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Boystown: Are you ready for your close-up?
For RedEyeLGBTs and their straight allies will have even more reason to prance and preen during Chicago Gay Pride this year as the festivities are being filmed for a 52-minute documentary that will air on France’s M6—one of the top three TV networks...Tags: Festive Events, Television Industry, Same-Sex Marriage, New York City, here! (tv network)
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DuPage County chairman wants to pitch Cubs on moving west
Clout StreetAdd DuPage County Board Chairman Dan Cronin to the list of suburban politicians angling to lure the Chicago Cubs to his turf if there’s an unlikely collapse of the city-sanctioned framework plan to renovate Wrigley Field. Citing what he...Tags: Thomas Ricketts, Chicago Mayor, Wrigleyville, Lifestyle and Leisure, Fishing
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DuPage chief latest to woo Cubs
Add DuPage County Board Chairman Dan Cronin to the list of suburban politicians angling to lure the Chicago Cubs to his turf if there's an unlikely collapse of the city-sanctioned framework plan to renovate Wrigley Field. Citing what he described as a...
Tags: Thomas Ricketts, Chicago Mayor, Lifestyle and Leisure, Wrigleyville, Fishing
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City Council gives Cubs go-ahead for more night games
The Cubs got the go-ahead Wednesday to add as many as 16 night games plus schedule later Friday afternoon games and concerts at Wrigley Field in a deal Mayor Rahm Emanuel called "an honest compromise" a day after team officials complained that it unfairly...
Tags: Punishment, Tribune Company, Chicago City Council, Chicago Tribune, Thomas Ricketts
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Cubs hoping to add 3:05 p.m. Friday starts this season
The Cubs have five remaining Friday afternoon games at Wrigley Field they're hoping to schedule at 3:05 p.m., as they did in the 1980s with the "businessman's specials." They're hoping the City Council pushes up its vote on the proposal by Mayor Rahm...
Tags: Chicago Mayor, Paul Maholm, Arodys Vizcaino, Wrigley Field, Chicago Cubs
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Chicago aldermen approve Emanuel's parking meter changes
Clout StreetThe Chicago City Council today approved Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s controversial plan to change the terms of the city’s parking meter lease despite questions about the deal’s financial impact and fear of giving Chicago Parking Meters LLC...Tags: John Arena, Elections, Chicago City Council, Ameya Pawar, Debra L. Silverstein
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Cubs erect mock-ups of proposed Wrigley signs, video board
The Cubs began evaluating new signs and a 6,000-square-foot video board in the Wrigley Field outfield Tuesday, installing mock-ups to see if rooftop views of the ballpark would be impaired. Cubs Chairman Tom Ricketts took in the view from a rooftop on...
Tags: Theo Epstein, Thomas Ricketts, Sports, Chicago Mayor, Wrigley Field
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Aldermen working to restore paid Sunday parking meters
Even before the City Council on Wednesday approved Mayor Rahm Emanuel's plan for free Sunday neighborhood parking, more than a dozen aldermen were making plans to quickly restore paid parking throughout the weekend in business districts stretching...
Tags: John Arena, Elections, Government, Patrick J. O'Connor, Ameya Pawar
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Why Wrigley Field changes need to slow down
Special to the TribuneWhoa. Just hold on. Anyone who has been a Cubs fan for more than one season should know something about skepticism. It's time to recall that training, friends. This proposal for Wrigley Field is neither a good deal nor a done one. The changes being...Tags: Thomas Ricketts, Architecture, Fenway Park, Human Interest, Chicago Mayor
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Wrigleyville alderman optimistic about ballpark talks
Wrigleyville’s alderman expressed optimism Thursday that several key issues surrounding the costly renovation of the aging ballpark could be resolved by the Cubs’ home opener on Monday, but the dispute over signs outside Wrigley Field...
Tags: Thomas Ricketts, Sports, Tribune Company, Chicago Tribune, Wrigley Field
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Cubs should dump Chicago
It’s time for the Cubs to move out of Wrigley Field and leave Chicago! Tom Ricketts bought this team and he should have the right to run his business as he sees fit. He should not be held hostage by a money-greedy, dictatorial mayor who even tells...Tags: Thomas Ricketts, Chicago Mayor, Jesse Jackson, Sandi Jackson, Blackmail and Extortion
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Ald. Lingonberry could get famous driving the Cubs from Wrigleyville
If there's one surefire way for a lowly Chicago alderman to surpass the worldwide fame of Michael Jordan and Al Capone, it's this: All the alderman has to do is help drive the Chicago Cubs out of town into the waiting, trembling arms of suburban...
Tags: Sports, Lifestyle and Leisure, Tribune Company, Al Capone, Wrigley Field
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Mar 21, 2013
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