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Millennium Park free summer film series begins June 18
Remember when there were free movies shown in Grant Park each summer? Remember how bummed you were when that series went away? Well, good news: The offices of the mayor and cultural affairs announced today that a new, free film series will begin June 18...
Tags: The Jungle Book (movie), Millennium Park, Singin' in the Rain (movie), Roger Ebert, Entertainment Events
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Still rolling on the river
These days, Dar Lopez approaches the Riverwalk Blues and Music Festival with a degree of humility. It's rooted, perhaps, in the organizer's abiding respect for the event's late founder, Don Cohen, who inaugurated the all-day party in the parking lot of...
Tags: Festive Events, Fort Lauderdale, The Rolling Stones (music group), Bars and Clubs, Muddy Waters
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The creative stew that was Bronzeville
On Nov. 22, 1981, the Rolling Stones paid tribute to black history at the Checkerboard Lounge on East 43rd Street. In town for concerts at the then-Rosemont Horizon, the famed rock group made a pilgrimage to the South Side, where their musical style and...Tags: Chester Arthur "Howlin' Wolf" Burnett, The Rolling Stones (music group), Keith Richards, Willie Dixon, Mick Jagger
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Playing the blues in black AND white
On a recent Wednesday night at Blue Chicago, a long-running club downtown, you had to elbow your way forward just to get past the doorman. Men and women in business suits — collars loosened, beers in hand — packed the place, barely leaving...Tags: Chester Arthur "Howlin' Wolf" Burnett, Dominican University, South Loop, Forestry and Timber, Eddie Shaw
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Buddy Guy relocates Legends; new state-of-the-art blues club set to open
Turn It UpAfter a decade of uncertainty, Buddy Guy’s Legends finally has a new home – and it’s a lavish improvement on just about anything the venerable Chicago blues scene has ever seen. When the new space (above, with Guy) is unveiled...... -
Terry Armour: Life lived to fullest
Chicago Tribune colleagues share their memories of Terry Armour
When I met Terry Armour in December 1981, we were copy clerks in the Tribune newsroom, and I never would have dreamed this wacky guy from the South Side would turn out to be a multimedia...Tags: The Rolling Stones (music group), Corie Blount, High School Sports, Chicago Blackhawks, Chicago Tribune
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Can this man heat up Hyde Park?
Tribune restaurant criticWhere is Chicago's next hot restaurant zone? We've already seen the Miracle on Randolph Street, West Division's dining surge, the South Loop's gradual buildup. What's next? Would you believe ... Hyde Park? Don't scoff. Or, go ahead and scoff. No one saw...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Restaurants, Lebanon, Chicago Restaurants, South Loop
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Sip and sound off
Red Ivy "Great job on the interior; this is a very cool space. The food was quite good; the service was slow; but for a new place, I can let that slide. The music doesn't fit the bar at all. You'd expect rock/pop/hip-hop at a sports bar; you get...Tags: Wicker Park, Dining and Drinking, Koko Taylor, Bars and Clubs
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Reviving a Checkered past
The owners of the New Checkerboard Lounge for Blues 'n' Jazz in Hyde Park have an almost impossible task: keep the blues purists happy and make the new jazz crowd feel at home. To do this, they'll need to keep the focus on the music and people that made...Tags: Tyrone Davis, University of Chicago, Hyde Park, Al Green, Bars and Clubs
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What's the buzz?
So many bars. So many cocktails. So little time to test them all, you say? We hear ya. From neighborhood hangs to spacious lounges, we've rounded up the hottest themes in this year's crop of new Chicago bars and clubs. Weed Street scene Weed Street...Tags: Boystown (Chicago, Illinois), Jeremy Piven, Hotels and Accommodations, Michael Jordan, New Year's Day
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Grub match!
Ask anyone who works in a restaurant, and you'll hear the same thing: This is one tough business. Even in a chow town like Chicago, where dining out is a way of life, competition for stomachs--and wallets--is fierce. Industry watchers barely bat an eye as...Tags: River West, Restaurants, Chicago Restaurants, Hotels and Accommodations, Tooth Decay
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Ask us!
"What's a great bar/club to attend for a New Year's bash?" -Amy Even though we're still thinking Thanksgiving Eve, we know the hyper-organized among us are already planning NYE, so here are a few bashes worth looking into. The Ninth Annual New Year's Eve...Tags: Wrigleyville, Navy Pier, Holidays, The Rolling Stones (music group), New Year's Day
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