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Scattered new condominium buildings are priced higher than the older buildings they replaced in this Southwest Side area, but are far outnumbered by houses and flats that are 80-plus years old. Read more about Pilsen, Chicago IL
Scattered new condominium buildings are priced higher than the older buildings they replaced in this Southwest Side area, but are far outnumbered by houses and flats that are 80-plus years old. Read more about Pilsen, Chicago IL
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Summer 2013: 10 theater shows for a sunny Chicago
Two components of many a Chicago summer of live entertainment are absent this year — there's no Cirque du Soleil tent at the United Center and no Riverfront Theater at the Tribune Company's Freedom Center. So you'll have to go camping for fun...
Tags: Tribune Company, Robin Williams, United Center, Celebrities, Nora Dunn
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Hibiscus margarita
Hibiscus margarita: Summer drink season is here, and Del Toro has you covered. The Pilsen restaurant from the family behind F&R Liquors offers eight signature margaritas. Each drink is a unique blend of 3 Garcias or Gran Centenario tequila, followed by an... -
Sister Guadalupe Stump, 1927-2013
Sister Guadalupe Stump, the daughter of Mexican immigrants, was a professor of social work when she decided to put her words into action and leave academia to assist social organizations. She later joined Sisters of Mercy and focused on social causes,...Tags: Social Services, Ball State University, Immigration, Mexico, Crime, Law and Justice
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Man arrested on weapons, drug charges after domestic call
Tribune reporterA Chicago man was arrested after police were called to a Pilsen home Saturday evening for a domestic disturbance and discovered several weapons, including three assault rifles and a machine pistol with a silencer. Jeremy Lydon, 43, of the 2100 block...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Crimes, Crime, Law and Justice, Drug Trafficking, Firearms
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Howard Stern taking his 'Talent' to Chicago area
"America's Got Talent" will do this week what the National Radio Hall of Fame couldn't last November: It will get legendary shock jock Howard Stern to come to the Chicago area. Stern — who was inducted into the Chicago-based Hall of Fame but...
Tags: RPM Italian, Friends (tv program), Diabetes, Chicago Bulls, United Center
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Ambitious Beethoven fest wants listeners to feel the 'love'
Ludwig van Beethoven was forever pushing boundaries, and the annual Chicago festival that bears the composer's name continues to do the same, even more so than in the past. “Beethoven Festival: LOVE 2013,” as the third edition is titled,...
Tags: Music, Arts and Culture, Music Industry, Festive Events, Artists
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826CHI 826CHI is a nonprofit writing and tutoring center dedicated to supporting students ages 6-18 with their creative and expository writing skills, and to helping teachers inspire their students. 826chi.org Tom Acitelli Tom Acitelli is author...Tags: Cartoons, Teaching and Learning, Philosophy, Crime, Law and Justice, FBI
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Gender-bending rapper Mykki Blanco is Chicago through and through
Before Michael Quattlebaum was going glamazon in the pages of Vogue, being christened the most exciting thing in the downtown party scene by The New York Times, before he was boasting about being Jay-Z's natural-born legatee in song — which is to...
Tags: The New York Times, Nicki Minaj, Gatekeeper (music group), School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Loop
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Must menu choices be so difficult?
A year or so ago, not long before chef Ryan McCaskey opened Acadia in the South Loop, he began thinking about what his soon-to-be restaurant might serve at brunch. A lifelong Deadhead, he was traveling around the country, following what remains of the...
Tags: French Toast, Ice Cream, Blackbird, Jams and Jellies, Everest
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Medal of Honor goes to Korean War chaplain
WASHINGTON — When men who served in the Korean War with Emil Kapaun describe him, they do not talk about the acts most commonly associated with the Medal of Honor: He fell on no grenades, captured no enemy machine guns, killed no enemy soldiers....
Tags: Theft, Korean War (1950-1953), Prisons, Pat Roberts, U.S. Army
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Community of Pilsen watches Medal of Honor ceremony
KWCH 12 Eyewitness NewsFather Emil Kapaun began his career in the same town he grew up in, Pilsen. It's a small town of about 40 people in Marion County. "You know, it makes you think," said 86-year-old Millie Vinduska, who used to live next door to Kapaun's parents. "I'm so...Tags: Prisons, Awards and Prizes, Human Interest, Heroism, Congressional Medal of Honor Society's Annual Convention
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Phil Vettel: Three stars for EL Ideas
EL Ideas has been playing to full houses since it opened in July 2011. That would be a nice achievement for any operation, but given the quirky experience chef and owner Phillip Foss offers, it's positively miraculous. Dinners cost $145, prepaid, tip...
Tags: Greektown, Potatoes, Chicago Tribune Columnists, Phil Vettel, Breads
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Apr 18, 2013
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Apr 11, 2013
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Apr 11, 2013
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Apr 11, 2013
|Column| Chicago Tribune
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