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Still rolling on the river
These days, Dar Lopez approaches the Riverwalk Blues and Music Festival with a degree of humility. It's rooted, perhaps, in the organizer's abiding respect for the event's late founder, Don Cohen, who inaugurated the all-day party in the parking lot of...
Tags: Fort Lauderdale, Concerts, New River (Broward, Florida), Bars and Clubs, Muddy Waters
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The creative stew that was Bronzeville
On Nov. 22, 1981, the Rolling Stones paid tribute to black history at the Checkerboard Lounge on East 43rd Street. In town for concerts at the then-Rosemont Horizon, the famed rock group made a pilgrimage to the South Side, where their musical style and...Tags: Concerts, Muddy Waters, Music, Chester Arthur "Howlin' Wolf" Burnett, Willie Dixon
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Playing the blues in black AND white
On a recent Wednesday night at Blue Chicago, a long-running club downtown, you had to elbow your way forward just to get past the doorman. Men and women in business suits — collars loosened, beers in hand — packed the place, barely leaving...Tags: Music Industry, Concerts, Music, Forests, Radio
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Buddy Guy relocates Legends; new state-of-the-art blues club set to open
Turn It UpAfter a decade of uncertainty, Buddy Guyâs Legends finally has a new home â and itâs a lavish improvement on just about anything the venerable Chicago blues scene has ever seen. When the new space (above, with Guy) is unveiled...... -
Terry Armour: Life lived to fullest
Chicago Tribune colleagues share their memories of Terry Armour
When I met Terry Armour in December 1981, we were copy clerks in the Tribune newsroom, and I never would have dreamed this wacky guy from the South Side would turn out to be a multimedia...Tags: Chicago Tribune, Celebrities, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Newspapers, Bo Jackson
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Can this man heat up Hyde Park?
Tribune restaurant criticWhere is Chicago's next hot restaurant zone? We've already seen the Miracle on Randolph Street, West Division's dining surge, the South Loop's gradual buildup. What's next? Would you believe ... Hyde Park? Don't scoff. Or, go ahead and scoff. No one saw...Tags: Wicker Park, McCormick Place, Bars and Clubs, Death, South Loop
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Sip and sound off
Red Ivy "Great job on the interior; this is a very cool space. The food was quite good; the service was slow; but for a new place, I can let that slide. The music doesn't fit the bar at all. You'd expect rock/pop/hip-hop at a sports bar; you get...Tags: Wicker Park, Bars and Clubs, Dining and Drinking, Koko Taylor
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Reviving a Checkered past
The owners of the New Checkerboard Lounge for Blues 'n' Jazz in Hyde Park have an almost impossible task: keep the blues purists happy and make the new jazz crowd feel at home. To do this, they'll need to keep the focus on the music and people that made...Tags: Music Industry, Bars and Clubs, Muddy Waters, Al Green, Education
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What's the buzz?
So many bars. So many cocktails. So little time to test them all, you say? We hear ya. From neighborhood hangs to spacious lounges, we've rounded up the hottest themes in this year's crop of new Chicago bars and clubs. Weed Street scene Weed Street...Tags: Michael Jordan, Wicker Park, New Year's Day, Bars and Clubs, Hyde Park
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Grub match!
Ask anyone who works in a restaurant, and you'll hear the same thing: This is one tough business. Even in a chow town like Chicago, where dining out is a way of life, competition for stomachs--and wallets--is fierce. Industry watchers barely bat an eye as...Tags: Wicker Park, Tooth Decay, River West, The Hershey Co., Death
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Ask us!
"What's a great bar/club to attend for a New Year's bash?" -Amy Even though we're still thinking Thanksgiving Eve, we know the hyper-organized among us are already planning NYE, so here are a few bashes worth looking into. The Ninth Annual New Year's Eve...Tags: Wrigleyville, Navy Pier, New Year's Day, Bars and Clubs, Dining and Drinking
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Something's bubbly
Midnight in the garden of good and eve-il Forget those procrastinators who haven't finalized their NYE plans. You've been booked for months--with time to spare for preparty cheer. Break that little black dress or bowtie out of the closet one night early,...Tags: Services and Shopping, Wicker Park, New Year's Day, Bars and Clubs, Gifts
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