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30, 2002 |
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Everybody
Pays:
Maurice Possley and Rick Kogan authors of Everybody Pays: Two
Men, One Murder and The Price of Truth |
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Bugs:
Victoria Lautman regular contributor
Rick Moeser bug collector |
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Modeling:
Beth Austin author |
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Out
of Cool:
Dan Bindert jazz host
Stephanie Stein Crease author of Gil Evans: Out of the Cool,
His Life and Music |
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August
29, 2002 |
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Month
in Review:
Laura Washington columnist for The Chicago Sun Times
Eric Zorn columnist for The Chicago Tribune
Norma Garcia news anchor for Channel 44 |
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Film
Review:
Jonathan Miller film contributor previews Mostly Martha
which opens Friday at the Century Centre Cinema, 2828 N. Clark St.
Miller also previews Jean Cocteau's Beauty and the Beast playing
at The Music Box Theater, 3733 N. Southport. |
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End,
Beginning of Sports Seasons:
Cheryl Raye Stout sports contributor |
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Jazz
Festival:
Dan Bindert jazz host previews the 24th Annual Jazz Festival of
Chicago |
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Dr.
Dee Parmer Woodtor:
Gwen Luster friend of Woodtor and organizer of The African Festival
of Arts
Patrick Saingbey Woodtor husband and business owner |
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August
28, 2002 |
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Chicago
Business Update:
David Greising business contributor and reporter for The Chicago
Tribune |
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Hotel
Strike:
Lars Negstad spokesperson for Hotel Employees & Restaurant
Employees Union |
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Labor
vs. Life:
Al Gini professor of philosophy at Loyola University discusses
Jonathon Lazear's book The Man Who Mistook His Job for a Life |
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Cafe
Central:
Carlos Flores contributor
Raphael Cruz owner of Café Central at 1437 W Chicago
Ave. For information, call 312.243.6776 |
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Cornbread:
Aaron Freeman writer and contributor
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Naeemah's
Room:
Matt Cunningham director for Eight Forty-Eight
Kevin Iega Jeff choreographer |
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Music
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Rabih
Haddad Briefing:
Shirley Jahad reporter for Chicago Public Radio |
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Public
Health Preparedness:
Dr. Quentin Young medical contributor |
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My
Sisters' Voices:
Rita Coburn-Whack contributor
Iris Jacob editor of My Sisters' Voices: Teenage Girls of Color
Speak Out |
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Tai
Chai Man and The Insane Unknown:
Tyehimba Jess Chicago writer and poet
Darius Savage bass player |
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William
Warfield:
Studs Terkel contributor
Mignon Dunn mezzo-soprano and adjunct professor of voice at Northwestern
University and The Manhattan School of Music |
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Music
Corner:
William Warfield performs Blessed My Soul and Gone Away |
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August
26, 2002 |
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Cicero
Verdict:
Carlos Hernandez Gomez political reporter for Chicago Public Radio
Bob Fusil former IRS agent and supervisor of the Division of Organized
Crime
Terrance Norton Executive Director for The Better Government Association
and former federal prosecutor |
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Taxing
Civil Lawsuit Awards:
Monica McFadden attorney with McFadden Law who represented Cook
County Forest Preserve District officer Cynthia Spina |
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Judges
of Madison County:
Noam Neusner chief economy correspondent for U.S. News and World
Report |
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Fat
of the Land:
Jeffery Essman Chicago writer and contributor |
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In America's
Court:
Tom Geoghegan labor lawyer and author of In America's Court:
How a Civil Lawyer Who Likes To Settle Stumbled In a Criminal Court |
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Music
Corner:
Von Freeman performs After Dark from the album, Serenades
and Blues
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August
23, 2002 |
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Tim
Kazurinsky:
The Chicago actor and writer talks about his career in comedy and
his time on Saturday Night Live |
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Des
Plaines River:
Kent Taylor Openlands Project
Gary Mechanic director of The Access Project of the Illinois Paddling
Council |
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Writer's
Block Party, Musak:
Contributor Amy Krouse Rosenthal brings us another edition of Writer's
Block Party |
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Voice
Regained:
Wayne Messmer part owner of the Chicago Wolves, actor, motivational
speaker and veteran singer of the National Anthem |
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August
22, 2002 |
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Edgar
Lee Masters:
Joe Parisi editor of POETRY magazine |
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Increased
College Tuition:
Kal Chany founder & president of New York-based Campus Consultants
& author of Paying for College Without Going Broke |
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The
Truth about College Life:
John Green is a Chicago writer for Sparksflyup.com
and contributor to the show |
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University
of Hip Hop:
Jesse Hardman independent producer and reporter
The University of Hip Hop is located at the Southwest Youth Collaborative,
6400 S. Kedzie |
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New
Restaurants:
Steve Dolinsky food contributor reviews Fogo De Chao; Sal y Carvao;
Grand Lux Café; Bob Chinn's Crabhouse and Bistro Campagna
Click
here for a listing of new restaurants. |
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Theater
Reviews:
Jonathan Abarbanel theater contributor
reviews: A Devil Inside at The Hyperworld Theatre at Links Hall
and Marvin's Room at the Raven Theatre at Granville and Clark. Abarbanel
also updates us on theater News: The Chicago Area Theaters (CAT)
Contract was renewed for 18 months, |
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August
21, 2002 |
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Airport
Woes:
Jon Hilkevitch transportation reporter for The Chicago Tribune |
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Socio-economic
Census Data:
John Logan sociologist at University of New York at Albany |
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Drinkin'
with Harry on Rush:
Vincent Brucket playwright of the Aardvark Theatre Company's current
production of Drinkin' with Harry on Rush performed at The
Cubby Bear Lounge in Lakeview.
