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Mayor Emanuel Announces Expanded Chicago Shakespeare in the Parks Program (May 14, 2013)

OTHELLO: THE REMIX, SHREK and More Set for Chicago Shakespeare Theater's Summer 2013 Season (May 11, 2013)

Redmoon and City of Chicago to Partner for Inaugural Great Chicago Fire Festival, Oct 2014 (Apr 2, 2013)

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Mayor Emanuel Announces Expanded Chicago Shakespeare in the Parks Program
by BWW News Desk - May 14, 2013

Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced today the expanded Chicago Shakespeare in the Parks program as part of the City's "Night Out in the Parks" initiative.Chicago Shakespeare Theater (CST), the City of Chicago, Chicago Park District and leaders of Chicago's corporate community partner to expand the Chicago Shakespeare in the Parks program, after its inaugural success in 2012. The citywide tour of The Comedy of Errors travels to neighborhood parks across Chicago, FREE FOR ALL, July 25-August 25, 2013. From Humboldt Park to Garfield and Loyola Park to South Shore, this summer's Chicago Shakespeare in the Parks will break down barriers to arts participation and give Chicagoans direct access to their City's cultural resources by bringing 27 free Shakespeare performances into 18 different neighborhood parks. (more...)

OTHELLO: THE REMIX, SHREK and More Set for Chicago Shakespeare Theater's Summer 2013 Season
by BWW News Desk - May 11, 2013

Chicago Shakespeare Theater (CST) produces a summer program annually featuring a festival of plays-from family musicals to international guest artists to classic and re-imagined productions of Shakespeare's canon-attracting Chicagoans and tourists alike. Over nine million people come to Navy Pier each year, the majority in the summer months, and Chicago Shakespeare is the premier theatrical attraction at the Midwest's most visited site. (more...)

Redmoon and City of Chicago to Partner for Inaugural Great Chicago Fire Festival, Oct 2014
by BWW News Desk - Apr 02, 2013

Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced last week a plan to partner with Redmoon, the large-scale spectacle and public art group, to create a new festival that will culminate in a procession of illuminated floating fiberglass sculptures as well as a fire spectacle on the main branch of the Chicago River. The inaugural Great Chicago Fire Festival, presented by Redmoon in partnership with the City of Chicago, will take place in October 2014. (more...)

Photo Flash: Rahm Emanuel Visits OTHELLO: THE REMIX at Chicago Shakespeare Theater
by BWW News Desk - Mar 26, 2013

Mayor Rahm Emanuel, his wife Amy Rule and their three children attended Chicago Shakespeare Theater's Sunday matinee of Othello: The Remix, the hip hop, tragi-comic adaptation of Shakespeare's play, commissioned by Chicago Shakespeare. The City's 'first family' stayed to congratulate the Q Brothers and the acting company after the performance-a homecoming after the work's world premiere in London at Shakespeare's Globe and subsequent tour to Germany and Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Check out a photo of Emanuel with the cast below! (more...)

Arts Alliance Illinois to Host Inaugural Benefit Luncheon
by Samantha Vega - Feb 21, 2013

Arts Alliance Illinois will host its inaugural benefit luncheon, Voices of a Creative State, Friday, May 17, 2013 at the Hilton Chicago, 720 S. Michigan Ave. The luncheon will feature a presentation by world-renowned cellist and Chicago Symphony Orchestra Judson and Joyce Green Creative Consultant Yo-Yo Ma about the powerful role that the arts can and should play in the civic life of Illinois. (more...)

EXPO CHICAGO Announces EXPO ART WEEK, 9/16-22
by BWW News Desk - Feb 19, 2013

EXPO CHICAGO, The International Exposition of Contemporary & Modern Art, in conjunction with Choose Chicago and Chicago's Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE), announces EXPO ART WEEK Sept. 16 - 22, 2013. (more...)

Leon Panetta Discusses Morality of U.S. Drone Program on MEET THE PRESS
by BWW News Desk - Feb 04, 2013

In this week's 'Meet the Press' PRESS Pass conversation, Chuck Todd sat down with outgoing Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta to hear more on his 40 year career including what advice he would give incoming White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough on how to handle his new job. (more...)

Mandy Patinkin Narrates PBS's AMERICAN MASTERS JOFFREY Tonight
by BWW News Desk - Dec 27, 2012

Mandy Patinkin will narrate PBS's AMERICAN MASTERS JOFFREY BALLET tonight, December 28th at 9pm. The special will cover the story of the first quintessentially American dance company founded by Robert Joffrey and Gerald Arpino, who pioneered a new dance philosophy. (more...)

