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"Lascivious Something" by Signal Ensemble ★★★
Residents of the Chicago neighborhood known as North Center may well live passionate lives in those neat single-family homes and three-flats, but the pedestrian-free section of West Berenice Avenue between Lincoln Avenue and the train tracks is not...
Tags: Boy (movie), Chicago Loop
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Area farmers markets are back!
Special to Tribune NewspapersAn array of vegetables, herbs, flowers and much more is hitting farm stands as the 2013 farmers market season gets underway. Although most markets will open later in May or in early June, several have already started. The market in Collum opens Wednesday,...Tags: Wicker Park, Dwayne Johnson, Garfield Park Conservatory, Marketing, Andersonville
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Man with cane robs North Side bank
Tribune reporterA branch bank in a North Center neighborhood grocery store was robbed this morning, police said. A man in his 30s walked up to a teller about 10:10 a.m. at the TCF Bank in the 4200 block of North Lincoln Avenue and robbed the bank, said Chicago Police...Tags: Chicago Police Department, Theft
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A screen's-eye view of Chicago
Chicago has been involved in filmmaking since the technology's very beginnings in the early 1900s, when some of the world's first movie studios operated here. From those early days, when neighborhood kids would sneak onto the Selig Polyscope Co. lot at...Tags: Harvey Keitel, Kathy Bates, Uptown, Bonnie Hunt, Edgewater
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1 killed, two hurt after overnight shootings
Tribune reporterThree people were shot, one fatally, in separate overnight shootings on the city's South and Northwest Sides. Shortly after 2 a.m., a 20-year-old man was shot in the back of his head while riding in a car on the city's South Side. The shooting...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Shootings, John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County, Oak Lawn, Chicago Police Department
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Gaming grows up: A video game revolution
The video game is 40. Its exact birthday is arguable. Cultural historians likely would date its origins further back, roughly a decade or two; prototypes of arcade games flourished in university computer labs in the 1950s. But “Pong,” the...
Tags: Roger Ebert, Students, Gaming, Apple iPhone, Citizen Kane (movie)
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Authorities: Man posing as worker accused of stealing fest donations
Tribune reporterA Chicago man pretended to work at a North Side street festival Saturday so he could stuff hundreds of dollars in admission donations into his pocket, authorities said. Christopher Urban, 39, was arrested and charged with theft about 5 p.m. Saturday at...Tags: Irving Park, Festive Events, Justice System, Judges, Theft
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No injuries in extra-alarm fire in North Center
Chicago firefighters extinguished an extra-alarm fire in an apartment building that spread to two others in the North Center neighborhood, authorities said. No injuries were reported in the 3-11 alarm blaze reported in three framed home near the...
Tags: Fires
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Listing: Chicago-area farmers markets
An early spring will bring not only May flowers to the farmers markets this year, but also an abundance of farm-fresh produce earlier than usual, while preparations for Chicago's first NATO summit will delay two downtown markets.
The Daley Plaza...Tags: Uptown, Hospitals and Clinics, NATO, Wicker Park, Marketing
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'Nobody can run forever'
It was just after 8 a.m. when international fugitive Carlos Castillo opened the front door of his gated brick home.
"I'll talk to you guys. I really want to get it off my chest," Castillo said.
The 25-year-old is wanted in Chicago on charges stemming...Tags: Rogers Park, Mexico, Accidental Death, Extradition, Law Enforcement
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Faulty boiler forces evacuation of 60 kids from North Center child center
Tribune reporterSmoke from an overheating motor forced authorities to move about 60 children from a childcare center attached to a church this afternoon on the North Side. Police said a fire alarm activated at 1:23 p.m. when a boiler overheated in the Concordia Place...Tags: Chicago Fire Department
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Police investigate two separate home invasions
Tribune reporterChicago police are investigating a pair of home invasions today, including one in which the robbers posed as delivery men and handcuffed their victims, officials said. The latest incident happened about 9:45 a.m. on the 6100 block of West Henderson...Tags: Criminals, Theft
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