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Fundraisers focus on home and art
Special to Tribune NewspapersThe National Public Housing Museum's April 15 benefit, "An Afternoon of Good Times," honored three nationally renowned humanitarians for their commitments and contributions to inner-city housing and empowerment of its residents. Steve Pemberton, author...Tags: Arts and Culture, Housing and Urban Planning, Winston Churchill, Awards and Prizes, Chicago Housing Authority
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Philanthropist gives away more than $331 million with hands-on approach
Tribune staff reporterAnn Lurie isn't very good at being merely a name etched in granite. Take the coming fundraising gala to celebrate the completion of the new Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, a 1.25 million-square-foot facility in Streeterville with...Tags: Human Interest, Adele (music artist), Millennium Park, Diseases and Illnesses, Tribune Company
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MUSIC FROM DOWN UNDER: Soprano to perform with chamber orchestra at Norton Center
On Friday, Centre College’s Norton Center for the Arts will hosts the Australian Chamber Orchestra and soprano Dawn Upshaw for a concert of classic chamber works and arrangements, and a new work written specifically for the award-winning soprano and...
Tags: Human Interest, Edvard Grieg, Awards and Prizes, Carnegie Hall, Culture
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Three to be honored
Gloria Zigner, Douglas Rankin and Elizabeth Turk move in different worlds but have, in their own ways, made a mark on the Orange County arts scene. Come September, all three will be recognized at the 13th annual O.C. Arts Awards in Costa Mesa as...Tags: Human Interest, Arts and Culture, Pitbull (music artist), Lady Gaga, Music
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Adrienne Rich, poet, essayist, feminist, provocateur
Adrienne Rich, one of the country's most honored and influential poets, whose finely tuned verse explored her identity as a feminist, a lesbian and an agent for political change, died Tuesday at her home in Santa Cruz, Calif. She was 82. She died of...
Tags: Human Interest, Reviews, The Washington Post, Awards and Prizes, Brooklyn (New York City)
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Goodman Theatre's upcoming season to highlight a Mary Zimmerman take on 'Jungle Book'
Mary Zimmerman will premiere her new stage-musical version of "The Jungle Book"in Chicago, as part of the Goodman Theatre’s 2012-13 subscription season, the Chicago theater announced.
"The Jungle Book," a Goodman production enhanced by the...Tags: Arts and Culture, The Jungle Book (movie), Bare (music group), Music, Victory Gardens Theatre
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MacArthur Foundation exec built her career from a mix of public, private experience and dashes of chance, risk
Tribune staff reporterWhen Robert Gallucci arrived in Chicago to take the reins at the MacArthur Foundation in mid-2009, he found himself besieged by new "friends." "They had great ideas on how the foundation could spend its money," he said. The onetime diplomat and...Tags: Justice System, Corporate Officers, Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building, Crime, Law and Justice, Companies and Corporations
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Chicago Magazine names 100 Most Powerful Chicagoans
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel tops Chicago Magazine's list of the 100 Most Powerful Chicagoans.
To see more details on each person selected, visit www.chicagomag.com.
1. Rahm Emanuel, Mayor, City of Chicago
2. Patrick Fitzgerald, U.S. attorney, Northern...Tags: Justice System, Thomas Ricketts, Dick Durbin, Francis George, Corporate Officers
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Bill T. Jones: from an idea to a dance
Zap2ItSo many people dismiss modern art as something their children could do, which is a pity because modern dance choreographed by one of this country's treasures, Bill T. Jones, is nothing short of glorious, and quite mature. PBS' "American Masters Bill T....Tags: Dance, Documentary (genre), Tony Awards, Abraham Lincoln, Entertainment
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Duke Foundation creates nation's biggest artist-grant program
Culture MonsterThe Doris Duke Foundation has announced a new $50 million funding initiative for jazz, contemporary dance and theater, which includes the nation's biggest charitable grant program for individual artists. On top of that, the Duke Foundation says it will...
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