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March 29: Author - Bill Smoot, Conversations with Great Teachers
WGN NewsBill Smoot To purchase a copy of the book: Conversations with Great Teachers In Conversations with Great Teachers, Smoot, through a series of engaging interviews (fifty-one in all) introduces us to an eclectic group of teachers who have great stories...Tags: Ron Washington, Surgery, WGN, Brain, Elections
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June 14: Author - Bob Riesman, I Feel So Good: The Life and Times of Big Bill Broonzy
WGN NewsBob Riesman Event: Tribute to Big Bill Broonzy Friday, June 17 8:00 p.m. Old Town School of Folk Music 4544 N Lincoln Avenue Chicago www.oldtownschool.org To purchase a copy of the book: I Feel So Good: The Life and Times of Big Bill Broonzy A major...Tags: Pete Seeger, WGN, Eric Clapton, Old Town School of Folk Music, Folk (genre)
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Artist and cultural icon Jules Feiffer has unfinished business
When friends of Jules Feiffer discuss Jules Feiffer they tend to sound like the followers of a Jules Feiffer cult. For instance, asked how Feiffer was doing the other day, considering he's 83 and had just had five teeth pulled, his assistant said: "Jules...
Tags: Jack Nicholson, Arts, The Spirit (movie), Stanley Kubrick, South Loop
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Eat Drink Do
EAT NEW AND IMPROVED Volare, 201 E. Grand Ave. 312-410-9900 Spring is for makeovers at this Streeterville spot, which recently reopened after a facelift and expansion into the space next door. The new menu features small plates and five Neapolitan...
Tags: Chicago Tribune, Music, Chicago Park District
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'Little Red Guard' author Wen Huang has come to terms with his father, and with China
Chicago Tribune reporterWen Huang suggested we go to Chinatown. Initially, the idea seemed gauche, kitschy, stereotypical — the last place in Chicago you would want to meet a local writer whose thoughtful new memoir recounts his childhood in China. Indeed, to anyone...Tags: The New York Times, Chicago Tribune, Book, New York City, Xi'an (China)
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Happy would-be 100th birthday to Studs Terkel
In his work as an author, broadcaster and oral historian, legendary Chicagoan Studs Terkel celebrated the lives of ordinary Americans.
Some of Terkel's many local friends and fans are hoping to return the favor with a series of events marking the 100th...Tags: Chicago Tribune, Old Town School of Folk Music, Steppenwolf Theatre, University of Chicago
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Studs still speaks
Special to Tribune newspapersStuds Terkel was a magnificent and mighty human being. He was unfailingly generous. He loved people and made their lives better by listening deeply to what they had to say. He found poetry in the words of everyday folks, and was himself one of the great...Tags: Concourse, Chicago Tribune, Grand Central Terminal, Good Friday, New York City
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Dawn Raffel Dawn Raffel is the author of the memoir “The Secret Life of Objects” and “Further Adventures in the Restless Universe.” She is books editor at Reader’s Digest and editor of The Literarian at the Center for...Tags: Arts, Lost (tv program), Rachael Ray, House (tv program), Edgewater
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Documentarian has Minnie Minoso, Studs Terkel projects in the works
Chicago Tribune reporterSo what are the similarities between baseball great Minnie Minoso and the late broadcaster/oral historian/social activist Studs Terkel, other than their status as iconic Chicagoans? It's a question that veteran television producer and video archivist Tom...Tags: Spring Training, Chicago White Sox, ABC (tv network), Check, Please (tv program), Nellie Fox
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175 years of memorable, horrible, humorous and remarkable events that shaped Chicago
On March 4, 1837, exactly 175 years ago, Chicago was incorporated. Not that Flashback needed a reason, but we took this occasion to compile a very long list of events, year by year and decade by decade, that helped shape this great city.
Some events...Tags: Arts, Chicago White Sox, Chicago Elections, Richard M. Daley, Adler Planetarium
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Meet the team: Jeremy Smith, associate producer
Jeremy Smith, Second City associate producer and stage manager, answers 5 quick questions for "Behind the Curtain." Q1: What’s your role with "Chicago Live!" (and what does that actually mean)? JS: I am the associate producer and stage manager for...
Tags: Mike Royko, Music, JC Brooks & the Uptown Sound, Concerts
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