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Paul Phillips was a violinist with Chicago Symphony Orchestra for 40 years, performing under acclaimed music directors Georg Solti, Daniel Barenboim and Riccardo Muti. “He was a truly dedicated violinist, and it was a privilege to be one of his (violin) stand partners for 40 years,” said Blair Milton, a retired member of the CSO’s…

Musical theater lyricist and composer Stephen Schwartz’s first hit musical was “Godspell,” which earned him a Grammy for best score from an original cast show album. The show premiered off-Broadway in 1971. A Broadway revival premiered in late 2011 and closes The Beverly Theatre Guild’s 2023-24 season. “The music is so contagious and catchy,” said…

When it comes to writing a demand note, bank robbers tend to follow a certain unspoken etiquette of brevity and clarity. But that’s not what happened in downtown Chicago earlier this week, when federal prosecutors say a man walked into the Chase Bank building at 10 S. Dearborn St. and handed a note to a…

A Fairfield resident is one of the contestants on the upcoming 21st season of “The Bachelorette.” Jeremy Simon turns 30 years old next month. He was identified in a “sneak peek” of the 28 men who’ll be courting this season’s bachelorette Jenn Tran. The season does not start airing until this summer but is already…

When the NFL draft goes on the clock this week, a group of popular local musicians will go to work. The eight-piece Collision Six band is prepping a playlist of more than 180 tunes to provide hours of live music to accompany main-stage activities of the NFL draft in Detroit. Working closely with producers of…

This Thursday marks the start of the 2024 NFL Draft in Detroit, where hundreds of thousands of people are expected to gather around Campus Martius Park to see the biggest names in college football get drafted. Caleb Williams. Jayden Daniels. Ohio State’s Marvin Harrison Jr. Maybe even U-M’s J.J. McCarthy. Any one of these football…

HAMMOND – Deputies announced that a man has been arrested for the shooting death of a 28-year-old and that a woman is being sought for accessory after the fact.  The Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s Office said the shooting happened Tuesday at Tangi Village Apartments in Hammond. Tyrell Brister, 21, was arrested for his alleged connection to…

BATON ROUGE – IDEA University Prep will be shutting its doors at the end of the school year and consolidating operations, school officials said.  IDEA Public Schools said students will be offered spots at one of two other campuses — IDEA Bridge and IDEA Innovation — and most of school staff will be reassigned to…

ALEXANDRIA — The deadline for small businesses to apply for recovery aid from Hurricanes Laura and Delta in 2020 is next month. Small business owners have until May 31 to apply for $50 million in funds allocated by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development from its Community Development Block Grant. The funding is…

How much money have we, the American taxpayers, spent and continue to spend on protecting our country from Donald Trump? And what percentage of civic discourse — printed, spoken, or online — has been and continues to be wasted on this wannabe-dictator clown (“Trump hush money trial transcripts to be made public,” April 23)? How…