Also, the ACLU slams Emanuel’s new police reform monitor plan.
Tag: University of Chicago
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Carillonneurs play the world’s largest musical instruments—and they’re all but invisible
UIC grad student Hunter Chase competes in the first “open” competition for carillonneurs ever held in the United States.
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The conspicuous obscurity of the world’s largest instrument—the carillon
The carilloners performing at the Rees International Carillon Competition in Springfield’s Washington Park on Saturday night are heard but not seen.
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City Council ‘reluctantly’ approves measure to ease gun range restrictions, and other Chicago news
Also, high water levels in Lake Michigan could shrink local beaches this summer.
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May Day protests draw activists, workers, and students, and other Chicago news
Also, Obama is reportedly returning to Chicago for two events Wednesday.
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The One-Minute Play Festival, a May the 4th Star Wars party, and more things to do in Chicago this week
Female Chicago Comics Panel, Chiang Mai Thai New Year Celebration, and more happenings from May 1-4.
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Obama’s first post-presidency speech and the March for Science were nonpartisan to a fault
There was no resistance to Trump’s agenda in Obama’s latest speech and the March for Science—just meek calls for truth and civility.
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Obama at first public post-presidency appearance: ‘It is wonderful to be home,’ and other Chicago news
Also, paper and plastic bag use has dropped by 42 percent since the bag tax was implemented.
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Obama is making his return to public life with a speech at the University of Chicago Monday, and other news
Also, Attorney General Jeff Sessions is again threatening to revoke federal funding for Chicago.
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Gwendolyn Brooks gets the centennial birthday party she deserves
Our Miss Brooks 100 is a yearlong celebration of the great poet of Bronzeville.
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Food trucks could be coming to O’Hare and Midway, and other Chicago news
Also, the Illinois GOP hosted a fund-raiser in honor of Governor Bruce Rauner with tickets up to $40,000 Thursday night.
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City ethics board warns aldermen to not accept free tickets to White Sox home opener, and other Chicago news
Also, the ACLU criticizes former U.S. attorney Zachary Fardon’s open letter on Chicago violence.
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Buzzfeed media editor Craig Silverman on the impact of fake news, what’s next for it, and what, exactly, it even is
The fake-news expert recently gave a talk about the misinformation economy at the University of Chicago.
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Are some ideas too ‘dangerous’ for the University of Chicago?
A noisy faction at the University of Chicago didn’t want former Trump adviser Corey Lewandowski to speak there.
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Trayvon Martin’s parents on their book Rest in Power, Brown Girls premiere, and more things to do in Chicago this week
Metal from Lordi, Joffrey Ballet’s Game Changers, and more happenings from February 13-16