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600 Museums Across U.S. Offer Free Admission to Military Families
KTLA NewsLOS ANGELES -- More than 600 museums nationwide are offering free admission to military families all summer in a new partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts. The list includes some of the nation's premier art museums, including New York's...Tags: Arts, San Diego (San Diego, California), Alaska, Family, Nebraska
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Spring brings new crop of salad offerings
Unbeknown to many, including a small sampling of Chicago chefs, May is not only National Salad Month, but also the annual tribute to salads launched by the Association for Dressings and Sauces. Today, the traditional Caesar, Cobb and Waldorf salads have...Tags: Salt, Dining and Drinking, Asparagus, Honey, Michigan Avenue
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Pick of the week
"Entre Nous: The Art of Claude Cahun," is the first U.S. exhibition devoted to Cahun, known for her self-portraiture, photomontages and prose texts made between 1920-1940. Her work is considered a precursor to feminist exploration of gender and identity...Tags: Michigan Avenue
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Photography shows are all the rage in Chicago
Special to the TribuneWhen the photograph first began to work its way into museums and galleries, it was a hotly debated art form. What makes it so special? What makes it art? Those questions have been answered over the decades thanks to photographers whose artistic visions...Tags: Museums, Salt, Arts, Michigan Avenue, Artists
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Festival keys in on piano music
Music festivals typically invite listeners to regard familiar pieces in different contexts and perspectives, seek out musical connections between scores, and discover new things about works they may have long taken for granted. That is as good a...
Tags: Jorge Federico Osorio, Shedd Aquarium, Emanuel Ax, Entertainment, Dance
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2 more NATO protesters charged with felonies
Two more people have been charged with felonies stemming from NATO protests over the weekend. Christopher French, 21, of Wisconsin, was charged with aggravated assault of a police officer for trying to break through a line of officers on bicycles at...
Tags: International Organizations, NATO, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Crimes
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Protesters rally outside Art Institute
Hundreds of protesters gathered outside of the Art Institute of Chicago on Michigan Avenue late Sunday night. They started gathering around 8:30 p.m. Some sat down in the middle of the street. Meanwhile, First Lady Michelle Obama was holding a NATO...
Tags: NATO, Chicago Fire Department, Michelle Obama, Michigan Avenue, Politics
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Trying to go about their business
While police and protesters kept wary eyes on each other on the eve of the NATO summit, people around Chicago tried to go about pursuing their own agendas. There were lifelong commitments to be made, baseball scores to settle, sights to see and fish to...Tags: Chicago Hotels, G8, Museums, Arts, International Organizations
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Making Chicago more than a dateline
Thousands of journalists from around the world have swept into Chicago to cover the NATO summit, putting the host city atop the international news headlines for the weekend. But for many of the 2,200 or so credentialed journalists, Chicago is merely a...
Tags: International Organizations, Vienna Beef, Gold Coast, NATO, Afghanistan
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NATO weekend calendar
SUNDAY •First day of NATO summit at McCormick Place. •Anti-war protesters to rally at Petrillo Music Shell and then march to McCormick Place. Adler Planetarium, Shedd Aquarium, Field Museum and Art Institute of Chicago closed through...Tags: International Organizations, Arts, NATO, Field Museum of Natural History, McCormick Place
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NATO summit weekend
SATURDAY •Road closings to take effect. Lake Shore Drive shut from Balbo Drive to 39th Street. •Adler Planetarium, Shedd Aquarium and Art Institute of Chicago closed through Monday. (Field Museum will be open Saturday, closed Sunday and...Tags: G8, International Organizations, Field Museum of Natural History, NATO, McCormick Place
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NATO summit events, protests, closures
Here is the list of scheduled events, protests and closures for the NATO summit, which will be held in Chicago during the weekend of May 20. We will update this list as more event information becomes available. Friday, May 18 Nurses group to demonstrate...
Tags: Chicago Hotels, International Organizations, Field Museum of Natural History, Europe, NATO
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