Steve Johnson
Smooth music, rocky environs at Caravan - July 10, 2011 - In a way, Tom Smith should have been at home on the site of the Dave Matthews Band Caravan, the new three-day music festival that wrapped up, mostly in triumph, Sunday at a rocky new music venue on the Southeast Side.
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Julia Keller
Do out-of-date travel books have any use for more modern journeys? - July 15, 2011 - It's time for the travel two-step: First, deciding where in the world you'd like to go for your summer vacation. Second, finding the perfect travel guide to accompany you. I've been known to stand in a bookstore aisle for long agonizing stretches, reading and sighing, trying to choose between...
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Rick Kogan's Sidewalks
Marc Smith celebrates 25 years of poetry slams - July 15, 2011 - In the beginning was the word, and the word was with Marc Smith, and the word was "slam."
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Nina Metz
Kitschy educational films got their start in Chicago - July 15, 2011 - In an educational film from 1969 called "Case Study LSD," a pretty blonde is seen partaking in the hallucinogenic drug as groovy psychedelic effects distort the picture. "I was pretty jacked up on marijuana and so I decided to try it," she says in voiceover. Later, she wanders out to buy a hot dog...
Howard Reich
L.A. jazz giant pays homage to Chicago - July 19, 2011 - The most august composer in jazz has been living in Los Angeles for roughly 60 years, but – at 92 – he still can't get Chicago out of his mind.
John von Rhein
For Grant Park chorus master Bell, it's 10 productive years -- and counting - July 19, 2011 - Amid a hectic transatlantic schedule that has Christopher Bell shuttling each season between engagements in the United Kingdom and Chicago, he looks forward to the balm of summers spent working with his Grant Park Chorus. This year he is celebrating his 10th year as its director, and the milestone...
Phil Vettel
French, without the accent - July 14, 2011 - It's impossible for me to view Paris Club, the hip French bistro that opened in River North five months ago, without feeling a sense of loss.
Dean Richards
'Harry Potter's' Rupert Grint ready for new challenges - July 15, 2011 - NEW YORK CITY — I first met the stars of the Harry Potter movie series a decade ago.
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Casting announced for 'My Fair Lady' at Paramount
The Paramount Theatre has announced the cast for its first self-produced musical: Jim...
Marilyn Monroe statue carries a spectacle across the decades
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Mavis Staples, Andrew Bird to headline Hideout's 15th-anniversary block party
The Hideout will celebrate its 15th anniversary at its annual block party Sept....