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Once a staple in Chicago, new monumental public art lands in Rockford’s Davis Park
ROCKFORD — A large-scale abstract sculpture that was a fixture of the James R. Thompson Center in downtown Chicago for nearly four decades has a new home in Davis Park. Bridgeport, a 35-foot tall and 15-foot wide painted aluminium sculpture from late artist and sculptor John Henry, now serves as the centerpiece of a new collection installed this week in the riverfront park, 320 S. Wyman St. in downtown.
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Johnson Publishing Company building revisited in dazzling new book
The office desks were gone. So was the exotic furniture and framed artwork. The space where the bustling cafeteria fed employees $1 dollar lunch meals was empty and silent. But the vacant interior spoke loudly to renowned photographer and Columbia College Professor Barbara Karant. It was a building Karant never...
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Jim Peterik was born on November 11, 1950
Jim Peterik was born on November 11, 1950, in Berwyn, Illinois. He became the singer and guitarist behind The Ides of March’s “Vehicle,” then helped establish Survivor as a keyboardist and songwriter. His collaboration with Frankie Sullivan on “Eye of the Tiger,” written for the 1982 film Rocky III, connected those songwriting skills to a very specific challenge: giving a boxer’s comeback its musical pulse.