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Monthly Archives: June 2010

Repeat after me, “They are different”

Two massive major concerts recently hit Chicago, both of which left thousands of people awestruck and clapping and not wanting to let the musicians leave the stage. One was a free outdoor concert by She & Him, the retro-pop duo of M. Ward and Zooey Deschanel in Millennium Park on June 13, which pulled in [...]

The Festival Mentality

Word came this afternoon that this year’s Pitchfork Music Festival has sold out. Or at least, Sunday has sold out*. And the Chicago Symphony Orchestra is in the middle period of a Beethoven Festival. And the Grant Park Music Festival will soon be upon us, starting next week. Lollapalooza arrives in August, and there’s an [...]