for its opening concert July 10: fun. The New York City trio recently won two Grammy awards, for song of the year (the ubiquitous “We are Young&...
Tags: New York City, Entertainment, Delta Spirit (music group), Music
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Weeks in review
Change of SubjectA roundup of state and local news-review and weekly political chat shows. Descriptions provided by the broadcast outlets in most cases: Editorial Roundtable chicagotribune.com: Tribune deputy editorial page editor John McCormick and editorial board member... -
Interview: Fitz and the Tantrums specialize in art of performance
Before he became the lead singer of "MoneyGrabber" band Fitz and the Tantrums and was performing on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" and "Jimmy Kimmel Live," "Fitz" was Michael Fitzpatrick — son of former Museum of Contemporary Art director and...
Tags: Patti Smith, Lollapalooza, Gold Coast, Jimmy Kimmel Live! (tv program), Arts
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