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Columns & Opinion, On Culture Jan 20, 2021
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Tim Samuelson may be retiring, but he's not history yet

Chicago's first and only cultural historian goes on emeritus status, but there's plenty of work ahead of him.
- By Deanna Isaacs
- Tags: On Culture, Tim Samuelson, Geoffrey Baer, Lori Lightfoot, Chicago Cultural Center, Richard Nickel, John Vinci, Commission on Chicago Landmarks, Chicago Historical Society, Barbara Koenen, Mike Lash, Department of Cultural Affairs, Lois Weisberg, Mana Contemporary, Chris Ware, Video

Arts & Culture, Dance Jul 2, 2020
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Moving to the music at home with SummerDance

Social distancing can't stop the beat for this beloved Chicago festival.
- By Irene Hsiao
- Tags: Dance, SummerDance, Francie Comer, Lois Weisberg, John Rich, Afinca’o, DJ iLLEST, Bollywood Groove, Imania Detry, DJ Deeon, Marquis aka Adoniz, Tony (Wicked) Anderson, Video

Columns & Opinion, On Culture Dec 21, 2016
Ten surprising stories from the year in Chicago culture

From Theater on the Lake to spaceship on the park, 2016 was a weird time in the city.
- By Deanna Isaacs
- Tags: On Culture, Year in Review 2016, year in culture, Theater on the Lake, John Wrenn, Eileen Mitchell, Lakefront Hospitality Group, Northwestern University, Jacqueline Stevens, Peter Doig, Peter Bartlow, George Lucas, Friends of the Parks, Lucas Museum, Michelle Boone, DCASE, Lois Weisberg, Commissioner of Cultural Affairs and Special Events, Navy Pier, Mark Kelly, Chicago Dancing Festival, Jay Franke, Lar Lubovitch, Helmut Jahn, Thompson Center, Bruce Rauner, Theater Historical Society of America, Heinz History Center, Pittsburgh, Greg Allen, Neo-Futurists, Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind, Cape Cod Room, Benjamin Marshall, Drake Hotel

Blogs, Bleader Sep 9, 2016
Hip Hop Summerfest, Windy City Wine Festival, and more things to do in Chicago this weekend

Shock Top Oyster Fest, 48 Hour Film Project, and more happenings from September 9-11.
- By Sara Cohen
- Tags: Music, Arts, Do This, Hip Hop Summerfest, Slick Rick, Doug E Fresh, Twista, Windy City Wine Festival, Buckingham Fountain, Festival de la Villita, Mexican Independence Day, Little Village, Plaza Garibaldi, Ramon Ayala, Conjunto Primavera, World Music Festival, Anjna and Rajna Swaminathan, Ragamala: A Celebration of Indian Classical Music, Alsarah & the Nubatones, Mulatu Astatke, Chicago Theater Memorial Bike Ride, Tom Bateman, Abena Joan Brown, Judy Fabjance, Harlan Haimes, Maddy Hickey, Steve Juergens, Dennis Kelley, Chuck O’Connor, Lois Weisberg, Roscoe Village, Oyster Fest, Waco Brothers, Bruce in the USA, Can I Kick It?, street art, Chicago Truborn, Ravenswood ArtWalk, Big Teeth Productions, Century Mallet Instrument Service, 48 Hour Film Project, short film

Blogs, Bleader Jan 14, 2016
Lois Weisberg: Rest in peace doesn't cut it

Longtime Chicago Commissioner of Cultural Affairs Lois Weisberg died Wednesday, at age 90.
- By Deanna Isaacs
- Tags: Arts, Clout City, News, RIP, Lois Weisberg, Richard Daley, Harold Washington, City of Chicago, Department of Cultural Affairs, After School Matters, Chicago Cultural Center, Cows on Parade, Malcolm Gladwell, Friends of the Parks

Blogs, Bleader Sep 18, 2014
The Fifth Star Awards: A great show, but where were the winners?

Plenty of tribute talent on display, but the winners were hard to spot at Chicago's first Fifth Star arts awards.
- By Deanna Isaacs
- Tags: Arts, Music, News, Dance, Fifth Star Awards, Lou Conte, Ramsey Lewis, Richard Hunt, Lois Weisberg, Auditorium theatre of Roosevelt University, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, Twyla Tharp, Welz Kauffman, Alexis Lanier, Kurt Elling, Second City, Orbert Davis' Chicago Jazz Philharmonic Chamber Ensemble, Rodrick Dixon, Millennium Park, Chicago

Blogs, Bleader Aug 13, 2014
Fifth Star Award winners announced

Chicago's first annual Fifth Star arts awards winners have been announced.
- By Deanna Isaacs
- Tags: Arts, Music, Visual Art, News, Dance, City of Chicago, Fifth Star Awards, Lois Weisberg, Lou Conte, Ramsey Lewis, Richard Hunt, Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University

Columns & Opinion, On Culture May 16, 2013
Do we really need the Great Chicago Fire Festival?

