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This Week in Live Music History: Phish Opens for Big Star’s Alex Chilton in Chicago, 1990
Photo: Steve Eichner/WireImage — Jon Fishman performs with Phish at Wetlands Preserve in New York City, 1990. By the end of the ‘80s, Phish was playing all over New England and just beginning to venture into other parts of the country, sometimes opening for other artists in cities where the budding jam band wasn’t yet a major draw. In March 1990, Phish visited Chicago for the first time, playing the Lounge Ax, a 300-capacity club in Lincoln Park. Eight months later the band returned, this time opening for a somewhat surprising headliner: Alex Chilton, best known as the leader of the acclaimed ‘70s power pop band Big Star.
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WGN’s Sarah Jindra encourages students to chase their dreams in media
Building a career in the media industry doesn’t always mean following a straight path. Sometimes it means taking chances, learning something new and being willing to try just about anything. That was the message Sarah Jindra, co-host of WGN-TV’s “Spotlight Chicago,” shared with Saint Xavier University students during a...
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Blues Legend Benny Turner To Release ‘My Brother’s Blues: From Texas To Chicago’
Blues Legend Benny Turner To Release ‘My Brother’s Blues: From Texas To Chicago’ feat. Guests Bobby Rush, Jimmie Vaughan, Derek O’Brien, Billy Branch & Carolyn Wonderland. Nola Blue Records will release My Brother’s Blues: From Texas to Chicago, a newly expanded, remixed, reimagined, and remastered edition...
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In Viral Stunt, Hundreds Try and Fail to Move Anish Kapoor’s ‘Bean’ Seven Inches to the Left, To Help the Man Supposedly Trapped Inside
“We need to move the bean 7 inches to the left. First push @12:47 pm 11/8/2026.” MultiMillionaire Collector Fred Eychaner Sued Over Chicago Museum Expansion So read a cryptic flyer that appeared in Chicago in recent days, referring to one of the world’s most popular pieces of public art. Hundreds heeded the call, gathering on a sunny Sunday in a benign flash mob. In the end, the crowd was no match for a 110-ton stainless steel sculpture. The subject of the viral campaign was, of course, British Indian artist Anish Kapoor’s silvery sculpture Cloud Gate (2006), which stands in downtown Chicago’s Millennium Park. Inspired by liquid mercury, the 66-foot-long, 33-foot-high public artwork is nicknamed the Bean in reference to its shape, which resembles the kidney bean. A 12-foot-high walkway underneath the sculpture forms the titular “gate,” where countless visitors have marveled at their reflections and posted selfies. You might ask: What? Why? Well, the IRL attempt to shift the sculpture results from a viral rumor that has long circulated online, which says that a man is trapped inside. The event’s Partiful page , created by a mysterious “gs,” says that “new findings suggest that there might be [a] latch door