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Sox turn on unlikely power for 5-4 victory
Thanks to Second City, improvisation is one of Chicago's well developed art forms. It was on display Friday night at U.S. Cellular Field, where Robin Ventura reached into his bag of tricks to pull out the Killer Gs. While Jeff Bagwell, Craig Biggio...
Tags: Addison Reed, Gordon Beckham, David Price, Houston Astros, Hector Gimenez
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Chicago and the arts
The huge dramas playing out from Boston to our flooded basements are weighing on our hearts now. But humans are not wired to be stressed out 24/7/365. When our imaginations are ready to soar, we couldn’t be in a better place than Chicago. Local...
Tags: Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Arts and Culture, Lollapalooza, Steppenwolf Theatre, Entertainment
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'Big Fish' writer chats with the minnows
A group of influential screenwriters will converge on Chicago this weekend, including Lucy Alibar (whose script for "Beasts of the Southern Wild" was nominated for an Oscar this year) and Bob Gale (who wrote all three "Back to the Future" films). They'...
Tags: House of Cards (tv program), Frankenweenie (movie), The New Normal (tv program), Media Industry, Entertainment
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Second City airs some arias this weekend
Tribune reporterSecond City is headed back to the opera in June; a performance this weekend at the UP Comedy Club will preview what's to come. "Improv & Arias: A Sneak Peek," from Second City and Lyric Opera Chicago, will be an evening of informal evening of sketches,...Tags: Onions
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Culture clash: New history of Chicago taps into our malaise
Thomas Dyja looked at me with abject horror, then humor, then, as his face crumbled in defeat, resignation. A face that said, "See? This is why I wrote a 412-page cultural history of Chicago at midcentury that — as much as it pulls together...
Tags: Bank of America Corp., Museums, Upper West Side, Arts, Columbia University
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Love Notes: Snowbound on the farm
Allison Klotz remembers the scene perfectly. It's 1974, and she is in her family's driveway. She is about to depart California for Chicago, where North Park College and nursing school await. Her mother is taking pictures, her father is scrambling...
Tags: Northern Illinois University, Colleges and Universities, Weddings, Marriage, Education
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The Second City comes to Glendale's Alex Theatre
A staggering amount of modern American comedy has passed across the stages of The Second City, the acclaimed improv group headquartered in Chicago. Its alumni stretches from Oscar-winner Alan Arkin to Stephen Colbert and generations of “Saturday...
Tags: Steve Carell, Entertainment, Stephen Colbert, Mike Myers, Alan Arkin
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Chicago Forward: Future of art in Chicago
The conversation crackled after Wednesday night's Chicago Forward program on the future of the arts in Chicago. “I thought this was an especially auspicious panel with views you don’t often hear,” Tribune arts critic and co-moderator...
Tags: Chris Jones, Rick Bayless
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The incredible Steve Carell
TOLUCA LAKE, Calif. — Looking trim in a black windbreaker over a gray crew neck sweatshirt, Steve Carell walked into the diner near the Warner Bros. lot just like a regular guy. OK, most actors/celebrities walk into diners like regular folk; it&...
Tags: Meryl Streep, Samuel L. Jackson, Jim Rash, Will Ferrell, Steve Buscemi
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A degree in funny in the town that takes comedy seriously
You can imagine the scene in thousands of family rooms: "Mom and Dad, I want to major in comedy." Silence. "Comedy? Not on our dime, you don't." To some parents, the notion of heading to Columbia College Chicago for a full-on degree program in matters...Tags: Arts and Culture, Entertainment, Northwestern University, Del Close, Stephen Colbert
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The Onion and Second City join to stage live show
The Chicago-based comedy organization that publishes The Onion is soon to announce a new nationally touring satirical show, staged in partnership with The Second City. "The Onion Live!" is to bow Sept 28 at the Capitol Theatre in Columbus, Ohio. The...
Tags: Entertainment, Onions
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'Bye Bye Liver's' Pub Theater finds new home near Wrigley Field
Seven years after launching the profitable and long-running “Bye Bye Liver: The Chicago Drinking Play,” Pub Theater has acquired its own theater space just a few blocks north of Wrigley Field at 3914 N. Clark St. The longtime home of Live...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Wrigley Field, Entertainment, Lifestyle and Leisure, Dining and Drinking
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Mar 31, 2013
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Mar 16, 2013
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Mar 14, 2013
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Mar 11, 2013
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Mar 8, 2013
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Mar 7, 2013
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Feb 11, 2013
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