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Music, Music Feature Jun 30, 2020
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The Chosen Few Picnic & Festival comes to everybody’s backyards

For its 30th anniversary, one of the world’s largest house-music parties has been pushed online by the pandemic—but it might reach even more people that way.
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: Music Feature, Chosen Few, Chosen Few DJs, Chosen Few Picnic & Festival, Chosen Few In-House Picnic & Festival, Wayne Williams, Jesse Saunders, Tony Hatchett, Andre Hatchett, Alan King, Terry Hunter, Mike Dunn, Byron Stingily, Carla Prather, Deon Cole, Museum of Science and Industry, Jackson Park, Mark Kelly, DCASE, Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events, Le Nocturne Chicago, COVID-19, pandemic, coronavirus, Ron Hardy, Frankie Knuckles Foundation, livestream, virtual, Video

Music, Gossip Wolf Nov 26, 2019
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Forest Management drops an ambient record made from Debussy vinyl

Plus: The Chosen Few celebrate the legacy of Sauer’s with a Thanksgiving house and disco party, and Twin Peaks bring their big band to the Riviera.
- By J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil
- Tags: Gossip Wolf, Forest Management, John Daniel, After Dark, Jordan Reyes, American Dreams, American Damage, Reserve Matinee, soap, lavender, Claude Debussy, La Mer, Chosen Few, Sauer’s, house music, the Promontory, Thanksgiving, Wayne Williams, Jesse Saunders, Tony Hatchett, Alan King, Andre Hatchett, Terry Hunter, Mike Dunn, Twin Peaks, Lookout Low, Riviera, Video

Music, Concert Preview Jun 27, 2019
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The Chosen Few Picnic is the homegrown festival every Chicagoan should attend
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: Concert Preview, Chosen Few, Chosen Few DJs, Chosen Few Picnic, Jackson Park, Wayne Williams, Alan King, Andre Hatchett, Tony Hatchett, Jesse Saunders, Terry Hunter, Mike Dunn, Lori Branch, Chicago House, house music, David Morales, Thelma Houston, Jackson Park, BBQ, Recommended, Video

Blogs, Bleader Mar 27, 2018
The secret lives of food critics, circa 1980

It was a dangerous profession, as the Reader's Toni Schlesinger discovered.
- By Aimee Levitt
- Tags: Archive Dive, Food & Drink, restaurant critics, food critics, Toni Schlesinger, Allen Kelson, Carla Kelson, Chicago magazine, James Ward, Chicago Sun-Times, Don Rose, Terry Hunter

Music, Gossip Wolf Nov 22, 2016
Industrial supergroup Pigface celebrates 25 years of revolving-door lineups

Plus: The Music Box screens an underappreciated Prince movie, the Chosen Few DJs honor a bygone house-music club, and more.
- By J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil
- Tags: Gossip Wolf, Pigface, Martin Atkins, William Rieflin, industrial, 25th anniversary, House of Blues, Nine Inch Nails, Ministry, Public Image Ltd, Revolting Cocks, En Esch, KMFDM, My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult, Killing Joke, Kittie, Swans, Skinny Puppy, Jesus Lizard, Sugarcubes, Chris Vrenna, Fallon Bowman, Frankie Nardiello, Groovie Mann, Odd Obsession, midnight, Music Box, Price, Under the Cherry Moon, Promontory, Saunders, Chosen Few DJs, Wayne Williams, Terry Hunter, Mike Dunn, Alan King, Andre Hatchett, Tony Hatchett, house music, Jugrnaut, Martin Sky

Music, Music Feature Jul 2, 2015
An oral history of the Chosen Few Picnic, the 'Woodstock of house music'

How a family Fourth of July party grew into an annual event that attracts more than 40,000 fans
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: Music Feature, Chosen Few, Chosen Few Picnic, the Woodstock of house music, Jackson Park, Wayne Williams, Jesse Saunders, Tony Hatchett, Alan King, Andre Hatchett, Terry Hunter, Mike Dunn, Chosen Few Reunion Picnic, Chosen Few Old-School Reunion Picnic, Museum of Science and Industry, Stephanie Mills, Evelyn "Champagne" King, Cory Daye, Derrick Carter, Stan Zeff, Keith Fobs, Greg Gray, Masters at Work, Kenny "Dope" Gonzalez, "Little" Louie Vega, Kim Parham, Linda Redd, Lehia Franklin Acox, Torin Edmond, Leslie Hairston, Marlene Hatchett, Frankie Knuckles, Midway Plaisance, Deep House Page

