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Grant Park in Chicago is located between Lake Shore Drive and Michigan Ave., just south of Randolph St. The city officially designated the land as a park in 1844, calling it Lake Park. It was renamed Grant Park in 1901 in honor of President Ulysses S. Grant.
Grant Park in Chicago is located between Lake Shore Drive and Michigan Ave., just south of Randolph St. The city officially designated the land as a park in 1844, calling it Lake Park. It was renamed Grant Park in 1901 in honor of President Ulysses S. Grant.
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How Lollapalooza changed Chicago's concert landscape
Chicago Tribune criticThe road that Lollapalooza built in Chicago for Texas promoters C3 Presents could lead to the 2016 Olympics, if C3 co-founder Charlie Jones has his way. "I would love nothing more," Jones says. "I don't think there is any doubt the city will get the...Tags: Country Music, Kanye West, Festive Event, National Government, Wilco
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Corporate sponsorship called a 'compromise'
The heavy hand of corporate sponsorship remains one of the more controversial aspects of the festival business. Even smaller festivals such as the recently completed Pitchfork Music Festival in Union Park require corporate support for revenue and...Tags: Festive Event, Internet, Union Park, Music, AT&T Corp.
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Donald Byrd
11 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. Saturday and 12:30 to 8:30 p.m. Aug. 3; free. Outside the South Shore Cultural Center, 7059 South Shore Drive; 773-734-2000. The veteran trumpter-educator headlines one of the great events of the summer: the annual JazzFest...Tags: Kanye West, Steve Scott, Wilco, Millennium Park, Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired
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East Coast expansion plans stalled
Chicago Tribune criticTexas-based C3 Presents is enjoying a run of success in Chicago. But it found the going tougher when it tried to expand its festival empire to the East Coast. Late last year, C3 announced it was going to stage a three-day music festival on a 550-acre...Tags: Festive Event, Jack Johnson, New Jersey, California, Texas
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A bicycle built for books
Special to the Chicago Tribunenew book, for free. There has to be a catch, right? All Gabe Levinson wants from his Book Bike project is to get people reading. On a perfect July Saturday in Wicker Park, Levinson debuted his tricycle-turned-bookmobile. "Hipster's paradise," he smiled,...Tags: Wicker Park, Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Books and Magazines, Logan Square, Newspaper and Magazine
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So why Venetian Night?
It's a big party on the lakefront, with boats, fireworks, bugs and lawn chairs. Is it supposed to have an Italian theme? Why Venice? Someone just suggested it, says William Rossberger, a former commodore of the Chicago Yachting Association. He took...Tags: Festive Event, Shedd Aquarium, Luciano Pavarotti, Sailing, Richard J. Daley
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Music guide
Please submit listings by going online to metromix.com/listings. CRITICS' PICKS Nicole Cabell: The celebrated young American soprano makes her Ravinia recital debut.—J.v.R. 8 p.m. Thu.; $30-$50, $10 lawn. Ravinia Festival, 200-231 Ravinia Park...Tags: Country Music, Festive Event, Classical Music, Millennium Park, Lincoln Park Zoo
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'Russian Splendor' has ring of pop, Poe
Special to the Chicago TribuneThe Grant Park Orchestra and Chorus' offerings Wednesday were dubbed "Russian Splendor," though the program could just as easily have been labeled "Classic to Pop—Making the Cut." Melodic profusion and programmatic potential seem to be the...Tags: Classical Music, Prince, Music Industry, Music, Edgar Allan Poe
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Trail mix
RedEyeRedEye looks at the trail's mix of people. Lance Armstrong wannabe Look: Day-Glo spandex, helmet, sunglasses Spotted: South of the Shedd Aquarium -------------------- Tour-toise Look: Helmet, fanny pack, camera around neck Spotted: Around Grant Park --...Tags: Montrose, Shedd Aquarium, Lance Armstrong
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Grant Park Music Festival
The superb Grant Park Chorus, under guest chorus director Joseph Cullen, joins the orchestra to perform Rachmaninoff's cantata "The Bells" as part of an all-Russian choral program. 6:30 p.m. (repeated Friday); free. Jay Pritzker Pavilion, Millennium Park,...Tags: Woody Harrelson, Armed Forces, Millennium Park, Defense
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