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    May 17, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  1. 'Hold Fast' by Blue Balliett

    <em>Hold fast to dreams</em>
    Hold fast to dreams For if dreams die Life is a broken-winged bird That cannot fly. Those words from "Dreams," a Langston Hughes poem, infuse Blue Balliett's newest novel. At the start of the book, Balliett notes that by the end of the 2012...

    Tags: Arts and Culture, Chicago Tribune, Literature, Langston Hughes

    2. May 16, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  2. Sting added to Printer's Row Lit Fest

    Having introduced the world to such colorful characters as a prostitute named Roxanne and a stalker who monitors &ldquo;Every Breath You Take,&rdquo; Sting will help launch a new Chicago-based storytelling initiative when he appears at the Chicago Tribune&rsquo;s Printers Row Lit Fest next month.
    Having introduced the world to such colorful characters as a prostitute named Roxanne and a stalker who monitors “Every Breath You Take,” Sting will help launch a new Chicago-based storytelling initiative when he appears at the Chicago...

    Tags: Music, Awards and Prizes, Republic of Ireland, Music Industry, Entertainment

    3. May 11, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  3. Review: "Power to the People" edited by Geoff Kaplan

    One of Chicago's treasures is the microfilm archive of alternative newspapers housed in Harold Washington Library. I'm particularly fond of exploring the Seed, the Chicago periodical that helped Mayor Richard J. Daley's less loyal subjects prepare for the 1968 Democratic National Convention. I've marveled at the content (pot dealers advertising their street corners of choice, Huey Newton clip-n-collect cards), but thanks to the splotchy black-and-white microfilm, I was never enchanted by the graphic design. Seeing the magnificent Seed covers reprinted in full-color glory in Geoff Kaplan's coffee-table book "Power to the People" was eye-opening (literally &mdash; my eyes actually widened).
    One of Chicago's treasures is the microfilm archive of alternative newspapers housed in Harold Washington Library. I'm particularly fond of exploring the Seed, the Chicago periodical that helped Mayor Richard J. Daley's less loyal subjects prepare for the...

    Tags: Vietnam War (1955-1975), Democratic Convention (1968), Book, University of Chicago, Newspaper and Magazine

    4. May 8, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  4. Mom of slain teen: 'You can do all the right things and still come up with the same outcome'

    Just before Ebony Ambrose went to bed about 10 p.m. Tuesday, her son Kevin Ambrose asked her if she had made the spinach gnocchi and apple cider pork like she had planned for dinner.
    Tribune reporters
    Just before Ebony Ambrose went to bed about 10 p.m. Tuesday, her son Kevin Ambrose asked her if she had made the spinach gnocchi and apple cider pork like she had planned for dinner. Kevin Ambrose, 19, was hanging out with a friend and had not eaten...

    Tags: Chicago Police Department, Entertainment Events, Dance, Entertainment, Bronzeville

    5. May 9, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  5. All branches of Chicago Public Library to close Thursday

    All branches of the Chicago Public Library — including the Harold Washington Library Center and the Woodson and Sulzer regional libraries — will be closed Thursday because the staff will be at a training program, library officials announced.

    Tags: Libraries, Arts and Culture, Chicago Public Library

    6. Apr 25, 2013 |Story| RedEye

  6. How to take CTA to C2E2

    The second phase of the Wells Street bridge overhaul begins Friday night, <a href="http://www.transitchicago.com/wellsbridge/" target="_blank">which will reroute some trains</a> heading into the Loop through early May 6.
    RedEye
    The second phase of the Wells Street bridge overhaul begins Friday night, which will reroute some trains heading into the Loop through early May 6. Next week, rush hour Brown Line riders will see some southbound trains operate until the Merchandise Mart...

