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Burke wants hearing on Adler fee increase plan
Powerful Ald. Edward Burke today called for a hearing on a proposal by the Adler Planetarium to raise admission fees.Speaking at a meeting of the council Committee on Special Events, Cultural Affairs and Recreation, Burke said the Chicago Park District...Tags: Chicago Park District, Edward M. Burke
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Lots of smoke, noise — but not much action on diesel engine idling
As fans left Wrigley Field after a late-season Cubs loss to the St. Louis Cardinals, they were greeted by clouds of noxious diesel exhaust from charter buses idling outside the ballpark, some for nearly an hour.
On another fall afternoon, three tour...Tags: U.S. Postal Service, Regional Authority, Wrigley Field, Crime, Law and Justice, Environmental Issues
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City aldermen set hearings on lax enforcement of anti-idling laws
Tribune staff reportersTwo Chicago aldermen are demanding to know why police and other city officials largely are ignoring laws that ban excessive idling by diesel buses and trucks. In response to a Tribune investigation, Ald. Edward Burke, 14th, and Virginia Rugai, 19th,...Tags: Politics, 2016 Olympic Games, Environmental Pollution, Chicago City Hall, Public Officials
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Adler has soaring plans for space shuttle
Tribune reporterHoping to create a little last-minute hoopla for its cause, Adler Planetarium on Thursday unveiled plans for a dramatic lakefront glass pavilion that it proposes to build if it obtains one of the soon-to-be-retired space shuttles. The Adler is one of 20...Tags: Technology, Politics, Rocketry, Washington (U.S. state), Science and Technology
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'Floating above the city'
Breathtaking views from high-rise condos are a quick cure for Chicagoans suffering from winter blahs.
The city's gems are framed in windows like artwork: a panorama of Lake Michigan as far as the eye can see, a front-row seat to the kinetic action at...Tags: Architecture, Soldier Field, Politics, Chicago Loop, 2016 Olympic Games
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Richard Daley leaves office as one of Chicago's most ambitious mayors
Tribune staff reportersRichard Daley leaves office this month as one of the most ambitious mayors Chicago ever had, a political heir who embraced and transcended his birthright but whose hands-on drive to improve the city he loved did not always match his reach. Chicago's...Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Housing and Urban Planning, Jane Byrne, Regional Authority, Crime, Law and Justice
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Museum manners
From the elegant galleries of the Art Institute of Chicago to the stately halls of the Field Museum, the blend of modern culture and modern museum management has created etiquette issues your grandmother's curator could not have imagined.
Consider the...Tags: Starbucks Corp., Columbia College Chicago, History (tv network), Illinois, Documentary (genre)
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When the mayor bulldozed an airport
Change of SubjectMy thumbnail contribution to Daley Moments, a package in the Sunday Tribune ... The signature act of Richard Daley's 22 years in office was the midnight bulldozing of Meigs Field. I woke to the news the following morning, March 31,...... -
Adler Planetarium to celebrate lunar eclipse
Chicago Breaking NewsA spectacular show could unveil itself in Midwestern skies early Tuesday for those who wait up long enough. Or it could snow. But on the longest night of the year, a full moon will disappear at 1:40 a.m. behind the Earth's shadow. There won't be another... -
Adler Planetarium to get simulator, not shuttle
Tribune reporterWhile it didn't get one of NASA's four space shuttles, Adler Planetarium will be getting a shuttle flight simulator that has already seeded plans for a possible space exploration pavilion on the museum's lakefront site. NASA on Tuesday announced that...Tags: Ceremonies, Washington, DC, Kennedy Space Center, New York City, NASA
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August 10: Midday Fix - Fifth House Ensemble Performs Live
WGN NewsFifth House Fifth House now partners with the Adler Planetarium to present Olivier Messiaen's Quartet for the End of Time (Quatour pour la Fin du Temps), one of the most highly-regarded works of chamber music literature, on Thursday, August 12th, 2010....Tags: WGN, Olivier Messiaen
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Adler Planetarium in race for a space shuttle
Chicago Breaking NewsChicago's Adler Planetarium is launched against 20 other institutions in a new space race: Seeking the right to pay $28.8 million for one of the three soon-to-be-retired space shuttles.Adler sees its qualifications as obvious."Chicago is the largest...
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