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Blogs, Bleader Jan 30, 2018
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Blueswoman Mary Lane is still looking for the respect she deserves at age 82

No-nonsense west-side veteran Mary Lane, who's shared stages with the likes of Howlin' Wolf and Buddy Guy, is raising money to finish her long-awaited second album.
- By Steve Krakow
- Tags: Music, The Secret History of Chicago Music, Winter Blues, blues, Mary Lane, Arkansas, Howlin' Wolf, Robert Nighthawk, Appointment With the Blues, Friendly Five, Morris Pejoe, Morris Pejae, Little Mary, James Cotton, Joe Hill Louis, Waukegan, Magic Sam, Theresa's Lounge, Otis Rush, Buddy Guy, Junior Wells, Elmore James, You Don’t Want My Loving No More, I Always Want You Near, Lynne Lane, Johnny B. Moore, Noir, Detroit Junior, Jeffry Labon, GoFundMe, Video

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Blogs, Bleader Jan 11, 2018
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Bruce Rauner wants Quincy veterans' home to remain open after one-week stay, and other Chicago news

Also, how local "Dreamers" are planning ahead while Congress decides their fate.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, Chicago, Illinois, Bruce Rauner, Illinois Veterans Home, Quincy, Legionnaires' disease, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, Dreamers, immigration issues, DACA, Obama Foundation, Obama Presidential Center, Jackson Park, Wisconsin, millennials, Waukegan, Steak 'N Shake, Video

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Arts & Culture, On Culture Aug 15, 2017
Shimer College is gone, but the school lives on

The Great Books institution makes a move to North Central College.
- By Deanna Isaacs
- Tags: On Culture, Shimer College, Great Books, University of Chicago, Mount Carroll, Waukegan, Illinois Institute of Technology, Bronzeville, Naperville, Shimer School of Great Books at North Central College, North Central College, Steve Zolno, James Godo, Stuart Patterson, Susan Henking, Peter Hanig, Jon Goldman

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Blogs, Bleader Aug 30, 2016
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Hamid Drake drums around the world, but he's not a star at home

Hamid Drake's fluid fusion of jazz, reggae, and world-music percussion styles has made him an invaluable part of countless groups.
- By Steve Krakow
- Tags: Jazz, Music, The Secret History of Chicago Music, Hamid Drake, Fred Anderson, drummer, percussionist, improviser, reggae, jazz, Foday Musa Suso, Mandingo Griot Society, Bindu, Michael Zerang, Don Cherry, Adam Rudolph, Peter Brotzmann, Ed Blackwell, Bindu, DKV Trio, AACM, Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians, Evanston, Waukegan, Bowmanville, Louisiana, William Parker, Painkiller, Yakuza, Pharoah Sanders, Herbie Hancock, Archie Shepp, David Murray, Evan Parker, Joe McPhee, Dewey Redman, Video

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Blogs, Bleader Feb 22, 2016
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Megabus explodes en route to Minneapolis and other Chicago news

Also, family searches for British tourist missing in West Pullman, and Bernie Sanders's 1963 arrest immortalized in photo.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, winter weather, Megabus, Minneapolis, Waukegan, Kobe Bryant, Michael Jordan, Chicago Bulls, Los Angeles Lakers, Bernie Sanders, Chicago Tribune, Pullman, south side, civil rights, activism, West Pullman, London, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, Video

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News & Politics, Chicagoans Feb 21, 2014
This week's Chicagoan: Jack Herman, scoutmaster

"That's why you want to keep these kids in the program, because it gives them some stability."
- By Anne Ford
- Tags: Chicagoans, Boy Scouts, scoutmasters, Jack Herman, Cub Scouts, volunteering, cubmasters, diversity, race, Eagle Scouts, North Chicago, Waukegan, Boys & Girls Club of Waukegan, libraries

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News & Politics, On Politics Feb 26, 2013
Chicago's new BFF is a legislator from Waukegan

State representative Rita Mayfield isn't from the city, but who else is sticking up for its taxpayers?
- By Ben Joravsky
- Tags: Ben Joravsky on Politics, Rita Mayfield, Paul Vallas, Arne Duncan, Ron Huberman, Jean-Claude Brizard, Barbara Byrd-Bennett, HB 197, TIFs, Illinois General Assembly, Laura Farr, Patrick O'Connor, 40th Ward, Chicago City Council, tax increment financing, tax caps, school funding, schools, CPS, Chicago Public Schools, property taxes, Rahm Emanuel, Richard M. Daley, education, CTU, Chicago Teachers Union, Kenneth Dunkin, Esther Golar, Marcus Evans Jr., Monique Davis, Camille Lily, Waukegan

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Blogs, Bleader Jan 14, 2010
The Ties that Grind

Result notwithstanding, you wouldn't call this a "cry for help"
- By Cliff Doerksen
- Tags: Bad News From the Past, We're Old, suicide, clerical sexual abuse, Justine Goodone Wade, train, suicide by rail, scandal, Waukegan, cowcatchers

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News & Politics, Feature May 7, 2009
The Case for Charter Schools and Why Waukegan Didn't Buy It

Mayor Daley loves them, but charters are still a hard sell outside the city.
- By Emily Krone
- Tags: Feature, Waukegan High School, Edward Guerra, Chicago Tribune, Farragut High School, charter schools, Waukegan, Waukegan, Illinois, Lake County United, Melissa Earley, Marian McElroy, education, public schools, Lake County, Illinois, Lake County Federation of Teachers, National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, Todd Ziebarth, Nelson Smith, Tom Lenz, Chicago International Charter School, Chester Finn, Thomas B. Fordham Foundation

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News & Politics, Essay Jan 14, 1988
Environment: Waukegan's Toxic Waits

The endless battle over PCBs in Waukegan Harbor is poisoning the city's plans to become the "Coho Coast."
- By Paul Botts
- Tags: Essay, Waukegan, Waukegan, Illinois

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