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'So You Think You Can Dance' recap, first eliminations
The first eliminations: 20 dancers enter, 16 leave -- or four dancers leave, however you'd like to put it. The six dancers with the least support from the voting audience, will be at risk tonight. The judges will save one boy and one girl from the long...
Tags: Mary Murphy, Entertainment, U.S. Postal Service, Saturday Night Live (tv program), Animals
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A Q&A primer behind Friday's story about ant collection
When Tribune science reporting intern Jessica Morrison filed a story about ant researchers inviting the public to collect and mail them ants, it was a predictable talker of a story. You can read the story here. Meanwhile, as Trib Nation manager and a...
Tags: Google Inc., Pecans, Science and Technology, Genes and Chromosomes
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Prepare yourself for gawk-apalooza
There isn't going to be a better time all year for star sightings in Chicago than this weekend. Lollapalooza will not only bring 100-plus acts to the city, but also draw dozens of celebrities who are just as excited as the rest of us to watch their...
Tags: David Grohl, Lindsay Lohan, Depeche Mode (music group), Soundgarden (music group), Kellan Lutz
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Lolla severe-weather plan doesn't specify single authority in an emergency
With 270,000 fans expected to swarm Grant Park this weekend for Lollapalooza, the city and the concert promoter have been working for months on a severe-weather plan that takes into account wind, tornadoes, lightning and hail. The 2012 Lollapalooza...
Tags: Entertainment, Arts and Culture, Event Planning, Safety of Citizens, Government
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Investigating Lollapalooza's emergency plans
In my last job, as a reporter for The Indianapolis Star, I covered the collapse of a stage structure during a Sugarland concert at the Indiana State Fair. I interviewed people at the fairgrounds the night the stage fell, and wrote about the incident and...
Tags: Entertainment Events, Disasters and Accidents, Safety of Citizens, Chicago Weather, Politics
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Lollapalooza after-parties include Afghan Whigs, Passion Pit, Alabama Shakes
Once again the shows will just go on and on Lollapalooza weekend Aug. 3-5, with 31 after-party concerts at 13 venues over five nights to be announced Tuesday. The after-parties for the annual festival in Grant Park include no headliners on par with...
Tags: Soundgarden (music group), Entertainment, Chairlift (music group), Arts and Culture, The Temper Trap (music group)
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You could smell this pot story coming
This weekend, Chicago’s new marijuana ticket ordinance goes live just as bands take the stages at Lollapalooza. Will the ordinance be enforced or not? Come Saturday, police officers will be armed with the power to write tickets instead of make...
Tags: Entertainment, Chicago Police Department, Chicago Park District, Entertainment Events, Chicago City Hall
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Dean's List: Lollapalooza 2012
WGN NewsChicago get ready: Lollapalooza is coming to Grant Park this weekend. Here's what you need to know. Lollapalooza 2012 August 3-5 For more information: www.lollapalooza.com Friday Line UpThe Black KeysBlack SabbathBassnectarThe Shins Saturday Line...Tags: Dean Richards, Entertainment Events, Lollapalooza
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Perry's stage shines again on Lolla's opening day
It’s a ritual by now at Lollapalooza. Once again the Perry’s stage, devoted to DJ’s and electronic music artists, was a sea of pumping fists, pogoing heads and all-around madness Friday. Germany'sZedd and London’s Nero...
Tags: Ozzy Osbourne, Entertainment, Electronica (genre), Arts and Culture, Nero (music group)
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Lollapalooza Day 1: Black Sabbath, Black Keys and Passion Pit's black thoughts
Here’s the rundown for Friday, Day 1 of Lollapalooza in Grant Park, as brought to you by yours truly (GK) and my colleague Bob Gendron (BG): 11:45 a.m.: Are they expecting the Normandy invasion? Lollapalooza officials say that security has been...
Tags: SBTRKT (music group), Rob Zombie, Deep Purple (music group), Thom Yorke, Entertainment
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LOLLAPALOOZA SATURDAY: LIVE Updates From Grant Park
WGN Feature ReporterHey there! Whether you're at Lollapalooza 2012 or you just want to play along, we've created a Storify of our tweets and those from other Tribune peeps. We'll keep updating throughout the day... [Tags: Entertainment Events, LollapaloozaAug 4, 2012 |Column| Chicago TribuneLolla show goes on after storm evacuation
A midafternoon storm Saturday prompted the first evacuation in Lollapalooza's eight year history at Grant Park. The rains left the park a swampy mess, but Texas-based promoters C3 Presents and the city agreed to plough ahead with a revised schedule and...
Tags: Pitchfork Music Festival, Entertainment, Arts and Culture, Gotye (music artist), Avicii (music group)
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Grant Park Photos
The John G. Shedd Aquarium in Grant Park. The aquarium,...
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Race participants walk through trees blossoming in Gran...
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