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Fire, Water, Danger, Spectacle at The Great Fire Festival

Fire, Water, Danger, Spectacle at The Great Fire Festival

RedMoon Theatre has been providing Chicago residents with free events and entertainment for the past 24 years. The organization has partnered with the City of Chicago and the Chicago Park district to bring the city their biggest event yet, The Great Chicago Fire Festival, on October 4th under the leadership of executive artistic director, Jim […]

The Buckingham Fountain Springs to Life

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The Buckingham Fountain Springs to Life

In a rite of a spring, the world’s largest fountain, the Clarence F. Buckingham Memorial Fountain in Grant Park, opened today for its 86th season under sunny skies. A little girl wearing a red jacket pulled a fake level connected to a box, and jets of water of slowly started to shoot into the air, […]

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With chants of, “It’s our money, not theirs,” several dozen people gathered Thursday at Federal Plaza to protest President Obama’s proposed cuts to veteran and Social Security benefits, “I was hoping to retire at 62,” said Bill Preston, an Illinois resident who is now 60. “I don’t think that’s going to happen.” The protest and […]

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FTC goes after text message spammers

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FTC goes after text message spammers

The Federal Trade Commission is going after text message spammers, including companies that send links directing people to prizes that don’t actually exist, the agency announced last week in Chicago. People are often tricked into signing up for free trials that eventually expire or rack up extra charges on their phone bills, costing millions of […]

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Women Dance in Chicago Together To End Violence

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