Dominican University

The first time Dr. William Brace met his future wife, she darn near killed him. As the story goes, the two were graduate students at the University of Chicago in the early 1950s, when one day they found themselves sitting next to each other in class....

JOHN VON RHEIN'S PICKS Anaphora: New music concert. 2 p.m. Sun.; $5. Green Mill, 4802 N. Broadway;773-878-5552. Chicago Folks Operetta: Now here's a real rarity. Leo Fall's charming, tuneful if obscure Viennese operetta, "The Girl in the Train" (1908),...

While everyone tuned in to watch swimmer Michael Phelps score eight gold medals at the 2008 Summer Olympics, Abigail Washburn and her merry band of players, featuring the great Bela Fleck, performed at some private parties around Beijing—including a...

ou couldn't find it if you wanted to, you are told. It is secret, tucked away. Behind the great ivy-covered walls of the convent and the college, you'll need a guide to thread you down the corridors, where black and white tiles are so polished that you...

Judith McIntyre has been executive director of the Chicago Christian Industrial League for a month shy of four years, a term that has been challenge-filled. There was the organization's move to a new headquarters, its loss of a major federal grant,...

Unlike many recent college graduates intent on easing into the workforce after a relaxing summer, Olayinka Sanni hasn't had such a luxury. The Homewood-Flossmoor product's already was at work weeks before she received her diploma, as she was chosen by...

He's at it again. He won't leave me alone. Can you file a restraining order against an author who's been dead for 46 years? Probably not, you say? Rotten luck. Then I'll just have to find some other way of persuading Ernest Hemingway to get out of my...

One would think being ranked No. 1 in the nation would be cause for celebration. That's not the case for Illinois junior wrestler Mike Poeta (Highland Park) -- at least not yet. The 157-pounder finds himself atop the national rankings thanks to his...

At Cape Canaveral LUCAS SEES LAUNCH: Shuttle Discovery and its crew of seven thundered into orbit Tuesday from Cape Canaveral, Fla., setting off on a 14-day International Space Station construction mission that will pave the way for the arrival of two...

In only his fifth year of competitive running, Southern Illinois' Mohamed Mohamed has proven to be a quick study. The junior cross-country standout's running career reached a new high over the weekend when he qualified for the NCAA Championships Nov....

Sometimes a casual question makes a person stop and think. Cynthia Pontier had been living in rental apartments since college graduation in the mid-1980s. When Lissa Weinstein, a tennis friend and broker associate with Sudler Sotheby's International...

You've signed up for that cooking class you've always wanted to try, the credit card has been docked the enrollment fee, and you've picked out exactly the right thing to wear because who knows whom you'll meet. But have you performed the mental...