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The school was founded in 1866 as the Chicago Academy of Design by a collective of studio artists. Its collecting arm was founded in 1872, and The Art Institute of Chicago was officially born in 1882. The Art Institute moved to its location on South Michigan Avenue after the World's Columbian Exposition in 1893. The total enrollment is about 2,500, nearly 600 of whom are graduate students. It offers a range of art, architecture and writing-related degrees.
The school was founded in 1866 as the Chicago Academy of Design by a collective of studio artists. Its collecting arm was founded in 1872, and The Art Institute of Chicago was officially born in 1882. The Art Institute moved to its location on South Michigan Avenue after the World's Columbian Exposition in 1893. The total enrollment is about 2,500, nearly 600 of whom are graduate students. It offers a range of art, architecture and writing-related degrees.
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Lights parade The annual Eastport Yacht Club Lights Parade will be held from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 10, in Annapolis. Event takes place rain or shine and concludes with a fireworks display. Among the entries this year are "Chesapeake Reindeer,"...Tags: Entertainment Events, Glen Burnie, Colleges and Universities, Santa Claus (fictional character), Anne Arundel Community College
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Authors H-L
Alyson Hagy In conversation with Eric Banks and Susan Nusser, 12:30 p.m. Saturday, University Center/River Room. Panelist, with Jonathan Evison, Larry Watson and Terese Svoboda, moderated by Steve Mills, 4 p.m. Saturday, Grace Place/2nd Floor. Alyson...Tags: Wailin Wong, Time (magazine), Harold Washington Library Center, Teaching and Learning, Newspapers
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Janine MacLachlan Farmers Markets Triumphs & Challenges, with Anna Blessing and Sarah Stegner, in conversation with Monica Eng, 11:30 a.m. Saturday, Good Eating Stage. Janine MacLachlan is a food writer, farm groupie and author of "Farmers' Markets...Tags: Food Network (tv network), Time (magazine), Sherwood Anderson, Harold Washington Library Center, Gilded Age
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Dawn Raffel The Art of Memoir, with Sara Connell and Laura Caldwell, 11:45 a.m. Saturday, University Center/Loop Room. Dawn Raffel is the author of the memoir "The Secret Life of Objects" and "Further Adventures in the Restless Universe." She is...Tags: World Series, John Green, Photography, Time (magazine), College Sports
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The Actors Training Center Performance, noon-12:30 p.m. Saturday, Lil' Lit Park. The Actors Training Center offers professional classes year-round for actors of all ages. Class topics include musical theater, on-camera technique and master classes...Tags: Music Theater, Art Smith, Harold Washington Library Center, Teaching and Learning, University of Michigan
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Loud cheers as NATO protesters released from police station
Tribune reporterAt least 20 people arrested or detained by Chicago police during Sunday's NATO protests were released from custody overnight, according to other protesters and representatives of a lawyers' organization offering them free legal advice. A total of 45...Tags: McCormick Place, Photography, Arts, NATO, Activism
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Sarah Silverman joins TBS Just For Laughs festival line-up
RedEyeTBS and Just For Laughs have added comic Sarah Silverman to the Chicago festival line-up in June, along with dozens of other newly announced shows. Silverman will host two shows at The Chicago Theatre on June 16, presenting some of her favorite comedians...Tags: Celebrities, Stand-up Comedy, 30 Rock (tv program), Apple iPhone, Scott Adsit
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Dana Hall, Kate Dumbleton resign at Chicago Jazz Ensemble
Tribune criticIn another sign of the impending demise of the Chicago Jazz Ensemble at Columbia College Chicago, artistic director Dana Hall and executive director Kate Dumbleton have resigned. A "Blueprint: Prioritization" report produced by Columbia that became...Tags: Music, Columbia College Chicago, Colleges and Universities, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana (Champaign, Illinois)
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Two resignations signal doubts at Jazz Ensemble
In another sign of the impending demise of the Chicago Jazz Ensemble at Columbia College Chicago, artistic director Dana Hall and executive director Kate Dumbleton have resigned. A report that became public in March, titled "Blueprint: Prioritization"...
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Iraq War vet talks about why he wants to return his medals during NATO summit
Greg Broseus joined the Ohio National Guard in 2002 to help pay for college. He wound up spending all of 2005 in Iraq as a gunner on a convoy whose mission was to search for roadside bombs. For his service, he received 11 medals. But now he wants to give...
Tags: McCormick Place, Photography, Colleges and Universities, Iraq War (2003-2011), Awards and Prizes
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Cannes Film Festival preview: Time to get off the beach
Brigitte Bardot in a bikini on a French Riviera beach in the early 1950s. Quick — name a single photograph in existence that reminds you less of "The Tree of Life," last year's top prize winner at the Cannes Film Festival. The only movie in...
Tags: Clint Eastwood, Entertainment Events, The Artist (movie), The Tree of Life (movie), Cannes Film Festival
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The Actors Training Center The Actors Training Center offers professional, process-driven classes year-round for actors of all ages. Featuring classes from musical theater to on-camera technique to master classes taught by Chicago, New York, and LA...Tags: Physical Fitness and Exercise, Art Smith, Teaching and Learning, University of Michigan, The Decemberists (music group)
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