Matt Ulery's Loom @ MCA's Tuesdays on the Terrace

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Published July 20, 2010 at 12:31 p.m.
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Every Tuesday during the summer the Museum of Contemporary Art presents free live jazz concerts from some of the city's most legendary and innovative musicians ... Tonight's performance features Matt Ulery's Loom. Grab some friends and a blanket for a relaxing evening on the garden lawn, or make a night of it with a reservation at Puck's ... Snacks and beverages, including wine and seasonal cocktails are available for purchase. 5:30-8pm. 220 E. Chicago Ave. Free ...

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BBQ History @ Chicago History Museum

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Published July 17, 2010 at 1:03 a.m.
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Smoque's Barry Sorkin (and journalist Craig Goldwyn) will talk about the history of 'cue today at the Chicago History Museum, Broadway and North Avenues, today at 10am. Event sponsored by Culinary Historians of Chicago. Admission $3-5 ...

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A Night Month At The Museum

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Published July 16, 2010 at 2:00 p.m.
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Via Jeremy Farmer ... A lot more than just "A Night At The Museum" is on the line - the Museum of Science and Industry is inviting applicants to sign up for the opportunity to spend a full month trapped enclosed within the ancient walls of the only remaining building from the Columbian Exposition of 1893 ... (Ghost of H.H. Holmes not included ... probably.) ... From A Month At The Museum: ... From October 20 to November 18, 2010, this person's mission will be to experience all the fun and

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Here/Not There @ MCA

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Published July 13, 2010 at 3:06 p.m.
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From MCA: "This summer, the popular performative art exhibition Here / Not There returns, and asks how participatory actions within structured events can encourage a collective act of creation. The viewer, rather than the artist, is the focus as guests are encouraged to participate in performing and creating works." Free tonight at 7 p.m. at the Museum of Contemporary Art, 220 E. Chicago Ave ...

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Mwata Bowden @ MCA's Tuesdays on the Terrace

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Published July 13, 2010 at 12:29 p.m.
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Every Tuesday during the summer the Museum of Contemporary Art presents free live jazz concerts from some of the city's most legendary and innovative musicians ... Tonight's performance features Mwata Bowden. Grab some friends and a blanket for a relaxing evening on the garden lawn, or make a night of it with a reservation at Puck's ... Snacks and beverages, including wine and seasonal cocktails are available for purchase. 5:30-8pm. 220 E. Chicago Ave. Free ...

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All Star Break: A Brief History of the White Sox on TV

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Published July 12, 2010 at 9:16 p.m.

Since we have some time to kill until play resumes on Thursday, let's take a look back at the White Sox on TV.  Video, and more, after the jump ... The White Sox were originally on WGN-TV.  Jack Brickhouse split time between the White Sox and the Cubs.  They made the jump to WFLD-TV (Ch. 32) in 1968.  ... In retrospect, it was a bad idea because Ch. 32 wasn't nearly as powerful as Ch. 9.  Plus it was on UHF, which was kind of a hassle to tune in (old TVs had two dials.  One for Channels

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TweetEcho: July 12, 2010

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Published July 12, 2010 at 11:38 a.m.
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For those of you who don't subscribe to our Twitter feed, here are the tweets we posted over the last week or so: ... Thanks to Alfie Martin for posting photos of Wilbur Wright College on our Facebook page. Pix here:http://ow.ly/29CDzabout 1 hour ago via HootSuite ... Chicago building of the day: George Washington-Robert Morris-Hyam Salomon Memorial : http://ow.ly/1aMX5about 2 hours ago via HootSuite ... 300 North LaSalle to sell for $655m, or $503/sqft - most

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Nature museum lab helps population of rare butterflies

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Published July 12, 2010 at 12:00 a.m.
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Doug Taron and Vincent Olivares are no Dr. Frankensteins, but they believe they have gone a long way in solving the mystery of how to get a very rare butterfly species to successfully breed in their laboratory at the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum ...

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Frank Bruni to dish on food writing and weight at Museum of Contemporary Art tonight

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Published July 6, 2010 at 2:20 p.m.

Posted by Monica Eng Journalist Frank Bruni struggled with his weight for decades. But just as he got it under control, he was offered the job of New York Times restaurant critic. How did he balance the competing agendas of ...

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Maggie Brown @ MCA's Tuesday on the Terrace

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Published July 6, 2010 at 12:27 p.m.
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Every Tuesday during the summer the Museum of Contemporary Art presents free live jazz concerts from some of the city's most legendary and innovative musicians ... Tonight's performance features Maggie Brown. Grab some friends and a blanket for a relaxing evening on the garden lawn, or make a night of it with a reservation at Puck's ... Snacks and beverages, including wine and seasonal cocktails are available for purchase. 5:30-8pm. 220 E. Chicago Ave. Free ...

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