Music, Music Sidebar Aug 28, 2012
African Festival of the Arts 2012

George Clinton, Nona Hendryx, the Chosen Few DJs, and more
- By Luca Cimarusti
- Tags: Music Sidebar, neighborhood festivals, Joan Collaso, Charles Neville, Taylor Moore, Avian Hightower, George Clinton, Parliament Funkadelic, Dwele, Ray Silkman, Taylor Mallory, Terry Hunter, Mike Dunn, VaShawn Mitchell, Aleya James, Senabella, Nona Hendryx, Kahil El'Zabar, Corey Wilkes, Robert Irving III, Lyfe Jennings, Southside Big Band, Von Freeman

Music, Music Sidebar Jul 7, 2011
Best of the rest of the week's fests

Warped Tour, Chosen Few Old School Reunion Picnic, Irish American Heritage Festival, and Roscoe Village Burger Fest round out the weekend
- By Luca Cimarusti
- Tags: Music Sidebar, Warped Tour, Chosen Few, Irish American Heritage Festival, Roscoe Village Burger Fest, Less Than Jake, Simple Plan, Attack Attack!, Hawaiians Pepper, Winds of Plague, Foxy shazam, Grieves, Black Veil Brides, Blood on the Dance Floor, Aggrolites, Set Your Goals, the Acacia Strain, Unwritten Law, Hellogoodbye, Lucero, Big D & the Kids, Reliant K, Chosen Few DJs, Wayne Williams, Alan King, Tony Hatchett, Terry Hunter, Frankie Knuckles, Ten City, the Tossers, Gaelic Storm, McPeake, the Mickey Finns, Dooley Brothers, Baal Tinne, Shannon Rovers, Foghat, Smithereens, Otter Petter, Super Happy Fun Club, Canasta, Todd Carey, First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre, Irish American Heritage Center

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The Chosen Few Picnic & Festival comes to everybody’s backyards

For its 30th anniversary, one of the world’s largest house-music parties has been pushed online by the pandemic—but it might reach even more people that way.

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Forest Management drops an ambient record made from Debussy vinyl

Plus: The Chosen Few celebrate the legacy of Sauer’s with a Thanksgiving house and disco party, and Twin Peaks bring their big band to the Riviera.

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The Chosen Few Picnic is the homegrown festival every Chicagoan should attend

The secret lives of food critics, circa 1980

It was a dangerous profession, as the Reader's Toni Schlesinger discovered.

Industrial supergroup Pigface celebrates 25 years of revolving-door lineups

Plus: The Music Box screens an underappreciated Prince movie, the Chosen Few DJs honor a bygone house-music club, and more.

An oral history of the Chosen Few Picnic, the 'Woodstock of house music'

How a family Fourth of July party grew into an annual event that attracts more than 40,000 fans

African Festival of the Arts 2012

George Clinton, Nona Hendryx, the Chosen Few DJs, and more

Best of the rest of the week's fests

Warped Tour, Chosen Few Old School Reunion Picnic, Irish American Heritage Festival, and Roscoe Village Burger Fest round out the weekend

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For its 30th anniversary, one of the world’s largest house-music parties has been pushed online by the pandemic—but it might reach even more people that way.

Plus: The Chosen Few celebrate the legacy of Sauer’s with a Thanksgiving house and disco party, and Twin Peaks bring their big band to the Riviera.

It was a dangerous profession, as the Reader's Toni Schlesinger discovered.

Plus: The Music Box screens an underappreciated Prince movie, the Chosen Few DJs honor a bygone house-music club, and more.

How a family Fourth of July party grew into an annual event that attracts more than 40,000 fans

George Clinton, Nona Hendryx, the Chosen Few DJs, and more

Warped Tour, Chosen Few Old School Reunion Picnic, Irish American Heritage Festival, and Roscoe Village Burger Fest round out the weekend

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