ChicagoTribunal.com » Leisure http://www.chicagotribunal.com Chicago News Fri, 30 Jul 2010 05:00:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 en hourly 1 Twyla Tharp’s homage to Sinatra coming to Chicago http://www.chicagotribunal.com/leisure/twyla-tharps-homage-to-sinatra-coming-to-chicago http://www.chicagotribunal.com/leisure/twyla-tharps-homage-to-sinatra-coming-to-chicago#comments Thu, 29 Jul 2010 17:09:10 +0000 Admin tag:feeds.chicagotribune.com://c248235f757ff6aa18493ae4056d62d1

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]]> http://www.chicagotribunal.com/leisure/twyla-tharps-homage-to-sinatra-coming-to-chicago/feed 0 What’s to come on ‘How I Met Your Mother’ http://www.chicagotribunal.com/leisure/whats-to-come-on-how-i-met-your-mother http://www.chicagotribunal.com/leisure/whats-to-come-on-how-i-met-your-mother#comments Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:21:49 +0000 Admin tag:feeds.chicagotribune.com://0555b51272fc28f00b15937590dd5c02

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]]> http://www.chicagotribunal.com/leisure/whats-to-come-on-how-i-met-your-mother/feed 0 Obama chats on ‘The View’ http://www.chicagotribunal.com/leisure/obama-chats-on-the-view http://www.chicagotribunal.com/leisure/obama-chats-on-the-view#comments Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:00:00 +0000 Admin tag:feeds.chicagotribune.com://4e33d9bc149752ac203f43cd0c60b146

]]> NEW YORK (AP) — President Barack Obama said Thursday that the racial firestorm that led to the ouster of a black Agriculture Department official was a “phony controversy” generated by the media. He said his administration overreacted by forcing her out.



]]> http://www.chicagotribunal.com/leisure/obama-chats-on-the-view/feed 0 Conductor Lintu brings bracing energy to Grant Park program http://www.chicagotribunal.com/leisure/conductor-lintu-brings-bracing-energy-to-grant-park-program http://www.chicagotribunal.com/leisure/conductor-lintu-brings-bracing-energy-to-grant-park-program#comments Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:23:00 +0000 Admin tag:feeds.chicagotribune.com://e7457e0fae2551fd15bca71444798af3
Once upon a time it was Germany that produced the most talented conductors. Now, it is Finland. Wednesday night's Grant Park Music Festival concert brought the return of Hannu Lintu, a dynamic Finnish conductor who's making a name for himself around the world, and for good reason. The 42-year-old maestro is immensely assured on the podium and he knows how to put his mark on an orchestra, even on limited rehearsal, as was the case here.


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Once upon a time it was Germany that produced the most talented conductors. Now, it is Finland. Wednesday night’s Grant Park Music Festival concert brought the return of Hannu Lintu, a dynamic Finnish conductor who’s making a name for himself around the world, and for good reason. The 42-year-old maestro is immensely assured on the podium and he knows how to put his mark on an orchestra, even on limited rehearsal, as was the case here.



]]> http://www.chicagotribunal.com/leisure/conductor-lintu-brings-bracing-energy-to-grant-park-program/feed 0 A three-hour (booze) tour http://www.chicagotribunal.com/leisure/a-three-hour-booze-tour http://www.chicagotribunal.com/leisure/a-three-hour-booze-tour#comments Thu, 29 Jul 2010 05:00:00 +0000 Admin tag:feeds.chicagotribune.com://3de5696f76a0818b66a1e8a51bc33666
The iconic TV show "Gilligan's Island" has provoked a remarkable amount of goofy analysis — type "Gilligan's Island Nietzsche" into a search engine if you don't believe me — but now the lounge at Custom House Tavern, a spiffy restaurant in Printer's Row, has come up with some scholarship I can get behind.


]]> Classic TV sitcom ‘Gilligan’s Island’ inspires a raft of cocktails


The iconic TV show “Gilligan’s Island” has provoked a remarkable amount of goofy analysis — type “Gilligan’s Island Nietzsche” into a search engine if you don’t believe me — but now the lounge at Custom House Tavern, a spiffy restaurant in Printer’s Row, has come up with some scholarship I can get behind.