Lila Stromer director of the show |
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Sammy
Sosa:
Cheryl Raye Stout sports contributor speaks with the Chicago Cubs
outfielder |
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Dwight
McBride:
Richard Steele contributor and jazz host speaks with McBride,
chair of the department of African American studies at Northwestern
University and the editor of Black Like Us: A Century of Lesbian,
Gay and Bisexual African American Fiction |
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Music
Corner:
The Chicago College of Performing Arts performs Beethoven's
Symphony No. 1 from the cd Live From Japan |
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August
20, 2002 |
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Weather
Update:
Tom Skilling Chief Meteorologist WGN-TV News |
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Study
on Corn Affecting Humidity:
Dave Changnon climatologist at Northern Illinois University |
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Bad
Boy Brawley Brown:
Rita Coburn-Whack contributor
Walter Mosley author of Bad Boy Brawley Brown: An Easy Rawlins
Mystery |
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Svengooli:
Contributor Wally Prodrazik ends his series of shows you must watch
with Svengooli |
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Channel
26:
Wally Prodrazik media contributor
Neil Sabin general manager for WCIU |
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August
19, 2002 |
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Baseball
Strike:
Cheryl Raye Stout sports contributor |
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Campaign
Notebook,Latino Agenda:
Jorge Luis Mota reporter and writer for ¡Exito! weekly
newspaper |
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Money
to Burn:
James Zagel Federal court judge who authored Money to Burn |
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Tornado:
Daniel Ferri schoolteacher and writer |
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The
Outfit:
Richard Steele contributor and jazz host
Gus Russo award-winning investigative reporter for PBS Frontline
and author of The Outfit:The Role of Chicago's Underworld
in the Shaping of Modern America |
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August
16, 2002 |
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Going Home:
Richard Steele regular contributor and music host
James and Dawn O'Neal owners of Dusk to Dawn Bed and Breakfast. |
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Journal
of Ordinary Thought:
Frank Diaz writer, Neighborhood Writer's Alliance Journal of Ordinary
Thought |
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Electronic
House:
Ben Skora inventor of the Electronic House in Palos Hills, IL. |
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Peregrin
Falcons:
Mary Hennen ornithologist for the Field Museum.
