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Lincoln Park Zoo Holiday Lights Extended Through January
By The Chicago Times Staff December 16, 2022 CHICAGO – Do you enjoy holiday lights? Do you enjoy polar bears and elephants? Then you will be glad to hear that Lincoln Park Zoo’s annual holiday lights display ZooLights will be extended through January 8, 2023. Free Admission Nights Free nights…
Warner Chappell Music Purchases Bowie Catalog
By The Chicago Times Staff January 4, 2022 NEW YORK — Warner Chappell Music, subsidiary of Warner Music Group, announced January 3 that it has purchased the music catalog of the late David Bowie. The catalog consists of music created by Bowie during the 1960’s until his death in 2016. …
JIM BREUER NOT TO PERFORM IN ROYAL OAK BECAUSE OF COVID-19 VACCINE PROOF RULE
by Bobby Fleet, The Chicago Times September 14, 2021 ROYAL OAK, MI — Jim Breuer, a “Saturday Night Live” alum, announced on Facebook that he will not perform at the Royal Oak Music Theatre on Oct. 1 due to the venue’s COVID-19 vaccination proof policy. Breuer stated in a video…
FORMER MARSHALL FIELD’S WAREHOUSE TO BE TRANSFORMED INTO PERFORMANCE SPACE
by Bobby Fleet, The Chicago Times September 14, 2021 CHICAGO — Actor Harry Lennix III, who stars in the TV show “The Blacklist,” will transform the old Marshall Field’s warehouse into a Performing Arts Center for African American culture on the South Side. The former two-story Marshall Field’s warehouse located…
GODFATHER OF SOUL: 15-YEAR FEUD OVER JAMES BROWN ESTATE SETTLED
by Bobby Fleet, The Chicago Times July 24, 2021 COLUMBIA, SC — An attorney participating in the mediation stated Friday that the family of late singer James Brown had reached a settlement, ending a 15-year struggle over the late musician’s inheritance. The arrangement was made on July 9, according to…
MICHAEL DOUGLAS: NYC PENTHOUSE LISTED FOR $21.5 MILLION
by Bobby Fleet, The Chicago Times July 9, 2021 NEW YORK — Michael Douglas lists New York City penthouse on the market for $21.5 million. The penthouse apartment on Central Park West wraps around the north and south corners of The Kenilworth and spans the entire front side. The structure,…
THE SECOND CITY RETURNS TO THE STAGE
by Bobby Fleet, The Chicago Times June 2, 2021 CHICAGO – The Second City returns to the stage with limited shows after more than a year’s absence due to the pandemic. The company’s first production, Happy to Be Here, will debut May 7 at North and Wells. Current COVID-19 protocols…
LOLLAPALOOZA RETURNS TO CHICAGO
by James R. Scott, The Chicago Times May 18, 2021 CHICAGO — The mayor’s office announced Tuesday that Lollapalooza would return to Chicago this summer, a year after the coronavirus pandemic forced the cancellation of the music festival that draws hundreds of thousands of visitors to the lakefront. According to…
BILL MAHER COVID POSITIVE
by Bobby Fleet, The Chicago Times May 13, 2021 LOS ANGELES – Bill Maher host of HBO’s Real Time with Bill Maher tests positive for COVID-19 after a routine test. The taping of this week’s show has been cancelled. In a brief statement from HBO producers, Maher is currently asymptomatic,…
REVIEW: YA SCI-FI THRILLER ‘VOYAGERS’ DOESN’T QUITE TAKE OFF
AP News File The most surprising thing about “ Voyagers,” a sci-fi thriller about a group of young adults who have been tasked with travelling to and repopulating a new planet, is that it isn’t based on a Young Adult book series. Writer and director Neil Burger, who was also…
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