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'The Nativity' heads to troubled Englewood
A noted African-American theater company is moving its popular show about the discovery of Jesus in a manger, staging it in the poor, violence-stricken Englewood neighborhood to illustrate how hope can be found in unexpected places. The South Side debut...
Tags: Langston Hughes, Entertainment Events, Fine Artists, Arts and Culture, Artists
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Ben Affleck May Be Running For Senate
Ben Affleck appeared in Washington yesterday to meet with Hillary Clinton and John Kerry about violence in the Congo. Affleck is founder of the Eastern Congo Initiative, which seeks to curb the massive number of killings in that country (5 million in 14...
Tags: Politics, Hillary Clinton, Ben Affleck, Scott P. Brown, POLITICO LLC
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Found in a basket, but she can't stay there
Long itinerant but a survivor, the Congo Square Theatre Company has landed in the old Black Ensemble space at 4520 N. Beacon St. It feels like the right home, partly for matters of history (Black Ensemble Theatre and the Organic Theatre both thrived...
Tags: Human Interest, Arts and Culture
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Holiday Guide 2012: Chris Jones' Top 10 shows for the season
Chicago has a plethora of holiday shows each and every year — and I’ll be reviewing enough of them over the next couple of weeks to put Rudolph in rehab. But based on many years of seasonal theater-going, here are 10 of our potential favorites...
Tags: Christmas, Langston Hughes, Religious Festivals, How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (tv program), Religion and Belief
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Alexander Skarsgard swings to 'Tarzan' frontrunner: Thesp is David Yates' choice for Warner Bros. adaptation
Variety"True Blood" star Alexander Skarsgard has emerged as the frontrunner to topline David Yates' "Tarzan" movie at Warner Bros. An imposing physical presence at 6'4", Skarsgard is Yates' choice to play the vine-swinging hero, sources tell Variety. Skarsgard...Tags: Edgar Rice Burroughs, David Yates, Andrea Riseborough, Harry Potter (fictional character), Samuel L. Jackson
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'Witch' casts spell on Canada: Nguyen's pic joins race for foreign-lingo Oscar
VarietyTORONTO -- Montreal helmer Kim Nguyen's "War Witch" is Canada's foreign language Oscar candidate it was announced Tuesday by Telefilm Canada, which chairs the pan-Canadian selection committee. The 90-minute French and Lingala-language pic was shot in...Tags: Entertainment Events, Culture, Awards and Prizes, Arts and Culture, Berlin International Film Festival
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Congo new monkeys discovered
KIAHLike monkeys? Good. Here's another one... And he's new! It's the cercopithecus lomamiensis, but the locals call him lesula. Living in the democratic republic of congo, this shy monkey was only discovered in 2007. -
Ivory poaching highest in two decades
KIAHEbony and Ivory are supposed to live in perfect harmony. It’s just too bad the ivory in the Congo is sitting in fear instead of harmony! Poaching elephants for their ivory tusks is the worst the Garamba National Park’s Chief Ranger has seen...Tags: Hayden Panettiere, National Parks
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Columnist Leonard Pitts Jr.: Ignorance hardly unique
Rep. Todd Akin's fame - more accurately, his infamy - now reaches all the way to the Congo. There, Eve Ensler, the award-winning American author of ''The Vagina Monologues'' and herself a survivor of rape, wrote an open letter castigating last week's...Tags: Politics, Parties and Movements, Abortion, Entertainment Events, Republican Party
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Akin's ignorance hardly unique
Leonard PittsRep. Todd Akin's fame -- more accurately, his infamy -- now reaches all the way to the Congo. There, Eve Ensler, the award-winning American author of "The Vagina Monologues" and herself a survivor of rape, wrote an open letter castigating last week's...Tags: Politics, Parties and Movements, Abortion, Republican Party, Feminism
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Hollywood goes global to help a continent in need: Showbiz Philanthropy Leader Report 2012
VarietyThe Hollywood/Africa axis has never been greater. A-listers are not only using their influence, they're rolling up their sleeves and lending a hand to help solve the continent's devastating problems. The good news: Charlize Theron, Alicia Keys, Ben...Tags: Alicia Keys, Politics, Sexual Health, Conservation, Edward Norton
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Elephants Safe in Congo Park Amidst Slaughter in Surrounding Forests
The loss of 5,000 forest elephants to poachers in northern Republic of Congo over the past five years makes protected areas for Africa’s dwindling wildlife more important than ever, according to the Wildlife Conservation Society. Conservationists...
Tags: Politics, Natural Resources, State Parks, Government, Endangered Species
Dec 10, 2012
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Dec 20, 2012
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Oct 30, 2012
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Nov 21, 2012
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Nov 14, 2012
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Sep 18, 2012
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Sep 13, 2012
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Sep 6, 2012
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Aug 26, 2012
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Aug 26, 2012
|Column| Tribune Media Services
Aug 8, 2012
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Jun 7, 2012
|Story| WPIX-LTV
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