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    Jun 17, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  1. Music review: International Contemporary Ensemble's movie mood

    In the decade since its founding, the International Contemporary Ensemble has become essential. The flexible collective of 33 musicians is likely the most accomplished new music group in New York, and it makes a significant contribution toward keeping the city musically cosmopolitan, regularly providing compelling performances of meaningful and dauntingly difficult new music from afar.
    In the decade since its founding, the International Contemporary Ensemble has become essential. The flexible collective of 33 musicians is likely the most accomplished new music group in New York, and it makes a significant contribution toward keeping the...

    Tags: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Arts and Culture, Music, Arts, Stanley Kubrick

    2. Jun 14, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  2. Clinton Global Initiative America meeting leaving Chicago

    After three years in Chicago, the Clinton Global Initiative America meeting is moving to Denver in 2014, co-host Bill Clinton announced Friday.
    Special to the Tribune
    After three years in Chicago, the Clinton Global Initiative America meeting is moving to Denver in 2014, co-host Bill Clinton announced Friday. The annual meeting, which brings together about 1,000 leaders in business, government, education and...

    Tags: Chris Christie

    3. Jun 1, 2013 |Story| Hartford Courant

  3. READER SUBMITTED: Metamorphosis Urban Revitalization Mural Design Transforms A Public Space

    Statewide
    Project: Metamorphosis Mural Youngstown Business 241 W Federal St.,Youngstown, OH 44503 Timeline: May 2012 to July 2013 Project started in January 2012 Project installed May 2013 Charmaine Banach, assistant professor from Quinnipiac University (Hamden),...

    Tags: Arts and Culture, Arts, Quinnipiac University, Education, Teachers

    4. May 31, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  4. With 'Americanah,' Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie pokes fun at race

    Friends are dress shopping in the novel "Americanah"; when they get to the register, the cashier asks which of two saleswomen helped them, but they're not sure. She lists numerous physical characteristics to identify the salesperson before giving up.
    Friends are dress shopping in the novel "Americanah"; when they get to the register, the cashier asks which of two saleswomen helped them, but they're not sure. She lists numerous physical characteristics to identify the salesperson before giving up....

    Tags: Skype, Nigeria, Authors, Chinua Achebe, Colleges and Universities

    5. May 28, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  5. Flutist Nicole Mitchell's welcome return to Chicago

    The great flutist-composer Nicole Mitchell moved to Chicago – and launched her international career here – in 1990.
    The great flutist-composer Nicole Mitchell moved to Chicago – and launched her international career here – in 1990. More than two decades later, in August of 2011, she left the city for California, yet it's still impossible to think of...

    Tags: Arts and Culture, Buddy Guy, Music, Howard Reich, Columbia University

    6. May 22, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  6. Her job: Stopping wage theft

    SACRAMENTO — Julie Su doesn't back down from fights when she thinks employers are cheating their workers.
    SACRAMENTO — Julie Su doesn't back down from fights when she thinks employers are cheating their workers. In her two years as California's top labor law enforcer, Su has taken on scores of unscrupulous businesses. As state labor commissioner,...

    Tags: Immigration, University of California, Berkeley, Punishment, Business, Employment Opportunities

    7. Apr 24, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  7. Trib Nation responds to one Chicagoan's view of it for an East Coast paper

    Boy, Trib Nation had a few things to say about DePaul Professor Rachel Shteir's Sunday Book Review article on Chicago, drawn from three books written by people from here, and which appeared this week in The New York Times.
    Boy, Trib Nation had a few things to say about DePaul Professor Rachel Shteir's Sunday Book Review article on Chicago, drawn from three books written by people from here, and which appeared this week in The New York Times. She reviewed "Golden," by...

    Tags: Richard M. Daley, Book, Barack Obama, Magnificent Mile, Media Industry

    8. Apr 10, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  8. Rosenthal: Fighting Chicago's violent crime has become business of business

    Jim Reynolds, who grew up in Englewood and is among this city's business elite, always has known that side of Chicago.
    Jim Reynolds, who grew up in Englewood and is among this city's business elite, always has known that side of Chicago. He also knows the jolt that comes when someone, especially someone who has grown up here, first has their eyes opened and the city's...

    Tags: Environmental Issues, Business, Basketball, Business Enterprises, Sports

    9. Apr 8, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  9. Santa Monica wins Eliasson sculpture; awaits a much bigger one

    Santa Monica will soon be sporting a new piece of civic art by Olafur Eliasson, and while it’s on a considerably less massive scale than the giant temporary waterfalls the Danish-Icelandic artist installed along the East River in New York City as a public art project in 2008, it has the advantage of being permanent.
    Santa Monica will soon be sporting a new piece of civic art by Olafur Eliasson, and while it’s on a considerably less massive scale than the giant temporary waterfalls the Danish-Icelandic artist installed along the East River in New York City as...

    Tags: Michael Bloomberg, Arts and Culture, Arts, Sculpture, Los Angeles County Museum of Art

    10. Apr 3, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  10. Survey: Home ownership no longer central to the American dream

    Data may show that the housing markets are in recovery, but a lot of people are still asking: “Who really needs to buy a home anyway?”
    Data may show that the housing markets are in recovery, but a lot of people are still asking: “Who really needs to buy a home anyway?” The housing bust has created great skepticism about the traditional equation of homeownership with the...

    Tags: Fannie Mae, Arts and Culture, Federal Reserve, Customs and Tradition, Rentals

    11. Apr 1, 2013 |Story| RedEye

  11. 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: Chicago Public Library, Arts and Culture, Music, Libraries, Harold Washington Library Center

    12. Mar 28, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  12. First lady coming home to address youth violence

    First lady Michelle Obama will return to Chicago April 10 to speak at a working lunch hosted by Mayor Rahm Emanuel that is aimed at addressing youth violence in the city. According to an announcement Wednesday by the first lady's office, she will urge...

    Tags: Barack Obama, Michelle Obama, Murder, Business Enterprises, McCormick Place

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