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    Oct 2, 2012 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  1. Enoch Pratt hosted MacArthur geniuses

    If you're a regular attendee at the author appearances at the <a href="http://www.prattlibrary.org/" target="_blank">Enoch Pratt Free Library,</a> you've seen a fair share of geniuses. <a href="http://www.macfound.org/fellows/864/" target="_blank">Junot Diaz</a> and <a href="http://www.macfound.org/fellows/870/" target="_blank">Dinaw Mengestu </a>-- who today received "genius" grants from the <a href="http://www.macfound.org/" target="_blank">MacArthur Foundation</a> -- have appeared in recent years at the Pratt.
    If you're a regular attendee at the author appearances at the Enoch Pratt Free Library, you've seen a fair share of geniuses. Junot Diaz and Dinaw Mengestu -- who today received "genius" grants from the MacArthur Foundation -- have appeared in recent...

    Tags: Junot Diaz, Enoch Pratt Free Library

    2. Aug 31, 2012 |Story| Chicago Tribune - Hold from PM

  2. Fall Theater 2012: 46 more shows for the next few months

    This summer might have been too darn hot, but the theater scene is about to zoom into the red zone. It's impossible to do justice to the awe-inspiring variety of work that is waiting in the wings this season at theaters large, small and in-between, but here are a few options to get you started.
    This summer might have been too darn hot, but the theater scene is about to zoom into the red zone. It's impossible to do justice to the awe-inspiring variety of work that is waiting in the wings this season at theaters large, small and in-between, but...

    Tags: Edgar Allan Poe, James Baldwin, World War II (1939-1945), Holidays, Mike Stoller

    3. Aug 28, 2012 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  3. 'Genius grant' winner Ken Vandermark gets nod from Chicago Jazz Festival

    The most intriguing work at this year's Chicago Jazz Festival, running Thursday through Sunday, may come from the horn of MacArthur "genius grant" winner Ken Vandermark.
    The most intriguing work at this year's Chicago Jazz Festival, running Thursday through Sunday, may come from the horn of MacArthur "genius grant" winner Ken Vandermark. As this year's artist-in-residence, the hyperinventive Chicago reedist-bandleader-...

    Tags: Concerts, Roosevelt University, Entertainment, Music Industry, Entertainment Events

    4. Aug 17, 2012 |Column| Hartford Courant

  4. Apocalypse Not: Ingenuity Thwarts Doomsday

    The Hartford Courant
    Sometimes the news is that something was not newsworthy. The United Nation's Rio+20 conference — 50,000 participants from 188 nations — occurred in June, without consequences. A generation has passed since the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio, which...

    Tags: Energy Resources, Conservation, Demographics, Population and Census, Productivity

    5. Jul 30, 2012 | Chicago Tribune

  5. Dispatch from a climate-change convert

    Change of Subject
    Richard A. Muller, a professor of physics at the University of California, Berkeley, and a former MacArthur Foundation fellow, writes in the New York Times: Three years ago I identified problems in previous climate studies that, in my mind, threw......
    6. Jul 2, 2012 |Story| Tribune Media Services

  6. Neal Baer plans 'Soda' book, documentary: Will tell history of carbonated beverages, ties to obesity

    Variety
    Neal Baer has set his sights on soda as the subject of his next nonfiction book and documentary project. The former "Law & Order: SVU" exec producer has cut a deal with Rodale Books to co-write "Soda: Corporate Profits Versus Public Health" with prominent...

    Tags: Sundance Film Festival, Documentary (genre), Fiction, Weight, Obesity

    7. Jun 21, 2012 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  7. New boss for MacArthur 'genius grants'

    Cecilia Conrad, vice president for academic affairs and dean of Pomona College, in Claremont, Ca., will be the next director of the MacArthur Fellows Program. She will replace Daniel Socolow, who last year announced he was leaving the position after 15 years.
    Cecilia Conrad, vice president for academic affairs and dean of Pomona College, in Claremont, Ca., will be the next director of the MacArthur Fellows Program. She will replace Daniel Socolow, who last year announced he was leaving the position after 15...

    Tags: Catherine T. MacArthur

    8. Feb 28, 2012 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  8. Goodman Theatre's upcoming season to highlight a Mary Zimmerman take on 'Jungle Book'

    Mary Zimmerman will premiere her new stage-musical version of "The Jungle Book"in Chicago, as part of the Goodman Theatre&rsquo;s 2012-13 subscription season, the Chicago theater announced.
    Mary Zimmerman will premiere her new stage-musical version of "The Jungle Book"in Chicago, as part of the Goodman Theatre’s 2012-13 subscription season, the Chicago theater announced. "The Jungle Book," a Goodman production enhanced by the...

    Tags: The Jungle Book (movie), Goodman Theatre, Entertainment, Scott Rudin, Bare (music group)

    9. Oct 4, 2011 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  9. Johns Hopkins professor shares Nobel Prize in physics

    A phone ringing at 5:30 a.m. can rattle anyone, even a professor immersed in the universe's mysterious dark energy. Adam Riess, an astronomy professor at Johns Hopkins University, learned in an early morning call from Stockholm Tuesday that he was one of three scientists to share the 2011 Nobel Prize in physics.
    A phone ringing at 5:30 a.m. can rattle anyone, even a professor immersed in the universe's mysterious dark energy. Adam Riess, an astronomy professor at Johns Hopkins University, learned in an early morning call from Stockholm Tuesday that he was one...

    Tags: Stockholm (Sweden), University of California, Space Programs, Education, Astronomy

    10. Apr 20, 2012 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  10. Fundraisers focus on home and art

    The National Public Housing Museum's April 15 benefit, "An Afternoon of Good Times," honored three nationally renowned humanitarians for their commitments and contributions to inner-city housing and empowerment of its residents.
    Special to Tribune Newspapers
    The National Public Housing Museum's April 15 benefit, "An Afternoon of Good Times," honored three nationally renowned humanitarians for their commitments and contributions to inner-city housing and empowerment of its residents. Steve Pemberton, author...

    Tags: Interior Policy, Arts, Jane Addams, Winston Churchill, Public Housing

    11. May 4, 2012 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  11. Exploring Boo's Mumbai

    When Katherine Boo won the MacArthur Foundation &ldquo;genius&rdquo; grant 10 years ago, the citation praised her as one of the most influential journalists writing about contemporary social conditions.
    When Katherine Boo won the MacArthur Foundation “genius” grant 10 years ago, the citation praised her as one of the most influential journalists writing about contemporary social conditions. It noted her "expansive research, elegant...

    Tags: Elizabeth Taylor, Asha, Chicago Tribune, Globalization, Social Issues

    12. Apr 9, 2012 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  12. Philanthropist gives away more than $331 million with hands-on approach

    Ann Lurie isn't very good at being merely a name etched in granite.
    Tribune staff reporter
    Ann Lurie isn't very good at being merely a name etched in granite.    Take the coming fundraising gala to celebrate the completion of the new Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, a 1.25 million-square-foot facility in Streeterville with...

    Tags: Children's Health, Chicago Tribune, Salmonella Infection, Colon Cancer, Colleges and Universities

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