Lee Clayton veterineary intern Lincoln Park Zoon and Shed Aquarium |
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Cleveland
Anonymous:
Keith Gandal English professor, Northern Illinois University,
author of Cleveland Anonymous |
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August
15, 2002 |
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Campaign
Notebook,State Fair Round-up:
Bill Wheelhouse statehouse bureau chief for Illinois Public Radio |
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Campaign
Notebook #2 Political Party Woes:
Rick Means Chicago attorney and director of the Public Access
Project |
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Campaign
Ad Watch:
Jason DeRose reporter for Chicago Public Radio
Lisabeth Weiner crisis communications consultant
Clarke Caywood professor of integrated marketing at Northwestern
University |
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NOmMo
Remote Control:
Justin Kaufmann Eight Forty-Eight senior producer
Claudia Wallace director of Second City's NOmMo Remote Control
Stephanie Gadlin founder of the NOmMo Gathering writers' collective
NOmMo Remote Control is being performed at 8 p.m. every Saturday
at the Second City training center |
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Restaurant
Service:
Steve Dolinsky food contributor and host of Good Eating
on CLTV
Robert Scarrola founder of www.grabbingabite.com
Robert and Nina Zagat authors of the Zagat surveys |
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Cool
Spot, African Safari in Ohio:
Gianofer Fields Eight Forty-Eight producer
Jerry Pohlen contributor and author of the Oddball series
of books |
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Film
Reviews:
Jonathan Miller film contributor and film teacher at the Illinois
Institute of Technology reviews Metropolis (1927) which opens
Aug. 16 at the Music Box and Rocco and his Brothers (1961),
also opening on Aug. 16 at the Gene Siskel Film Center |
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Mandala:
Tibetan Monks of the Drepung Gomang Monastery in South India created
a sand Mandala at the Chicago Cultural Center. The closing ceremony
is Aug. 17. |
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August
14, 2002 |
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Airline
economics and CEO filings:
David Greising business contributor and columnist for The Chicago
Tribune |
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The
Sale of Chicago Magazine:
Steve Rhodes senior editor for Chicago magazine |
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Spirituality:
Al Gini professor of philosophy at Loyola University discusses
Spirituality For the Skeptic by Robert Solomon; Religion
and Moral Reasoning by Ronald Green and The Varieties of
Religious Experience by William James |
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Hull
House:
Jonathan Abarbanel theater contributor
Mike Nussbaum Chicago actor
The Jane Adams Hull House on Belmont and Broadway is closing the
Hattie Callner Theater on Aug. 19. |
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Indonesian
Stories:
Victoria Lautman regular contributor
Doug Dawson owner of Douglas Dawson Gallery
Indonesian Megaliths at the Ravenswood Boatyard, 4130 N. Rockwell
St. |
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Music
Corner:
Sonia Dada Better Brains from Barefoot Soul www.soniadada.com |
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August
13, 2002 |
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The Economics
of Freedom:
Charlie Wheelen contributor and midwest correspondent for The
Economist reports on the economics of sustaining former inmates
upon their return to society
Brenda Palms Barber director of the North Lawndale Employment
Network
David Lockett, Myoshi Finley members of the North Lawndale Employment
Network, 2653 W. Ogden Ave. For information, call 773.542.2000
or visit www.nildt.com
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West
Nile Virus:
Dr. Quentin Young medical contributor
Information on West Nile Virus from the:
Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention
City
of Chicago
Illinois
Department of Health
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The
Power of the word Bracero:
Ray Salazar writer and schoolteacher |
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Braceros
Class Action:
Jonathan Rothstein attorney representing plaintiffs in class
action lawsuit
For information, visit www.bracerojustice.com
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Jazzman:
Dan Bindert Chicago Public Radio jazz host
George Coleman saxophonist and former Miles Davis Quintet band
member performs Aug. 30 at the Chicago Jazz Festival |
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August
12, 2002 |
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Campaign
Notebook, Campaign Culture:
Rick Pearson political writer for The Chicago Tribune |
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Theater
Town:
Ben Chapman theater advocate |
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Tales
from Chicago Sports:
Cheryl Raye Stout sports contributor
Bob Logan sports writer for The Chicago Tribune and author
of Bob Logan's Tales From Chicago Sports: Cubs, Bulls, Bears
and Other Animals |
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Girls
& Science:
Ali Kawa Illinois Public Radio |
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Magnificent
Obsession:
Jim Nayder host of The Annoying Music Show and producer
of Magnificent Obsession, stories of recovery told by those
living the experience. The show airs at 4:30 a.m. every Saturday
morning. For information, call 773.262.8246 or write to Nayder@aol.com.
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August
9, 2002 |
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Jeremy
Piven:
The Chicago native talks about his life and career on stage and
screen, his late father and Chicago theater |
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Latinos
in the Military:
Carlos Flores contributor
William Luna war veteran and military historian
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The
Pledge of Allegiance:
Daniel Ferri writer and teacher reflects on The Pledge of Allegiance |
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Morton
Arboretum:
Marlin Bowles, conservation biologist, Morton Arboretum |
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Miracle
at St. Anna:
Rita Coburn-Whack contributor
James McBride author of Miracle
at St. Anna
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August
8, 2002 |
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Soldier
Field Renovation:
Barnaby Dinges director of communications for the Lakefront Redevelopment
Project |
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Bears
Pre-season:
Cheryl Raye Stout sports contributor previews the Chicago Bears
upcoming game vs. Denver |
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Cubs
Expansion Project:
Marc Ganis president of Sportscorp Ltd. |
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Who
is Bud Billiken?