VIDEO: Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel Talks Gun Control on CBS THIS MORNING
by TV News Desk - Dec 18, 2012

Chicago Mayor and President Obama's former White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel discussed his new plan targeting assault weapons in the wake of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in an interview with co-hosts Charlie Rose and Norah O'Donnell that was broadcast live today Dec. 18, 2012, on CBS THIS MORNING on the CBS Television Network (7:00 AM - 9:00 AM). Check out his interview below! (more...)

PBS Presents AMERICAN MASTERS: INVENTING DAVID GEFFEN Tonight
by TV News Desk - Nov 20, 2012

THIRTEEN's American Masters presents the first film biography of media mogul David Geffen. The Emmy-winning filmmaker Susan Lacy's new documentary features candid interviews with Geffen, Cher, Tom Hanks, Steven Spielberg, Elton John, Don Henley, Neil Young, Jackson Browne, Nora Ephron, Mike Nichols, Clive Davis, Irving Azo (more...)

INVENTING DAVID GEFFEN Premieres on PBS Tonight, 11/20
by TV News Desk - Nov 19, 2012

THIRTEEN’s American Masters to Air First Film Bio of Media Mogul David Geffen, 11/20
by TV News Desk - Nov 14, 2012

David Geffen's far-reaching influence - as agent, manager, record industry mogul, Hollywood and Broadway producer, and philanthropist - has helped shape American popular culture for the past four decades. Notoriously press and camera-shy, Geffen reveals himself for the first time in the new two-hour documentary American Masters Inventing David Geffen, premiering nationally Tuesday, November 20, 2012 at 8 p.m. (ET) on PBS (check local listings). Two-time Emmy®-winning filmmaker, American Masters creator and executive producer Susan Lacy paints an unflinching portrait of Geffen, who narrates his unorthodox rise from working class Brooklyn boy to billionaire entertainment power broker in extensive interviews. (more...)

FACE THE NATION WITH BOB SCHIEFFER is #1 Public Affairs Show
by TV News Desk - Nov 02, 2012

CBS News' FACE THE NATION WITH BOB SCHIEFFER was the #1 public affairs show on Sunday, Oct. 28, placing first in both viewers and households. The CBS broadcast posted a 2.7/07 in households, 3.79m viewers and 0.9/04 in adults 25-54, according to Nielsen live plus same day ratings. (more...)

PBS to Present AMERICAN MASTERS: INVENTING DAVID GEFFEN, 11/20
by TV News Desk - Oct 16, 2012

Goldman Sach's CEO Lloyd Blankfein Talks With CNBC's Steve Liesman
by TV News Desk - Oct 12, 2012

CNBC's Steve Liesman sat down with Lloyd Blankfein, Goldman Sachs Chairman & CEO, and Erskine Bowles and Alan Simpson, co-chairs of President Obama's deficit commission. The show airs today at 12:30 on CNBC. A transcript of the interview follows: (more...)

Author Deepak Chopra to Sign New Book in Chicago O'Hare International Airport, 10/12
by BWW News Desk - Oct 10, 2012

Best-selling author Deepak Chopra will be signing his new book, God: A Story of Revelation, at Barbara's Booksellers in Terminal 1 at Chicago O'Hare International Airport on Friday October 12, from 2:00 - 3:00 p.m. This location is past security checkpoints in Terminal 1, B Concourse near Gate B10. (more...)

Almost Home Kids Hosts Grand Opening for New Care Facility Today, 9/17
by BWW News Desk - Sep 17, 2012

Almost Home Kids, an organization devoted to transitional care for children with complicated health needs, will host the grand opening of its new care facility in the Ronald McDonald House building in Chicago today, Sept.17, 2012. (more...)

Almost Home Kids to Host Grand Opening for New Care Facility, 9/17
by BWW News Desk - Sep 13, 2012

Chicago Dancing Festival Kicks Off 6th Season of Free Dance Events, Now thru 8/25
by BWW News Desk - Aug 20, 2012

The final program line-up is set for the annual Chicago Dancing Festival, taking place at venues across downtown Chicago today, August 20 through August 25. The Festival, co-produced by renowned choreographer/Chicago native Lar Lubovitch and esteemed Chicago dancer Jay Franke, enters its sixth season, expanded this year to six consecutive days of dance events that are all completely free. (more...)

Chicago Dancing Festival Kicks Off 6th Season of Free Dance Events, 8/20-8/25
by BWW News Desk - Aug 07, 2012

The final program line-up is set for the annual Chicago Dancing Festival, taking place at venues across downtown Chicago August 20-25. The Festival, co-produced by renowned choreographer/Chicago native Lar Lubovitch and esteemed Chicago dancer Jay Franke, enters its sixth season, expanded this year to six consecutive days of dance events that are all completely free. (more...)

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