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    Mar 23, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  1. A rumination on books not yet read

    Sometimes I wonder how many books I've read in my four decades. Thousands, anyway — maybe tens of thousands — since the first one, about a choo-choo, when I was not quite 3. Right up to Anne Carson's “Autobiography of Red,” finished yesterday, a book that had sat mocking me on my bookshelf for 12 years, now at last passed over that invisible boundary between books I have read and books I intend to read, someday, as soon as I finish this one, and this other one, and these. 
    Sometimes I wonder how many books I've read in my four decades. Thousands, anyway — maybe tens of thousands — since the first one, about a choo-choo, when I was not quite 3. Right up to Anne Carson's “Autobiography of Red,”...

    Tags: Arts and Culture, Saul Bellow, Annie Dillard, David Foster Wallace, Chicago Tribune

    2. Jan 21, 2013 |Story| Vacation Starter

  2. Cruise Port Spotlight: Piraeus in Athens, Greece

    Piraeus, the port of Athens, Greece. is popular both as embarkation/disembarkation point for Eastern Mediterranean and Greek Isles cruises, as well as a stop (sometimes overnight) on voyages in that part of the world that originate and end in other ports.
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    Piraeus, the port of Athens, Greece. is popular both as embarkation/disembarkation point for Eastern Mediterranean and Greek Isles cruises, as well as a stop (sometimes overnight) on voyages in that part of the world that originate and end in other ports....

    Tags: Greek Gods and Goddesses, Arts and Culture, Arts, Museums, Sculpture

    3. Jan 5, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  3. The Bernard Madoff book collection: Rick Moody, Fyodor Dostoevsky

    How does an author of seriously literary fiction discover one of his books was owned by Bernie Madoff, the investor who defrauded his clients of billions of dollars? He sees it listed in an auction on EBay. That's how Rick Moody came to know that Madoff's library included <a href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/BOOK-OWNED-BY-WALL-STREET-PONZI-BERNARD-BERNIE-MADOFF-Purple-America-Rick-Moody-/261150330240?pt=US_Nonfiction_Book&amp;hash=item3ccdc5cd80">his novel "Purple America</a>."
    How does an author of seriously literary fiction discover one of his books was owned by Bernie Madoff, the investor who defrauded his clients of billions of dollars? He sees it listed in an auction on EBay. That's how Rick Moody came to know that Madoff's...

    Tags: Auction Service, Arts and Culture, Michael Crichton, Willa Cather, Caleb Carr

    4. Dec 16, 2012 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  4. State dig uncovers the secrets of an 1814 battlefield

    The DNA of a battle that helped turn the tide of a war going horribly wrong for America lay buried just six inches below the surface in a Kent County cornfield.
    The DNA of a battle that helped turn the tide of a war going horribly wrong for America lay buried just six inches below the surface in a Kent County cornfield. For nearly two centuries, the musket balls, canister shot and other artifacts from intense...

    Tags: Arts and Culture, Kent County, St. Mary's County, Fort McHenry, Wars and Interventions

    5. Dec 10, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  5. Ada Lovelace's 197th birthday: Byron's daughter had a math brain

    Ada Lovelace, who has been called the world's first computer programmer and the "enchantress of numbers," was honored by Google on Monday with a Google Doodle marking her 197th birthday.
    Ada Lovelace, who has been called the world's first computer programmer and the "enchantress of numbers," was honored by Google on Monday with a Google Doodle marking her 197th birthday. If you've never heard of this mathematical pioneer, you are not...

    Tags: Science and Technology, Mathematics, Software Industry

    6. Oct 4, 2012 |Story| Daily Pilot

  6. 'All We Are:' Inside the fervent mind of Matt Nathanson

    It was a very surprising answer to a common question, at least for singer-songwriter Matt Nathanson.
    It was a very surprising answer to a common question, at least for singer-songwriter Matt Nathanson. When asked Thursday during a phone interview how life has been treating him, he responded: "Everything is really good. I have no complaints at all...

    Tags: Tracy Chapman, Arts and Culture, Music, Def Leppard (music group), Trips and Vacations

    7. May 17, 2012 | Orlando Sentinel

  7. PGA Tour Pick-4: Byron Nelson Championship

    The Downswing Golf Blog
    Welcome back, Phil. Welcome back, Ernie. A couple of former champions who had drifted away because of scheduling issues are back for this week’s Byron Nelson Championship, joining defending champion Keegan Bradley to help restore some of the...
    8. May 4, 2012 |Story| Pasadena Sun

  8. Richard Chamberlain plays the monster of 'The Heiress'

    Richard Chamberlain treats fellow actor Heather Tom abominably. Without apology. Night after night.
    Richard Chamberlain treats fellow actor Heather Tom abominably. Without apology. Night after night. On stage, that is. The tall, silver-haired veteran of stage and screen is heading the cast of “The Heiress,” the classic drama by Ruth and...

    Tags: Joseph Papp, Arts and Culture, Theater, Olivia de Havilland, Economy, Business and Finance

    9. Mar 9, 2012 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  9. 'Camino Real' through the eyes of Spanish director Calixto Bieito

    Late Sunday night, there was a radiant light in the face of the Chicago actress Carolyn Hoerdemann. "This all reminds me of the early days of the European Rep," she said, ebulliently, referencing one of Chicago's most influential avant-garde troupes of the 1990s, and sweeping her hand around a barroom that included several bottles of wine and such game-for-anything Chicago actors as Mark Montgomery, Barbara Robertson and Ron Rains, out together for the evening with Catalan opera and theater director Calixto Bieito.
    Late Sunday night, there was a radiant light in the face of the Chicago actress Carolyn Hoerdemann. "This all reminds me of the early days of the European Rep," she said, ebulliently, referencing one of Chicago's most influential avant-garde troupes of...

    Tags: Arts and Culture, Elia Kazan, Opera (genre), Chicago Skyline, Poetry

    10. Mar 7, 2012 | Chicago Tribune

  10. North Suburban Actresses Featured in Tennessee Williams’ Fantasy “Camino Real” at the Goodman Theatre

    TribLocal - Evanston
    By Carrie Swearingen In his first American-grown production, untamed and often controversial Spanish director Calixto Bieto routes the Goodman Theatre’s production of Tennessee Williams’ cosmic …...
    11. Jan 1, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  11. Christopher Hitchens: Why did I adore him?

    By Amy Wilentz
    I'd been working as a lowly scrub at the Nation in New York when, in 1979, I was asked to track down Christopher Hitchens on a trip I happened to be taking to London. My assignment: To lure him to come work for us. I was a convincing emissary, because...

    Tags: Iraq War (2003-2011), John Lennon, Jean-Marie Le Pen, Martin Amis, Christopher Hitchens

    12. Nov 10, 2011 |Story| Aberdeen News

  12. Festival celebrates pianist, composer

    For the next three nights, the Aberdeen University/Civic Symphony will celebrate one of history's most important and colorful musicians.
    For the next three nights, the Aberdeen University/Civic Symphony will celebrate one of history's most important and colorful musicians. People who attend the Liszt Festival will also have a chance to hear “some really great music,” says symphony...

    Tags: Arts and Culture, Arts, Fine Arts, Music, Concerts

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