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‘The War on Disco’ Premieres on PBS Oct. 30
Next TV via Yahoo News· 8 months agoJohn Travolta in Saturday Night Fever. The War on Disco, an American Experience documentary, premieres on PBS Monday, October 30. The film looks at...
Paul Sullivan: Netflix documentary on Mike Veeck’s life is a balm for angst-ridden Chicago White Sox...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo Finance· 9 months agoMike Veeck had a documentary to promote, but he couldn’t start without getting one thing off his...
Vintage Chicago Tribune: Friday the 13th
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 8 months agoTomorrow is Friday the 13th — a day that some deem doomed. According to folklore, Friday plus 13 equals a double dose of bad luck. What does that mean?...
Famous forecaster: How Tom Skilling’s popularity went through the stratosphere
WGN Chicago via Yahoo News· 4 months agoOn one of his last remaining nights as the chief meteorologist at WGN-TV, Tom Skilling took part of...
Maine filmmakers explore 1970s disco backlash
Portland Press Herald, Maine via Yahoo News· 8 months agoOct. 30—Grainy TV news footage from 1979 shows thousands of people swarming over the field at Chicago's Comiskey Park, burning stacks of dance records and holding banners that read "Disco Sucks ...
