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Nov 30, 2017
Who loves Chicago’s most unlovable losers, the Bears?
Perhaps no local fan base is more loyal than that of the Bears. But what has the so-called pride and joy of Illinois done in three decades to deserve such devotion?
By Ted Cox
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Jul 8, 2016
New school construction could further city’s segregation and other Chicago news
Also, City Council considers new measures on police reform.
By Marc Daalder
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Jun 28, 2016
Let’s celebrate the loss of the Lucas Museum
A loss for Rahm is a win for the city's discontented citizens.
By Zachary Siegel
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Jun 24, 2016
Lucas Museum says so long, Chicago
Lexit? Chexit? Either way, the Lucas Museum will not build in Chicago.
By Deanna Isaacs
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May 31, 2016
National museum group head slams Friends of the Parks
American Alliance of Museums head slams Chicago for not putting Lucas Museum on the lakefront.
By Deanna Isaacs
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May 6, 2016
Anita Alvarez cedes Laquan McDonald case to special prosecutor, and other Chicago news
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By Kate Shepherd
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May 4, 2016
Lucas Museum to Chicago: We're looking elsewhere
The Lucas Museum will search for a location other than Chicago.
By Deanna Isaacs
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Feb 4, 2016
Lawsuit to block Lucas Museum from lakefront will proceed
A federal judge ruled Thursday that a lawsuit aimed at keeping the Lucas Museum from building on the lakefront can continue.
By Deanna Isaacs
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Nov 10, 2015
Judge delays Lucas Museum decision until February
In the meantime, there will be no construction.
By Deanna Isaacs
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Nov 4, 2015
Does the American Writers Museum plan need an edit?
Will visitors to the proposed Michigan Avenue space pay money for info that’s a tap away on their phones?
By Deanna Isaacs
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Nike Whitcomb
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Malcolm E. O’Hagan
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Andrew Anway
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Amaze Design
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Museum of Broadcast Communications
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George Blakemore
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Friends of the Parks
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Sep 18, 2015
One of these is the new, improved Lucas Museum design
The Lucas Museum releases, uh, revised renderings of its proposed Chicago lakefront building.
By Deanna Isaacs
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Chicago
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Dec 29, 2014
The late news from 2014: Lucas Museum, Vivian Maier, Steven Salaita, and more
The end of 2014 saw some new twists on stories about the Lucas Museum, Vivian Maier, Steven Salaita, and more.
By Deanna Isaacs
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2020 City of Culture
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David Deal
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Chronicle of Higher Education
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Nov 24, 2014
What's number one on Friends of the Parks' watch list? We'll give you one guess
Lucas Museum and Obama Library sites top first Friends of the Parks endangered open space list.
By Deanna Isaacs
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Clout City
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News
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Lucas Museum of Narrative Art
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Obama Presidential Library
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Cassandra Francis
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On Culture
Nov 18, 2014
The Lucas Museum: On soggy ground?
Friends of the Parks makes a federal case of the proposed lakefront site.
By Deanna Isaacs
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Andy Shaw
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Lucas Museum of Narrative Art
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Cassandra Francis
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Lee Bey
,
University of Chicago
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Gail Spreen
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Streeterville
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San Francisco
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Ma Yansong
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Richard Haas
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Chicago Architecture
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City Hall
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Thomas Geoghegan
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Nov 17, 2014
Lucas Museum nabs Crystal Bridges president Don Bacigalupi
Lucas Museum hires Crystal Bridges' president Don Bacigalupi to be its founding president.
By Deanna Isaacs
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Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art
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Alice Walton
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George Lucas
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Nov 13, 2014
Friends of the Parks files suit to stop the Lucas Museum
Friends of the Parks is going to federal court today to prevent the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art from building on Park District property.
By Deanna Isaacs
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Nov 7, 2014
An open letter to the Lucas Museum
Not just pictures: the Lucas Museum design has its own text.
By Deanna Isaacs
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Visual Art
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News
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Lucas Museum of Narrative Art
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George Lucas
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Chicago
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Prentice Women's Hospital
,
Bertrand Goldberg
Arts & Culture
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On Culture
Nov 5, 2014
The Lucas Museum is off-limits
But the Chicago Park District wants your input on the Museum Campus.
By Deanna Isaacs
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the Adler Planetarium
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the Field Museum
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George Lucas
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Chicago Park District
,
City Council
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Lucas Museum of Narrative Art
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Friends of the Parks
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Chicago Cultural Plan
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Gia Biagi
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Chicago Department of Transportation
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Jeffrey Sriver
,
Grant Park Conservancy
,
Bob O'Neill
,
Jacqueline Sloan
,
Lauren Moltz
,
Cassandra Francis
,
"Rebel, Jedi, Princess, Queen:
Star Wars
™ and the Power of Costume"
,
Star Wars
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Bleader
Oct 20, 2014
What we now know about the Lucas Museum
George Lucas talked about the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art at Chicago Ideas Week.
By Deanna Isaacs
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Visual Art
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News
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Lucas Museum of Narrative Art
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Jul 28, 2014
This should be interesting: Lucas Museum picks MAD Architects
MAD Architects has been selected to design the controversial Lucas Museum of Narrative Art.
By Deanna Isaacs
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Architecture
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Ma Yansong
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Jeanne Gang
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VOA Associates
,
Absolute Towers
Arts & Culture
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On Culture
Jun 30, 2014
The Lucas museum brings a vanity project to the lakefront
There's a crucial difference between George Lucas's proposed museum and its predecessors.
By Deanna Isaacs
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George Lucas
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Lucas Museum of Narrative Art
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Field Museum
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Shedd Aquarium
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Adler Planetarium
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Marhall Field
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Edward E. Ayer
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Julius Rosenwald
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Sears
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Marshal Field and Company
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Star Wars
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Norman Rockwell
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Jun 27, 2014
Slideshow
Donald Trump, watch and learn from George Lucas
If George Lucas can win Chicago over with a museum, why can't Donald Trump?
By Michael Miner
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News
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Donald Trump
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Trump Tower
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George Lucas
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The Apprentice
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Jun 24, 2014
Lucas Museum headed to Chicago
Chicago beats out San Francisco for the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art.
By Deanna Isaacs
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Politics
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News
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Lucas Museum of Narrative Art
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