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All in Festivals
Hot Weather, Hot Jazz
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The Final Note
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Wet, Wet, Wet
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The Place to Be: The Cultural Center
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Chicago Jazz Philharmonic
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Mainstreamed: The Gay Pride Parade
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Wilkes Returns
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Rainy Day Blues
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Magic Dick
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Sunny Day Blues
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The Nemesis
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Tail Dragger Redux
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Reinvigorating the Blues
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Very Bright
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Butterfield Blues Reunion
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Mark Naftalin, who added high octane playing to one of the original incarnations of the Butterfield Blues Band, offered a dazzling two-hour solo piano recital. Why this guy has not issued albums of his great blues piano playing is totally beyond me, particularly because runs an independent record label.
Air and Water Show
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I spent much of the day at the 59th Annual Chicago Air and Water Show. I take in some of the show every year because it takes place right out my front door, but I am not a fan, particularly from a photographic standpoint.
Bughouse Square Debates
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It is probably no longer politically correct to refer to an institution for people with mental health issues as a bughouse, but the "Bughouse Square" nickname for Washington Square Park was an attempt to capture some of the craziness that came with the eccentrics and expressive orators who took park in debates and other public forums the park during the early decades of the last century. Bughouse was then the slang for what would later generations would refer to as the looney bin or Cuckoo's Nest.
Newberry Book Fair
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The Newberry Library is holding its annual book fair this weekend. There are somewhere around 130,000 books, records, and related items for sale. I have to say, book fairs are not my thing, maybe because we already have too many books and records in our house. Despite my reservations, the fair is a big deal. I arrived shortly after the 10AM opening. The first floor was already packed, with people looking for bargains and gems.