Robert Sengstacke owner of The Chicago Defender |
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Illinois
State Fair 2002:
Curtis Mann historian
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State
Schools:
Sean Crawford Illinois Public Radio |
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Theater
Reviews:
Jonathan Abarbanel theater contributor reviews Curious George
goes to War! currently at the Second City ETC stage; End
of the World at the Baliwick Repertory Theatre; and members
of Red Hen Productions performing Raven |
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Nina,
Redmoon Theater:
Jim Lasko director
Kristin Burello producer
Mark Messier music
Part 1 of the Chekhov Cycle-inspired by Anton Chekhov's The Seagull
is being performed Aug. 9 through Aug. 25 at the Humboldt Park
Boat House, 1351 N. Sacramento Ave. |
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Music
Corner:
Bill Quateman, The Almost Eve of Everything from the album
Ties That Bind
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August
7, 2002 |
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CHA
Transformation:
Rayne Martin Chicago Housing Authority
Ray Quintanilla staff writer for The Chicago Tribune
Beauty Turner resident advocate who recently moved out of Robert
Taylor Public Housing Development. |
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CHA
Architecture:
Edward Keegan architecture contributor |
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Metropolitan
Community Church:
Jason DeRose religion reporter for Chicago Public Radio |
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Asian
Grilling:
Steve Dolinsky food contributor, writer, producer and host of
Good Eating on CLTV
Su-Mei Yu author of Asian Grilling, 85 Kebabs, Skewers, Satays
and Other Asian- Inspired Recipes for your Barbeque |
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New
Spider:
Petra Sierwald assistant curator of insects in the department
of zoology at The Field Museum of Natural History |
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New
Dinosaur:
Simone Orendain Illinois Public Radio |
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Music
Corner:
Steve Evans Quartet Doxi |
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August
6, 2002 |
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Mob
Behavior:
Carl Bell professor of public health and psychiatry at the University
of Illinois in Chicago and founder and CEO of the Community Mental
Health Center |
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Betty
Loren-Maltese Trial:
Carlos Hernandez Gomez political reporter for Chicago Public Radio |
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Summer:
Mary Schmich columnist for Chicago Tribune |
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Hiroshima,
Part I:
Studs Terkel special contributor
Overkill and Megalove, based on the book by Norman Corwin
which first aired in 1963 |
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Hiroshima,
Part II |
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August
5, 2002 |
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Campaign
Notebook:
Mike Flannery political editor for CBS |
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Beach
Closings:
Shirley Jahad reporter for Chicago Public Radio |
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Forest:
Bob Keleher reporter for Great Lakes Radio Consortium |
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New
Yorker:
Victoria Lautman contributor
Tom Bachtell cartoonist and illustrator whose work appears in
The New Yorker, Chicago Magazine, Entertainment Weekly |
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Writer's
Block Party:
Amy Krouse Rosenthal contributor and host of Writer's Block
Party |
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Psychic:
Jim Carrane contributor
Nora Herold psychic on duty at Healing Earth Resources, 3111 N.
Ashland Ave. |
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August
2, 2002 |
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Interview
with Lani Guinier
Lani Guinier author and Harvard Law School professor, author of
The Miner's Canary: Enlisting Race, Resisting Power and Transforming
Democracy
Barbara Ransby regular contributor |
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Essay:
birth of a daughter
Daniel Ferri writer and regular contributor |
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Turning
Kitchen Discards Into Beautiful Houseplants
Gianofer Fields Eight Forty-Eight producer
Jim Frost Urban Florist |
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Newfound
Sight
Victoria Lautman regular contributor |
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Franz
Joseph Haydn's The Seven Last Words of Christ
Mark Strand Pulitzer Prize winner, 1990 U.S. Poet Laureate and
University of Chicago professor
Members of the Brentano String Quartet |
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August
1, 2002 |
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Campaign
Fundraising Update
Carlos Hernandez-Gomez political reporter for Chicago Public
Radio
Rick Pearson Chicago Tribune political reporter |
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Films
Reviews
Jonathan Miller film contributor |
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Celebrating
Julia Child's 90th Birthday
Steve Dolinsky food contributor |
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TV
Program Scrubs
Wally Podrazik television contributor
Mark Stegeman writer for Scrubs |
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Big
Jay McNeely
Big
Jay McNeely musician
Richard Steele regular contributor |