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About Blair Kamin
Blair Kamin is the architecture critic of the Chicago Tribune, a post he has held since 1992. He is a winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Criticism and continues a tradition of accessible but authoritative criticism begun by the Tribune's first modern-day...Tags: Newspapers, WTTW, George Polk Awards, Human Interest, Arts and Culture
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The absurdity of war and fame
Chat with Ben Fountain Ben Fountain will join our Book of the Month discussion via Skype at 6:30 p.m. Aug. 16. To attend the event, which will be in Tribune Tower, email printersrow@tribune.com by Aug. 10. Space is limited and will be reserved on a...
Tags: Skype, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Fox News Channel (tv network), Headaches, Iraq
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New ways to get Printers Row Journal, the Chicago Tribune's literary membership program
Six months ago we proudly launched Printers Row, a membership program for those who love books, authors and conversations about the ideas they generate. To those who have already joined Printers Row, thank you. If you are like me, you...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Newspaper and Magazine, Chicago Tribune, Authors
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How I spent a few days with Brandon Marshall (and why we did that to profile him)
Reporters regularly write profiles of individuals -- often famous politicians, newsworthy people or folks who have something unique about them. Something in that vein was what I was planning a few months ago after the Bears traded for Brandon Marshall,...
Tags: Brandon Marshall, Chicago Bears, Photography and Video, Photography Supplies and Services, Services and Shopping
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Video/Q&A: Laura Burhenn of the Mynabirds takes action
RedEye Sound BoardThe Mynabirds singer/songwriter Laura Burhenn doesn’t believe in guilty pleasures. She has her opinions, and she’s not ashamed. On that note, she says with a laugh: Her favorite movie is “The Neverending Story.” “It’...Tags: Music Industry, Chicago Elections, Bright Eyes (music group), Elections, Joan Baez
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The night McCormick Place burned
The scope of the disaster was hard to fathom. Tribune reporters and photographers who raced to the scene that bitterly cold January night in 1967 sent word that McCormick Place was ablaze, engulfed in flames, raging — destroyed. Back at Tribune...Tags: Disasters and Accidents, Bart Starr, McCormick Place, Richard J. Daley, Chicago Auto Show
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Gems from the city's past
The reader response to Chicago Flashback has been wonderful. Since the first week, readers have offered up Flashback ideas based on their own lives, the stories grandma always told and events they remembered from their history lessons. We've used many...
Tags: College Baseball, U.S. Cellular Field, Football, Chicago Bears, Social Organizations
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175 years of memorable, horrible, humorous and remarkable events that shaped Chicago
On March 4, 1837, exactly 175 years ago, Chicago was incorporated. Not that Flashback needed a reason, but we took this occasion to compile a very long list of events, year by year and decade by decade, that helped shape this great city. Some events...
Tags: Walt Disney, Louis Armstrong, Richard M. Daley, Chicago Public Library, Abraham Lincoln
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Riverfront Theater tent opening to host circus, music and other events
Chicago is to have a big new entertainment venue this summer — a 70-foot-tall, 22,000-square-foot tent that will seat as many as 2,500 patrons who will be served up a variety of populist live shows, including tributes to Elton John, Michael...
Tags: Concerts, Newspapers, Waterway and Maritime Transportation Industry, Peter Pan (movie), Tourism and Leisure
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Anna Quindlen talks with Printers Row Live
With Mother’s Day on the horizon, it was an early gift for many of author Anna Quindlen’s fans as she communed with her Chicago peeps in these early days of a national book tour for her newly published memoir, “Lots of Candles, Plenty of...
Tags: Book, Cancer, F-bomb Dropping, Ayn Rand, Religion and Belief
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Forever Marilyn leaves Mag Mile
Tribune reporterFor Jessica Cardenas, the trip downtown Monday night to watch the dismantling of the controversial Marilyn Monroe statue in Pioneer Court was far more of a pilgrimage than a goodbye for a traveling piece of art. Cardenas, who created an homage to the...Tags: Marilyn Monroe, Tourism and Leisure, Trips and Vacations, Travel, Arts
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Planning for surprises: Covering the NATO Summit in Chicago
When it comes to covering big news events like the leadup to the weekend NATO summit, there are stories you plan for, and surprises you plan for. On Monday, the first protest of the upcoming summit took place outside the Obama reelection headquarters....
Tags: NATO, Lobbying, Politics, Barack Obama, Activism
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