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L.A. Times Book Prize winner Jennifer Egan and other fiction writers debate the boundaries of form
Jacket CopyA report from the 2011 LA Times Festival of Books on the panel "breaking Boundaries" with Jennifer Egan, Olga Grushin, Benjamin Hale and Frederick Reiken.... -
Festival of Books' diverse offerings
Poets read to rapt audiences, and authors of fiction tried to explain the creative process. Celebrity chefs lured big crowds to sit under a hot sun, and mystery writers answered questions in SRO auditoriums. There was something for almost everyone at...Tags: Crimes, Health and Safety at Work, Career and Workplace, Crime, Law and Justice, The Holocaust (1934-1945)
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Wayward kinkajou found on Chicago doorstep
L.A. UnleashedCHICAGO â A small, furry, long-tailed critter found napping on a Chicago porch is apparently more than 2,000 miles away from where it belongs. Animal control experts say an exotic kinkajou was found sleeping Thursday in the city's Pilsen neighborhood...... -
Grandmother loses two fingers after attempting to feed bear at zoo
L.A. UnleashedPolice say a bear bit off a woman's fingers at a Wisconsin zoo after she ignored barriers and warning signs to try to feed the animal. The Lincoln Park Zoo in Manitowoc closed after the incident Friday morning. Police say...... -
Don Welsh focuses boundless energy on promoting Chicago
Don Welsh, Chicago's top convention and tourism salesman, early this month embarked on one of the most high-wire sales trips of his tenure here — flying to rival Las Vegas in an attempt to win back the National Hardware Show, once a cornerstone...
Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Radio, Companies and Corporations, Corporate Officers, Lollapalooza
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Amid the myths, searching for the real 'Bathhouse John'
As historic types, Chicago aldermen do not lack for color. But despite the height of the bar for eccentricity on the City of Chicago's council, Ald. John Coughlin vaults over it with ease. In his time around the turn of the last century — a time...
Tags: Amusement and Theme Parks, Trips and Vacations, Al Capone, Entertainment, Arts and Culture
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Getting 'birded' in Lincoln Park
Like at least one of them has been doing almost every morning since March, Mason Fidino and Kelvin Limbrick are standing in a flat, grassy patch north of Lincoln Park's nature museum, looking intently at sky and trees and listening like, well, hawks. ...
Tags: Apple iPhone, Science and Technology, Authors, Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum, Agricultural Research and Technology
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Going Green: Lessons on lessening your carbon footprint
Contributing writerI recently returned from a trip to Chicago for a couple days of vacation in a big city. I love traveling to fun and new places, but whenever I travel, I'm always concerned about how much of a carbon footprint I'm generating with all my extra driving and...Tags: Hotels and Accommodations, Trips and Vacations, Animal, Travel
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Woman, 92, visits gorilla she cared for as a girl
Tribune reporterBefore the rest of the world fell in love with Bushman the gorilla at Chicago's Lincoln Park Zoo, the popular primate captured the heart of a little girl in Africa who helped care for him as a baby. On Sunday, Winifred Smith, 92, and her family...Tags: Field Museum of Natural History, New Year's Day
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Power is on at ZooLights in Lincoln Park and Brookfield Zoo's Holiday Magic
You can call it humbuggery, but I had a pretty low-voltage reaction to ZooLights the first time I went to see it, probably 10 years ago. I remember at the Lincoln Park Zoo's holiday season tribute to luminescence some lights in trees and some animal...
Tags: Halloween, Amusement and Theme Parks, Thomas Edison, Holidays, Wrigley Field
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