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Scattered new condominium buildings are priced higher than the older buildings they replaced in this Southwest Side area, but are far outnumbered by houses and flats that are 80-plus years old. Read more about Pilsen, Chicago IL
Scattered new condominium buildings are priced higher than the older buildings they replaced in this Southwest Side area, but are far outnumbered by houses and flats that are 80-plus years old. Read more about Pilsen, Chicago IL
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Summer 2013: 10 theater shows for a sunny Chicago
Two components of many a Chicago summer of live entertainment are absent this year — there's no Cirque du Soleil tent at the United Center and no Riverfront Theater at the Tribune Company's Freedom Center. So you'll have to go camping for fun...
Tags: Next to Normal (musical), Music, Tribune Company, Arts and Culture, Riverfront Theater
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Hibiscus margarita
Hibiscus margarita: Summer drink season is here, and Del Toro has you covered. The Pilsen restaurant from the family behind F&R Liquors offers eight signature margaritas. Each drink is a unique blend of 3 Garcias or Gran Centenario tequila, followed by an... -
Sister Guadalupe Stump, 1927-2013
Sister Guadalupe Stump, the daughter of Mexican immigrants, was a professor of social work when she decided to put her words into action and leave academia to assist social organizations. She later joined Sisters of Mercy and focused on social causes,...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Roman Catholicism, Christianity, Ball State University, Aurora
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Man arrested on weapons, drug charges after domestic call
Tribune reporterA Chicago man was arrested after police were called to a Pilsen home Saturday evening for a domestic disturbance and discovered several weapons, including three assault rifles and a machine pistol with a silencer. Jeremy Lydon, 43, of the 2100 block...Tags: Crimes, Crime, Law and Justice, Drug Trafficking, Weaponry, Firearms
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Ambitious Beethoven fest wants listeners to feel the 'love'
Ludwig van Beethoven was forever pushing boundaries, and the annual Chicago festival that bears the composer's name continues to do the same, even more so than in the past. “Beethoven Festival: LOVE 2013,” as the third edition is titled,...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Literature, Uptown, Festive Events, Entertainment
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Howard Stern taking his 'Talent' to Chicago area
"America's Got Talent" will do this week what the National Radio Hall of Fame couldn't last November: It will get legendary shock jock Howard Stern to come to the Chicago area. Stern — who was inducted into the Chicago-based Hall of Fame but...
Tags: Calvin Harris, Wrigley Field, Diabetes, Heidi Klum, America's Got Talent (tv program)
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826CHI 826CHI is a nonprofit writing and tutoring center dedicated to supporting students ages 6-18 with their creative and expository writing skills, and to helping teachers inspire their students. 826chi.org Tom Acitelli Tom Acitelli is author...Tags: Physical Fitness and Exercise, Chicago Tribune, Chicago Restaurants, Culture, Lifestyle and Leisure
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Daley giving $540,000 in campaign funds to charity
Former Mayor Richard Daley is giving more than $500,000 remaining in his campaign fund to 13 charities, with the biggest bequest going to the After School Matters organization founded by his wife Maggie, a spokeswoman said Tuesday. He's also giving six-...
Tags: Roseland, Social Issues, North Lawndale, Finance, Political Fundraising
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Gender-bending rapper Mykki Blanco is Chicago through and through
Before Michael Quattlebaum was going glamazon in the pages of Vogue, being christened the most exciting thing in the downtown party scene by The New York Times, before he was boasting about being Jay-Z's natural-born legatee in song — which is to...
Tags: Chicago Loop, Minority Groups, Entertainment, Artists, Fine Artists
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Must menu choices be so difficult?
A year or so ago, not long before chef Ryan McCaskey opened Acadia in the South Loop, he began thinking about what his soon-to-be restaurant might serve at brunch. A lifelong Deadhead, he was traveling around the country, following what remains of the...
Tags: Everest, Brunch, Burritos, Acadia, Lifestyle and Leisure
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Medal of Honor goes to Korean War chaplain
WASHINGTON — When men who served in the Korean War with Emil Kapaun describe him, they do not talk about the acts most commonly associated with the Medal of Honor: He fell on no grenades, captured no enemy machine guns, killed no enemy soldiers....
Tags: U.S. Army, U.S. Department of Defense, Roman Catholicism, Human Interest, Wars and Interventions
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Community of Pilsen watches Medal of Honor ceremony
KWCH 12 Eyewitness NewsFather Emil Kapaun began his career in the same town he grew up in, Pilsen. It's a small town of about 40 people in Marion County. "You know, it makes you think," said 86-year-old Millie Vinduska, who used to live next door to Kapaun's parents. "I'm so...Tags: Human Interest, Congressional Medal of Honor Society's Annual Convention, Awards and Prizes, Heroism, Prisons
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