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Museums
ARC Gallery and Educational Foundation 2156 N. Damen Ave.; 773-252-2232, arcgallery.org Through Saturday: "Restraint(S)": Amy Zucker explores the dichotomy of the word "restraint," with the work influenced by Zucker's other job as a nurse, where the...Tags: Arts, Sculpture, Artists, Art Institute of Chicago, Frank Lloyd Wright
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A first mentor, seriously
Sometimes, if you're lucky, you get your mentors early. Bernard "Bernie" Sahlins was my first. In 1950s Chicago, life in the middle class was pretty predictable. Moms stayed at home and dressed in suits, heels and gloves to go shopping on North...
Tags: Bernie (movie), Entertainment, Arts and Culture, The Second City
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Police circle high-crime 'boxes' in Chicago
Two Chicago police officers relaxed in their marked patrol car last week at a high-crime South Side corner, telling jokes, talking about their kids and swapping war stories about work to pass the time as they munched on sunflower seeds and drank iced...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Garry McCarthy, West Englewood, Englewood, Shootings
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Andy Brown, Nicholas Payton, Wynton Marsalis hit Chicago
Inspiring music-making isn't necessarily loud, aggressive, self-aggrandizing or heavily promoted. Consider what happens early every Wednesday night at Andy's Jazz Club, where the superb but serenely understated Chicago guitarist Andy Brown leads a...
Tags: Howard Reich, Music Industry, Concerts, Customs and Tradition, Culture
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NASCAR's Travis Pastrana is easy to catch*
For RedEyeFor once, Travis Pastrana experienced life in the slow lane. The 11-time X Games gold medalist-turned-NASCAR driver joined fellow Nationwide Series driver Regan Smith to pilot a pink ice cream truck around the Loop on Monday. They were offering cold...Tags: X Games, Regan Smith, Auto Racing, Chicago Loop, Stock Car Racing
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Looking for dad's birthday cake
Q: My father is a native Chicagoan. Someone once asked me where, exactly, he grew up. I asked Dad and he replied, "Tell them I grew up on the corner of Kostner and Van Buren...and then watch them recoil in horror." I think the intersection no longer...
Tags: Garfield Park, Bill Daley, Chicago Tribune, Strawberries, Birthday Cake
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NASCAR drivers Travis Pastrana, Regan Smith handing out ice cream in Chicago
RedEyeNASCAR Nationwide Series drivers Travis Pastrana and Regan Smith will be piloting an ice cream truck around Chicago today from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Pastrana, an 11-time X-Games gold medalist now running his first full NASCAR Nationwide Series schedule,...Tags: X Games, Travis Pastrana, Tribune Tower, Regan Smith, Auto Racing
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CTA revs up its bus cleaning
Hey, Chicagoans, you really know how to trash the CTA. It's after 10 p.m., and more than 250 buses are parked at the CTA's Kedzie Avenue garage, awaiting some TLC following a long day of OMG at the hands of simply too many slovenly riders who were...
Tags: Car Repair and Maintenance Tips, Chicago Tribune, Chicago Transit Authority
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Slain North Shore man lived in 2 different worlds
Colin Nutter was a young man from the North Shore on the brink of two worlds. After minor scrapes with the law as a teen, by 20 he had taken some college classes and was eager to return to school. He worked two jobs and had bought his first car,...
Tags: Criminal Laws, Murder, U.S. Army, Prosecution, Theft
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Thursday: Eat. Drink. Do.
For RedEyeEAT New Grilled Sandwiches Baker & Nosh 1303 W. Wilson Ave. 773-989-7393 The Uptown bakery gets all up in its own grill with two $10 summer grilled sandwich options on fresh ciabatta rolls— seasoned ribeye and portobello with red pepper—...Tags: Millennium Park, Cloud Gate, Bike Week
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Father's Day dining options
Time to show dear old dad some of the love you showed mom last month (you did remember mom last month, right?). Here are more than two dozen Father's Day dining options, including one event taking place the night before Father's Day, and one that will...
Tags: French Toast, Steaks, Father's Day, Sausages, Eggs Benedict
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