The city wants a festival that'll enhance its global image; Redmoon is planning an exorcism.
- By Deanna Isaacs
- Tags: On Culture, Great Chicago Fire Festival, Michelle Boone, Jim Lasko, Lois Weisberg, Cultural Olympiad, Joyce Foundation, rive parade, spectacle, neighborhoods effigies, Chicago Cultural Plan, CPS, Frank Maugeri, Chicago Public Schools, arts education, Las Fallas, Valencia, DCASE, City Council, Ellen Barry, Friends of Wolf Point, Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events, Redmoon, Chicago Sun-Times, Chicago Reader, casino, tax increment financing, TIFs, Hines Interests, Kennedy Family, Chicago River, Ray LaHood, U.S. Department of Transportation, Rahm Emanuel, federal loans, Chicago Riverwalk, Gregg Pupecki, Wendella, Wendella Sightseeing Company, development, Jeanne Gang, EPA, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, River Point, Wolf Point

Blogs, Bleader May 15, 2013
Without le Carré, would we have The Americans?

When spies had to choose—marriage or the cold war?
- By Michael Miner
- Tags: Arts, Television, Media, News, John le Carré, A Delicate Truth, The Spy Who Came in From the Cold, The Americans, KGB, FBI, cold war, FX, The Joneses, The Truman Show, Caspar Weinberger, Joseph Weisberg, Lois Weisberg, Malcolm Gladwell, the New Yorker, Six Degrees of Lois Weisberg

Best of Chicago, Arts & Culture Jun 23, 2011
Best city cultural representative, especially since Lois Weisberg's cavalier dismissal

Tim Samuelson, cultural historian for the City of Chicago
- Tags: Arts & Culture, The Reader's picks, Tim Samuelson, Lois Weisberg

Blogs, Bleader May 12, 2011
Daley Cultural Affairs, Special Events Heads Out

Megan McDonald resigns from Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events
- By Deanna Isaacs
- Tags: News, Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events, Megan McDonald, Katherine LaMantia, Rahm Emanuel, Richard M. Daley, Lois Weisberg

Blogs, Bleader Jun 4, 2010
Empty Ice Cream Suit? Sharp-dressed NEA chair Rocco Landesman in Chicago

NEA chair charms in Chicago, but message is familiar.
- By Deanna Isaacs
- Tags: Chicagoland, Onstage, Architecture, Lit & Lectures, Music, Visual Art, Performing Arts, Dance, Arts, Books, NEA, Rocco Landesman, National Endowment for the Arts, MacArthur Foundaiton, Chicago Cultural Center, Lois Weisberg, Mayor's Institute on City Design, Arts Alliance Illinois

Blogs, Bleader Jul 24, 2009
Harand Camp at 55
- By Albert Williams
- Tags: Onstage, Arts, T.J. Shanoff, Harand Camp, Piven.Jeffrey Sweet, David Rush, Lois Weisberg, Billy Zane, Andrew Davis, Errol Pearlman, Todd London

Blogs, Bleader Oct 22, 2008
The commissioner strikes back

Aldermen pepper city officials with questions; some city officials pepper back.
- By Mick Dumke
- Tags: News, Clout City, Millennium Park, Mayor Daley, City Council, Anthony Beale, John Pope, Lois Weisberg, budget

Blogs, Bleader Jan 16, 2008
The brothers Weisberg

Further degrees of Lois Weisberg.
- By Whet Moser
- Tags: News, Chicagoland, Lois Weisberg, Jacob Weisberg, Joseph Weisberg

Music, Post No Bills Apr 8, 1999
Orchestrating Change

Muhal Richard Abrams: A Man of Influence
- By Peter Margasak
- Tags: Post No Bills, Muhal Richard Abrams, AACM, Walter Perkins, MJT+3, Aaron Cohen, DuSable High School, jazz, King Fleming, postbop, The Experimental Band, music, George Lewis, Gene Santoro, Lois Weisberg

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Chicago's first and only cultural historian goes on emeritus status, but there's plenty of work ahead of him.

Social distancing can't stop the beat for this beloved Chicago festival.

From Theater on the Lake to spaceship on the park, 2016 was a weird time in the city.

Shock Top Oyster Fest, 48 Hour Film Project, and more happenings from September 9-11.

Longtime Chicago Commissioner of Cultural Affairs Lois Weisberg died Wednesday, at age 90.

Plenty of tribute talent on display, but the winners were hard to spot at Chicago's first Fifth Star arts awards.

Chicago's first annual Fifth Star arts awards winners have been announced.

The city wants a festival that'll enhance its global image; Redmoon is planning an exorcism.

When spies had to choose—marriage or the cold war?

Tim Samuelson, cultural historian for the City of Chicago

Megan McDonald resigns from Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events

NEA chair charms in Chicago, but message is familiar.

Aldermen pepper city officials with questions; some city officials pepper back.

Further degrees of Lois Weisberg.

Muhal Richard Abrams: A Man of Influence

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