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The arrival of the new state-of-the-art Coast Guard Cutter Mackinaw at Navy Pier, 600 East Grand Avenue, on Friday, Dec. 3, 2010 at 8:30 a.m. will be a big time event. First the cutter will be welcomed in grand fashion by Fire and Police boats, a live military band and hundreds of students throughout...
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Everyone knows one thing about Africa: It has its problems. Movies like “Hotel Rwanda” and “Blood Diamond” have depicted how the continent has been plagued by AIDS and wars that have decimated its population. I walked in and sat down with a plate of cookies at a recent screening of the documentary, “The Rescue...
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Underground Christmas Carols mean a John Waters collection to some people. For others, it means a staycation to nearby Wisconsin to visit Cave of the Mounds in Blue Mounds and the Fourth Annual Caroling in the Cave, Dec. 3-5 this year. Performers from all over southern Wisconsin serenade spectators deep underground in the beauty...
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Calling all residents of zip codes 60612, 60603, 60616, 60605, 60653, 60608, 60604, 60607, 60611, 60606 and 60601. Columbia students, this may include YOU. Take a plunge, and visit the John G. Shedd Aquarium, 1200 S. Lake Shore Drive, at special discounted rates. This deal is brought to you by the 2nd Ward and...
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Help the Active Transportation Alliance celebrate its role as the leading voice for sustainable transportation in Chicagoland by coming to the Bike Town Bash on Saturday, December 4. To honor 25 years of making the streets safer for everyone, Active Trans invites attendees to take a trip back to 1985 with a best ‘80s...
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Chicago Detours is offering a couple of freebies on Friday, Nov. 26 and Saturday, Nov. 27. Free tours will be offered on those days at 10:30 a.m. Reservations are required and can be made via their website. Meet tour leader Amanda Scotese, a former guide with PBS travel show host Rick Steves, just inside the...
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Columbia College College graduate Mallory Sohmer screened her recent documentary at the Ferguson Memorial Theater on Friday while also discussing her career to current Columbia film students.
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The Writing Laboratory Project at Chicago’s George Armstrong International Studies Elementary School at 2110 W. Greenleaf Ave., will be busy Nov. 19th as 500 students from 3rd to 5th grade, compete in an essay contest on the topic, “Changing the World One Heart at a Time.” The student essays will address how and why...
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AnySquared Projects is an artists’ collaborative that organizes events and exhibitions. Last summer, AnySquared coordinated the 2010 Milwaukee Avenue Arts Festival’s South End Galleries & Community Mural on Medill and also organized the LIP (Life in Progress), an October art series, which was one of 12 selected featured programs highlighted out of hundreds during Chicago Artists...
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