The 138th season of harness racing at historic Bangor Raceway will get underway with a nine-race card on Sunday (April 11). First race post time is 12:15 p.m.
“It’s always exciting to get a new racing season underway, and this year, with an earlier opening than in previous years, we have made a few changes, including an earlier post time on Sunday that will allow for more families to come and watch the races,” said Michael Hopkins, manager of racing operations at Hollywood Casino Hotel & Raceway. COVID-19 precautions, including phyhsical distancing and mandatory masks for all visitors, will be enforced.
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Corky Siegel, at the Jazz Showcase, 806 S. Plymouth Court, in Chicago on Dec. 7, 2013. (Nuccio DiNuzzo/Chicago Tribune/TNS)
Chicago blues master Corky Siegel is feeling good and ready to jam with you – even if that’s via livestream
Rick Kogan, Chicago Tribune, (TNS)
CHICAGO Corky Siegel feels fine.
“Terrific on all counts,” he says. “Just terrific.”
That is good to hear and it is always good to talk to Siegel, a Chicago treasure and a man with a million stories from a lifetime filled with music. He is 77, near the same age as new White Sox manager Tony La Russa and a great many other people but, as ever, his voice is filled with youthful enthusiasm.
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Catching up with the 77-year-old local music legend, who calls livestreamed concerts "closer than in-person." Catch his Extravaganza this weekend.