The Royal Flairs got started in Council Bluffs, Iowa, moved to Chicago in 1965, and split up after their front man was shot protecting a go-go dancer.
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Rauneromics: Tax credits for ConAgra, budget cuts for everyone else
While social service programs and education throughout the state get cut, Illinois governor Bruce Rauner forks over as much as $1.26 million in tax credits to poach ConAgra from Omaha.
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Why did Animal Kingdom have to die?
The fate of Avondale show house Animal Kingdom says a lot about the DIY music community’s struggle to coexist with the rest of Chicago.
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The Comedy Exposition stand-up fest stands in for Just for Laughs
Locals at the ground floor of Chicago’s stand-up scene launch the Comedy Exposition to help replace the absent Just for Laughs.
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Omaha’s Yuppies play two shows in town tonight
. . . at an in-store at Permanent and a DIY loft space