Entertainment Columns
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Sound check: Wolf Rd plays release show at EmpiricalJun 23, 2021 6:00 am - Wolf Rd release show As Des Plaines-based Wolf Rd rode out the pandemic, members of the foursome spent a chunk of the time playing around with the band's pop-punk sound,...
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Feder: Former Tribune editor Gerry Kern still cheering for paper's successJun 23, 2021 1:00 am - As top editor of the Chicago Tribune for eight tumultuous years, Gerry Kern led the city's premier legacy news organization through a protracted bankruptcy, a major down...
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Jim O'Donnell: Departing Pat Foley flew over the blue lines to scale Mount PettitJun 23, 2021 1:00 am - BEFORE PAT FOLEY, all Blackhawks broadcasters could be broken down into two distinct categories: 1) Lloyd Pettit; and, 2) everyone else. Through sheer will, talent and p...
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Feder: Phil Rosenthal exits Tribune for 'thrilling, terrifying' futureJun 22, 2021 1:00 am - Another reason to read the Chicago Tribune will walk out the door Friday when Phil Rosenthal signs off after 16 years of outstanding work in three high-profile roles. “...
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Feder: Dahleen Glanton, Shannon Ryan announce Tribune buyoutsJun 21, 2021 1:00 am - On the day the Chicago Tribune published farewell columns from John Kass, Mary Schmich and Heidi Stevens, another star columnist announced her impending departure. Dahl...
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Feder: Mary Schmich bids farewell to Chicago Tribune in buyout exodusJun 19, 2021 1:00 am - With the wisdom, humility and grace that shined through every column she wrote, Pulitzer Prize winner Mary Schmich bowed out Saturday after 36 years with the Chicago Tri...
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Jim O'Donnell: Bears could be feeling earth move all the way to host and play in Super Bowl 67Jun 18, 2021 1:00 am - WHEN CAROLE KING WROTE “I Feel the Earth Move” all those platinum sales ago, did she realize she was laying down a new rallying cry for future generations of Chica...
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Feder: ESPN 1000 set to launch FM simulcast on new HD2 channelJun 18, 2021 1:00 am - WMVP 1000-AM, the ESPN sports/talk station and radio home of Chicago White Sox baseball, is set to launch its first FM digital transmission with a full-time simulcast on...
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Wizard World, C2E2 offer virtual fan events ahead of conventions' return this fallJun 17, 2021 6:00 am - The whispers about the coronavirus started to get loud at the end of February 2020, which was also the last time a major pop culture convention was held in Chicago. As a...
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Feder: Chicago magazine loses top editor, senior writer in Tribune buyoutsJun 17, 2021 1:00 am - Susanna Homan, editor-in-chief and publisher of Chicago magazine, is leaving the city monthly owned by Tribune Publishing, making her the highest ranking employee to exi...