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Weekend Athlete: Chrysler PT Cruiser Redux
KickingTiresAwhile back, I tested the Chrysler PT Cruiser and folded the rear seats only partially before I put all my toys in. This creates a load floor that's not level, which I didn't like. Readers correctly pinged me about not......Tags: Vehicles, Camille Pissarro
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Emanuel, usually the vise, now in one
The Swampby Frank James Rep. Rahm Emanuel, the intense, profane yet quite personable Illinois congressman who normally is the one putting the pressure on, is now in the vise himself, with President-elect Obama asking him to be White House chief of......Tags: Primaries, George W. Bush, White House, National Government, Rahm Emanuel
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If Georgia O'Keeffe had a barbacoa joint
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Fleming, Graham charm Lyric audience with rare duo recital
Lyric Opera patrons attending the duo recital by soprano Renee Fleming and mezzo-soprano Susan Graham Thursday night at the Civic Opera House probably did not expect they would be getting a guided tour of belle epoque Paris along with an exquisitely...
Tags: Fashion Shows, Fine Artists, Carnegie Hall, Music, Artists
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What statement did the 'American Gothic' knockoff make about public art?
It's not a shocker, really, that the figures lifted from one of American art's most famous images and made enormous and three-dimensional have proved so popular. There is something both surprising and pleasing about encountering God Bless America, J....
Tags: Sculpture, Fine Artists, Artists, Museums, Dwayne Johnson
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Summer brings out much of the best in Chicago area
Every now and then I make a list of nine things I've liked lately. Here's one for the approach to summer. 1. Lake Michigan I love the lake in its lonelier seasons, too, but now, when the warmth comes back and the people come out, the lakefront reminds...Tags: Hulu, Boston Marathon, Wines, Scandal (tv program), PBS (tv network)
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Being numb to it all no longer big shock
Sometime in the next few weeks, if you're walking down Fullerton Avenue around DePaul University and have 15 minutes to spare, duck into the tidy brick building alongside the CTA station. Here you will find the DePaul Art Museum, an institution so...
Tags: Judaism, Fine Artists, Chicago Transit Authority, Ravinia Festival, Values
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The Goodman Theatre celebrates a decade of drama
When the new $46 million Goodman Theatre opened its doors on Dec. 11, 2000, with the inaugural performance of August Wilson's "King Hedley II," the Loop was beset by a blizzard. Ever cognizant of the political perils of Chicago snowstorms, Mayor Richard...Tags: Fine Artists, The Jungle Book (movie), Washington, DC, Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Bank of America Corp.
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"A Nearly Perfect Copy" by Allison Amend
In the gifted hands of Allison Amend, the international art world is so full of intrigue and makes for such a smart page turner that when one is finished with the delicious novel "A Nearly Perfect Copy," a trip to the Art Institute of Chicago is in order....Tags: Manhattan (New York City)
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Harris: Digital push builds to rectify 1991 Pritzker Prize omission
Denise Scott Brown has worked side by side with her husband, architect Robert Venturi, since the early 1960s, joining his firm and marrying him in 1967 and becoming the firm's principal in charge of planning in 1969. In 1991, Venturi won their...
Tags: Awards and Prizes, Culture, Gold Coast, Justice System, Ceremonies
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How theater ticket prices are changing like airline fares
When the Goodman Theatre announced its prices for its current production, "Sweet Bird of Youth," starring Diane Lane, it listed $89 as the top ticket price for that show, a price that duly appeared in this newspaper. And had you bought your decent main-...
Tags: Computers and Software, Wrigley Field, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Hotels and Accommodations, Rentals
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Readers share ratings, quibbles
The awards season has run its course. It's always a relief to see it in the rearview mirror. Even the winners feel that way. Many of the award-winners qualifying for very goodness and even greatness fed an ongoing debate about historical fiction on...
Tags: Lincoln (movie, 2012), Argo (movie), Robert Aldrich, Charles Bronson, Daniel Day-Lewis
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