    Tags: Travel, Merchandise Mart, Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo, McCormick Place, Midway Airport

    7. Apr 21, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  7. Judy Blume to appear at Printers Row Lit Fest

    Children's/young-adult author Judy Blume and graphic novelist/cartoonist Art Spiegelman will be honored as part of this year's Printers Row Lit Fest, which runs June 8 and 9 in the South Loop.
    Children's/young-adult author Judy Blume and graphic novelist/cartoonist Art Spiegelman will be honored as part of this year's Printers Row Lit Fest, which runs June 8 and 9 in the South Loop. Blume, the author of such beloved works as "Are You There...

    Tags: Fiction, Entertainment Events, Prada, Awards and Prizes, Music Industry

    8. Apr 15, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  8. Director William Friedkin comes home

    William Friedkin, the director of &ldquo;The French Connection&rdquo; and &ldquo;The Exorcist,&rdquo; a pair of acclaimed Tracy Letts adaptations (&ldquo;Bug&rdquo; and &ldquo;Killer Joe&rdquo;) and author of &ldquo;The Friedkin Connection,&rdquo; a new memoir about his 50-plus-year filmmaking career, answered the door of his hotel room. It was a lousy room. &ldquo;Small,&rdquo; he said simply. He stepped aside to let me in, looking disappointed and resigned. He wore large, 1970s-style eyeglasses, sneakers, black socks and a black shirt. He tugged his chinos high above his waist. This is not much bigger than the one-room apartment that he grew up in at the corner of Foster Avenue and Sheridan Road, he said.
    William Friedkin, the director of “The French Connection” and “The Exorcist,” a pair of acclaimed Tracy Letts adaptations (“Bug” and “Killer Joe”) and author of “The Friedkin Connection,” a new...

    Tags: Star Wars (movie), Music, Entertainment, Giordano's Enterprises Inc., Movies

    9. Apr 12, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  9. Culture clash: New history of Chicago taps into our malaise

    "The Third Coast: When Chicago Built the American Dream" has an elegant, unflinching, non-nostalgic clarity about Chicago that you rarely see in books about Chicago.
    Thomas Dyja looked at me with abject horror, then humor, then, as his face crumbled in defeat, resignation. A face that said, "See? This is why I wrote a 412-page cultural history of Chicago at midcentury that — as much as it pulls together...

    Tags: Leo Burnett, Dave Garroway, Architecture, David Letterman, Illinois Institute of Technology

    10. Apr 1, 2013 |Story| RedEye

  10. These kids are all right

    There's a space on the first floor of the Harold Washington Library carved out specifically for teens that is a stark contrast from the reality a lot of them face outside on the streets. A place where creativity is fostered and relationships are formed across racial, gender and socioeconomic lines, the YOUmedia program has become a safe haven for the city's youth. A place where they can just be themselves.
    For RedEye
    There's a space on the first floor of the Harold Washington Library carved out specifically for teens that is a stark contrast from the reality a lot of them face outside on the streets. A place where creativity is fostered and relationships are formed...

    Tags: Students, Arts and Culture, Libraries, Music, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation

    11. Mar 11, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  11. 'One Book' choice details history of black migration to city from South

    The Chicago Public Library's latest selection for "One Book, One Chicago" charts the history of African-Americans who moved to Chicago and other cities after leaving their homes in the Jim Crow South.
    Tribune reporter
    The Chicago Public Library's latest selection for "One Book, One Chicago" charts the history of African-Americans who moved to Chicago and other cities after leaving their homes in the Jim Crow South. "The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of...

    Tags: Chicago Mayor, World War I (1914-1918), Chicago Public Library, Rahm Emanuel, Africa

    12. Mar 8, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  12. Taking science to the masses

    Neil Shubin has the wide, happy eyes of a Muppet and the casual, ingratiating prattle of a car salesman. His thick, graying hair lends gravitas. He has written a new book, and on a bitter afternoon in Hyde Park he is explaining to me how he writes.
    Neil Shubin has the wide, happy eyes of a Muppet and the casual, ingratiating prattle of a car salesman. His thick, graying hair lends gravitas. He has written a new book, and on a bitter afternoon in Hyde Park he is explaining to me how he writes....

    Tags: Biology, Isaac Asimov, Roosevelt University, Seth MacFarlane, PBS (tv network)

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