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Even in retirement, Jackson a newsmaker
With almost every utterance, Phil Jackson moves the needle, whether he wants to or not. This holds true whether he's speaking to a packed downtown hotel ballroom — as he did Thursday night to promote his latest book, "Eleven Rings: The Soul of...
Tags: Chicago Bulls, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Jerry Reinsdorf, Michael Jordan, LeBron James
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Sound of summer
As you brace for Chicago's onslaught of summer music festivals, save room for a new addition: the Great Googa Mooga. Organized by Superfly Presents, the company behind the Bonnaroo and Outside Lands festivals, Googa Mooga focuses on food. At last year's...
Tags: Bonnaroo, Entertainment Events, Arts and Culture, Entertainment, Lollapalooza
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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: Lifestyle and Leisure, Richard M. Daley, Politics, Chicago Mayor, Tour Operations Industry
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Proliferating scandals expose truth about Obama
Dogged by scandal, and with his press secretary presumably now curled up in the fetal position and breathing into a brown paper bag, it's obvious President Barack Obama is in need. Our president must find his happy place again, away from irritating...
Tags: United Nations, Benghazi, Politics, U.S. Department of Justice, White House
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Mayor touts summer parks programming
Tribune reporter Circus performers and Shakespearean actors helped Mayor Rahm Emanuel announce Tuesday that the city is doubling the number of performances and cultural events at its parks this summer. Amid lush greenery and newly bloomed flowers at...
Tags: Gardens and Parks, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Chicago Park District, Tourism and Leisure, Entertainment
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Funds for Mag Mile median gardens not blooming
Change of SubjectBy Jessica Reynolds The tulips on Michigan Avenue are a staple of spring in Chicago, but a decline in contributions to the project's sponsoring organization may force future plantings to be scaled back. John Chikow, president of the Greater North...... -
CSO series explores connections between nature and culture
For ages, mankind has been fascinated by rivers, not simply as natural resources and avenues of commercial conveyance, but also as symbols, metaphors and ideas. Countless artists, composers, writers and thinkers have pondered the significance of these...
Tags: Chinatown (Chicago, Illinois), Artists, Mother's Day, Entertainment, Music
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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: Boka, Taste of Chicago, Dining and Drinking, Lifestyle and Leisure, The Publican
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Lollapalooza 2013: Which day rocks the hardest?
Lollapalooza presented festivalgoers with some difficult choices Tuesday when it announced its hour-by-hour schedule for the three-day, sold-out festival. Two headliners a day will play simultaneously at opposite ends of Grant Park: Nine Inch Nails and...
Tags: Electronics, Science and Technology, 2 Chainz, Entertainment, Charles Bradley
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Mother's Day breast cancer run a tribute to Maggie Daley
On a holiday celebrating families, former Mayor Richard M. Daley's tribute to his late wife inspired a pink-clad crowd running to raise awareness for breast cancer. Thousands streamed into Grant Park on Sunday morning for the Komen Chicago Mother's...
Tags: Richard M. Daley, Breast Cancer, Mother's Day, Human Interest
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Chicago Jazz Festival 2013 lineup announced
Drummer Jack DeJohnette, trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith, pianists Jason Moran and Robert Glasper and saxophonists Donald Harrison, Charles Lloyd, Jimmy Heath and Rudresh Mahanthappa will headline the 35th annual Chicago Jazz Festival, running Aug. 29...
Tags: Fred Anderson, Students, Millennium Park, Music, Howard Reich
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