]]> http://www.chicagotribunal.com/leisure/a-three-hour-booze-tour/feed 0 Comfort food never tasted so fine http://www.chicagotribunal.com/leisure/comfort-food-never-tasted-so-fine http://www.chicagotribunal.com/leisure/comfort-food-never-tasted-so-fine#comments Thu, 29 Jul 2010 05:00:00 +0000 Admin tag:feeds.chicagotribune.com://5f068e5ae119406b62619ff40f2a5a88
Some restaurants sell food. Hearty sells memories.


]]> The Boys showcase deft twists on iconic dishes


Some restaurants sell food. Hearty sells memories.



]]> http://www.chicagotribunal.com/leisure/comfort-food-never-tasted-so-fine/feed 0 Baseball card-obsessed author tells his story http://www.chicagotribunal.com/leisure/baseball-card-obsessed-author-tells-his-story http://www.chicagotribunal.com/leisure/baseball-card-obsessed-author-tells-his-story#comments Thu, 29 Jul 2010 05:00:00 +0000 Admin tag:feeds.chicagotribune.com://838f4cae18599bf572b36054fd7538c8
Joshua Andrew Wilker


]]> Chicago-based author Josh Wilker’s memoir ‘Cardboard Gods’ tells his story with baseball cards as his frame of reference. And so our story will be told that way too.


Joshua Andrew Wilker



]]> http://www.chicagotribunal.com/leisure/baseball-card-obsessed-author-tells-his-story/feed 0 Bon Jovi’s opening act: A Chicago band of workhorses http://www.chicagotribunal.com/leisure/bon-jovis-opening-act-a-chicago-band-of-workhorses http://www.chicagotribunal.com/leisure/bon-jovis-opening-act-a-chicago-band-of-workhorses#comments Thu, 29 Jul 2010 05:00:00 +0000 Admin tag:feeds.chicagotribune.com://133ca6bab44d82635b87a78359d5928c
Notes from the life of a working band: It's Sunday night. 7th Heaven is on a stage at the north end of the Taste of Lincoln Avenue festival, tossing out glow sticks, playing its cover-heavy "festival set" to an eager, beer-cup-clutching crowd.


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Notes from the life of a working band: It’s Sunday night. 7th Heaven is on a stage at the north end of the Taste of Lincoln Avenue festival, tossing out glow sticks, playing its cover-heavy “festival set” to an eager, beer-cup-clutching crowd.



]]> http://www.chicagotribunal.com/leisure/bon-jovis-opening-act-a-chicago-band-of-workhorses/feed 0 Mozart music alive and well in Woodstock http://www.chicagotribunal.com/leisure/mozart-music-alive-and-well-in-woodstock http://www.chicagotribunal.com/leisure/mozart-music-alive-and-well-in-woodstock#comments Thu, 29 Jul 2010 05:00:00 +0000 Admin tag:feeds.chicagotribune.com://eac04834d322332de36af306851b5a8c

]]> Who needs to travel all the way to Salzburg to hear the music of Wolfgang Amadeus when you can catch quality Mozart right on Chicago’s doorstep?



]]> http://www.chicagotribunal.com/leisure/mozart-music-alive-and-well-in-woodstock/feed 0 ‘Schmucks’ a sluggish, stupid remake http://www.chicagotribunal.com/leisure/schmucks-a-sluggish-stupid-remake http://www.chicagotribunal.com/leisure/schmucks-a-sluggish-stupid-remake#comments Thu, 29 Jul 2010 05:00:00 +0000 Admin tag:feeds.chicagotribune.com://8c2b2ce504b07333e4d18c3b40461ea0

]]> “Dinner for Schmucks” is a remake for schlemiels, or at least easy marks when it comes to formulaic Hollywood comedy. But the film’s peculiar sluggishness and nagging hypocrisy probably won’t get in the way of its popularity.



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