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The Field Girls' Book and Social Club
About our club We are the Field Girls' Book and Social Club. The club started six years ago when we were all Marshall Field's employees. We have 15 members, but we have about eight members at each meeting. We meet at a member's home once every other...
Tags: Marshall Field
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IKEA and Banned Books Week
As the American Library Association kick off Banned Book Week, an annual event designed to draw attention to censorship issues, a bizarre case of visual censorship by IKEA is in the news. The Swedish furniture company acknowledged that catalogs...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Social Issues, Justice and Rights, IKEA, Racism
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Under a literary spell
As Lucy Kobbs turned the final page of the seventh and last book in the "Harry Potter" series, she took a pencil to the wall beside her bed and memorialized the end of an era: 7/22/07, 3:20 a.m. "It's one of those books that will stick with me for life,"...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Teachers, Central Michigan University, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Harry Potter (fictional character)
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The final reviews from this year's Read & Write program
"Liesl & Po" by Lauren Oliver "Liesl and Po" is about a girl, a boy, a ghost, and a ghost pet. Will (the boy), confuses a box containing ashes of Henry Morbower, who is Liesl's father, with the most powerful magic in the world. Liesl is locked in the...
Tags: Authors, Chicago Tribune, Trips and Vacations, Science Fiction (genre), Travel
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Hunger Games expert to speak at Mount Aloysius
Mount Aloysius College invites the general public to a lecture by internationally renowned speaker John Granger on Thursday evening, September 6th at 8:00 p.m. in the College’s historic Alumni Hall. John Granger, author of the well-read weblog...
Tags: Cornell University, Stephenie Meyer, Colleges and Universities, Yale University, Harry Potter (fictional character)
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Revisit required reading
Paul W. Hankins remembers vaguely reading “The Grapes of Wrath” in high school, the same way he remembers vaguely reading “The Great Gatsby.” “That fake reading,” he recalls with a laugh. “Where you sat in class...
Tags: Teachers, Langston Hughes, Chicago Tribune, Mark Twain, Chicago Public Schools
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DVD review: 'Hunger Games' a pleasant surprise
Writer/director Gary Ross' adaptation of Suzanne Collins' hugely popular novel — a teen book that crossed over to the adult market — is one of this year's nicest surprises so far. Lionsgate's video release is also a pleasant surprise: They'...
Tags: The Hunger Games (movie), Movies, Entertainment, Gary Ross, DVDs
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Amanda Plummer joins 'Catching Fire': Thesp to play Wiress in 'Hunger Games' franchise
VarietyAmanda Plummer has been cast in the role of Wiress in Lionsgate's "Hunger Games: Catching Fire." Lionsgate is planning to shoot the movie starting in the fall for a release on Nov. 22, 2013. Philip Seymour Hoffman joined the cast last week as Plutarch...Tags: Josh Hutcherson, Stanley Tucci, Liam Hemsworth, Entertainment, Gary Ross
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Jena Malone added to 'Catching Fire': Thesp to play Johanna Mason in 'Hunger Games' franchise
VarietyJena Malone has been cast in Lionsgate's "Catching Fire" as Johanna Mason, a past victor of the Hunger Games. Lionsgate made the announcement Monday. Filming of the sequel is expected to begin September. Malone recently starred opposite Kevin Costner...Tags: Kevin Costner, Josh Hutcherson, Stanley Tucci, Liam Hemsworth, Entertainment
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Lynn Cohen set for 'Catching Fire': Thesp to play Mags, a past victor of the Hunger Games
VarietyLynn Cohen has been cast in Lionsgate's "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire" as Mags, a past victor of the Hunger Games. Lionsgate made the announcement Thursday. Filming of the sequel is expected to begin September. Studio signed Francis Lawrence to...Tags: Josh Hutcherson, Stanley Tucci, Lynn Cohen, Liam Hemsworth, Entertainment
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Patrick St. Esprit joins 'Catching Fire': 'Sons of Anarchy' thesp to play Romulus Thread
VarietyDirector Francis Lawrence has tapped "Sons of Anarchy" thesp Patrick St. Esprit to play Romulus Thread in Lionsgate's "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire." Lionsgate had no comment. Based on the bestselling novel by Suzanne Collins, sequel sees tributes...Tags: Josh Hutcherson, Lynn Cohen, Liam Hemsworth, Amanda Plummer, Jennifer Lawrence
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Bruno Gunn joins 'Catching Fire': 'Bad Teacher' thesp cast as Brutus
VarietyBruno Gunn has been cast in Lionsgate's "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire" as Brutus, a former victor of the Hunger Games. Filming of the sequel, based on the second book in the Suzanne Collins trilogy, is expected to begin next month with Francis...Tags: Bad Teacher (movie)
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