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George Perle dies at 93; theorist and composer championed atonal music
George Perle, the American music theorist and scholar who was widely regarded as the composer who put a human face on atonal music, has died. He was 93. Perle died Jan. 23 at his home in New York City after a long illness, according to his wife, Shirley....Tags: Chicago Tribune, NPR, World War II (1939-1945), Franz Werfel, Culture
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Robert Bellack Named New CFO of Los Angeles Times Communications
LOS ANGELES, October 13, 2003 -- Los Angeles Times Communications announced today that Robert Bellack has been named its new senior vice president, chief financial officer. Bellack replaces Jim Shaw, who is retiring from the company. Since 1997 Bellack...Tags: Northwestern University, Government, Chicago Tribune, Management Change, Companies and Corporations
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Robert Bellack was named The Times Executive Vice President, New Ventures in August 2008, with responsibility for the company's development...Tags: Government, Northwestern University, Chicago Tribune, Management Change, Companies and Corporations
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Voice of the People, May. 22
Labeling schools In the controversy over school closings, we often hear the term "failing" as a reason for closing a school. The use of this term is both degrading and insulting to the students, teachers and parents of those schools. A school is a...Tags: Chicago Tribune, Natural Disasters, Chicago Public Schools, Chicago Mayor, Disasters and Accidents
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Chicago classical music ensemble Dal Niente gets fierce
A couple of years ago Ensemble Dal Niente trumpeted its mission as presenting "the fiercest music of recent decades." The Chicago-based group of super-musicians still focuses on championing, commissioning and performing some of the most uncompromising...
Tags: Kanye West, Education, Entertainment, Customs and Tradition, Culture
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Program helps students raise ACT scores, stay in college
Thirty graduating seniors from low income families in the north suburbs will enter college this fall, thanks to College Bound Opportunities, which guides the students toward higher ACT scores. It also works with them during college to keep them from...
Tags: Northwestern University, Elmhurst College, Lake Forest College, Students, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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Summer vacation time not equal across Chicagoland
While many of her friends are stuck in school into June, Wauconda eighth-grader Alexandra Hayden plans to take advantage of her district's early summer break to beat the crowds at Six Flags Great America. "I'm going to party," said Alexandra, who is...
Tags: Chicago Public Schools, Chicago Teachers Strike, Students, Teachers, Strikes
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Voice of the People, May. 18
Mental-health medicines This is in response to "Psychologists seek prescription power; Health professionals split over contentious bill now up to House" (News, May 12) and "Rx: Slow down; Psychologists and mental health medicines" (Editorial, May 13)....Tags: Behavioral Conditions, Health and Medical Professionals, Science and Technology, Philosophy, Psychology
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Editorial: The 'missing piece'
Mayor Rahm Emanuel spent much of Thursday fleshing out the funding details for "Elevate Chicago," his grand plan to raise the city's profile as a tourism and convention destination. With an expanded McCormick Place and a re-imagined Navy Pier coming...
Tags: Richard M. Daley, Chicago Mayor, Economy, Business and Finance, Navy Pier, DePaul Blue Demons
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Jimmy Heath and DePaul students set off sparks
One hundred years ago (plus a few months) some visionary educators founded DePaul University's School of Music. Fourteen years later, jazz musician Jimmy Heath was born. To celebrate the school's centennial, Heath – now 86 and a certifiable jazz...
Tags: Education, Entertainment, Music Industry, Colleges and Universities, Music
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Kass: Mayor's shell game should have taxpayers clutching their wallets
I've got a feeling that in some weird, alternate universe, Mayor Rahm Emanuel is making a decent living playing hide-the-pea. You know the game, don't you? First, you put your money down. Then Mr. Misdirection places a pea under one of three cups....
Tags: Chicago Public Schools, Chicago Mayor, Lifestyle and Leisure, Scott Waguespack, Navy Pier
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DePaul arena part of Emanuel's $300 million in projects
Beginning the second half of his term this week, Mayor Rahm Emanuel moved to shift the civic conversation away from questions of crime and school closings toward a roster of publicly funded tourism projects, including a DePaul basketball arena at...
Tags: John J Cullerton, Entertainment, Interior Policy, Chicago Mayor, College Basketball
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