Columbus Park

Three very hot clarinetists celebrate Benny Goodman

2013-06-13 11:50:00

On Jan. 16, 1938, clarinetist Benny Goodman shook up the music world by bringing jazz unapologetically into a shrine of highbrow culture: Carnegie Hall. That concert, with its spectacular solos and thrilling ensemble playing, has long since acquired...

Grant Park chorus master readies singers for a busy festival summer

2013-06-11 15:03:00

Having rolled out some pretty heavy artillery to mark the 50th anniversary of the Grant Park Chorus and other musical milestones last summer, what will the 2013 Grant Park Music Festival do for an encore? Quite a bit, as it turns out. Almost every...

Addict shoots for bigger things now

2013-05-19 00:00:00

Dining Review: Maddy's Food Truck Offers Classic Haitian Flavors

2013-05-13 18:40:00

Maddy's Food Truck @maddysfoodtruck � Griot: a French word for the traveling poets, musicians and storytellers of West African. Griot: a Haitian dish of morsels of tender, spicy, fried pork. I haven't yet figured out how these two meanings are...

Here is Stamford's 2013 Alive @ Five Line-up

2013-04-30 08:10:00

Stamford's Alive @ Five summer concert series lineup has been announced, and it's been expanded to eight weeks this year. The shows all take place in Columbus Park and headliners include the likes of country legend Wynonna, Poison frontman Brett Michaels,...

CTA bus driver hit with stun gun, robbed on West Side

2013-03-03 12:22:00

A CTA bus driver was rendered immobile by a passenger with a stun gun who robbed her and left her slumped at the wheel of her bus Saturday morning in Columbus Park in the Austin neighborhood, authorities said. The 40-year-old driver was treated and...

Grant Park Music Festival summer season announced

2013-02-14 07:23:00

Once again the Grant Park Music Festival is taking the lead among local summer festivals when it comes to presenting eclectic combinations of popular symphonic and choral fare and more adventuresome classical music programming. And it's all free. The...

Color your world

2012-10-24 00:00:00

Above the Grove Portage Trail at the River Trail Nature Center in Northbrook, the canopy of trees was taxicab yellow. With the sun pouring down from above, the colors glowed. Beneath them, we walkers gaped at the view, pointed our cameras and counted...

56-Year-Old Woman Punched in Face, Robbed and Assaulted

2012-10-02 07:29:00

A 56-year-old woman was robbed and punched in the face in Stockton Monday night.� The woman was walking in Seaport District near Columbus Park when she was approached by a man in his 50's who asked her if she wanted a ride.� She went inside the home the...

2012 Summer Restaurant Weeks in Stamford

2012-08-27 11:50:00

Instead of the usual restaurant week, Stamford has taken it to the next level this year by having restaurant weeks. Two of 'em, back-to-back, to be exact. It started on August 20th and runs through Labor Day (Monday, Sept. 3rd), and you can sample from 30...

Our Picks: Six Great Shows Happening This Week Near Hartford

2012-07-23 10:00:00

1) Dopapod & Jimkata: $10-$15. Thurs. 10 p.m. Arch Street Tavern, Hartford. 2) Iron and Wine: $25-$35. Fri. 8 p.m. Calvin Theatre and Performing Arts Center, Northampton. 3) Joe Louis Walker w/ special guest Clarence Bucaro: $20-$30. Fri. 8 p.m....

Jazz Up July in Stamford features some of the biggest names in jazz

2012-07-02 11:50:00

Yet another free concert series begins this week, again at Stamford's Columbus Park. Jazz Up July has once again attracted some huge names in jazz, the first of which is guitarist and singer John Pizzarelli, who you may remember from those old "Wonder...

Wynonna Judd and The Big Noise play in Stamford's Columbus Park July 18. Tickets are $15. Information

2013-05-31 00:00:00

Brennan Chinn, 6, casts his fishing rod while out with his family at Columbus Park.

2013-05-05 00:00:00

HARTFORD, CT - 10.15.2012 - ENTERPRISE - "So he can play on the swing" at Columbus Park says Augustine Olen when asked why she has her grandson Quincy Starks, 3, on her shoulders while walking along Wethersfield Ave. in Hartford on Monday morning. "It's a beautiful day.

2012-10-15 00:00:00