Eight Forty-Eight—May 31, 2006
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Chicago's Housing Market
Dennis Rodkin—Real Estate Columnist, Chicago Magazine
Dennis Rodkin tells us what recent housing figures mean for the Chicago market.
Music Button: Steve Hillman, “Thirties Thing,” from the CD The World Over (Dreamfast Cinema Entertainment) |
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Policing Students' Blogs
Contributor Sandy Hausman reports on a new policy in one suburban high school district that holds students accountable for what they post on the Internet.
Music Button: Eliot Lipp, “Rhyme War,” from the CD Tacoma Mockingbird (Hefty) |
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Kids Witness News
Students from Marcus Garvey School on Chicago's far south
students won a New Vision Award in the Special Effects category for their video titled Kasia Catches the Eye. We listen to an excerpt.
Music Button: Kraak & Smaak, “Keep Me Home” from the cd Boogie Angst (Quango Records) |
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Dunes Hotel
Some Indiana residents are fighting any plans to bring a hotel to the state park lakeshore. Chicago Public Radio’s Mike Puente reports.
Music Button: Kraak & Smaak, “Jolie Banane” from the cd Boogie Angst (Quango Records) |
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Chicago's Chocolatiers
Food contributor Steve Dolinsky visits Chicagoans who have built on the city's history as a candy capital, and are creating high-end custom confections.
Related Links:
Sarah's Pastries and Candies
Vosges Chocolate
CoCo Rouge
Chocolate Gourmet
Music Button: Stevie Wonder, “Do I Do,” from the cd The Definitive Collection (Motown) |
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Real Victories Over Autism
Bob Hughes—English Teacher, Truman College; Author, Running With Walker: A Memoir
Bob Hughes reflects on the real life victories of children with autism.
Music Button: Album Leaf, “Asleep,” from the cd One Day I'll Be On Time (Tiger Style Records) |
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Susan Messer
Photographer: Nancy Hlavacek |
Mapping Oak Park, Part Two
Susan Messer—Writer; Oak Park Resident
We continue our special series getting to know the individuals who make up the Oak Park community.
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Gus Kostopulos
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WEB EXCLUSIVE
Mapping Oak Park
Gus Kostopulos—Architect; Oak Park Resident
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Music Interviews: The 1900's
A group of longtime friends shares their love of vocal harmonies and lush 60s pop by creating their own music, calling the octet The 1900's. They talk with Tony Sarabia in our performance studio.
The 1900s will perform a CD release show for their new album, Plume Delivery (Parasol Records), Saturday, June 3, 2006, at Schubas.
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“Coming Age” |
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“Good Boys” |
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“Oh No” |
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“Whole Law” |
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Eight Forty-Eight—May 30, 2006
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Leasing the Illinois Tollway?
Andrew Bary—Senior Editor, Barron's
First the Skyway, then the Lottery, and now the Illinois Tollway? We look ahead to the first in a series of public hearings exploring plans to privatize the Illinois Tollway by talking with Andrew Bary about what's driving the push to privatize public assets.
Music Button: Ernest Dawkins' New Horizons Ensemble, “Mean Ameen,” from the CD Mean Ameen (Delmark) |
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Does Privatization Make Business Sense?
Business contributor David Greising analyzes the pros and cons of the privatizing push—from the selling of naming rights to the leasing of Midway Airport.
Music Button: Herb Alpert, “El Garbanzo,” from the CD Whipped Cream & Other Delights: Rewhipped (Shout Factory) |
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Looking Back: The Life of George Dunne
CLTV political reporter Carlos Hernandez Gomez joins us to take a look back on the life of former Cook County Board President George Dunne, who died Sunday, May 28, 2006.
Music Button: Spunkshine, “Observing…While At Great Acceleration,” from the CD A Declared State of Belligerence (Academy of Fists Records) |
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Informing on Cops
Chicago Public Radio’s Diantha Parker reports on a how a police brutality lawsuit is affecting the city of Chicago, a public housing resident, and her longtime friend.
Music Button: Eliot Lipp, “Vallejo,” from the CD Tacoma Mockingbird (Hefty Records) |
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Gayle Reidmann
Photo Credit: Cindy Trim |
Mapping Oak, Part One
Gayle Reidmann—Nurse-midwife; Oak Park Resident
Chicago Public Radio's Delia Lloyd begins a series exploring the people of Oak Park, Illinois.
The exhibition You are Here: Oak Park opens Saturday, June 3, 2006, at the Oak Park Main Library.
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Summer Music in Chicago
Jim Derogatis—Co-Host, Sound Opinions; Pop Music Critic, Chicago Sun-Times
From Lollapalooza to the West Loop, Jim DeRogatis previews the 2006 summer concert scene and the ever-changing list of venues. |
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Eight Forty-Eight—May 29, 2006
Pre-empted for Special Programming
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Eight Forty-Eight—May 26, 2006 |
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Month in Review
Steve Rhodes-Editor, The Beachwood Reporter
Wendy Cole-Midwest Correspondent, Time Magazine
Carlos Hernandez Gomez-Political Reporter, CLTV
We’ll discuss the most significant stories of May in our Month in Review. |
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Tutankhamen and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs
David Foster—Project Management Director for Exhibits, The Field Museum
The West Nile virus isn’t the only thing from Egypt infecting Chicagoans. Egyptmania is back! We’ll travel to the Field Museum talk about the return of King Tut and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs.
Tutankhamen and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs is at the Field Museum from May 26, 2006-January 1, 2007. |
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Film Review with Jonathan Miller
Army of Shadows, Jean Pierre Melville's acclaimed 1969 film about the French Resistance during World War II, is released in the United States for the first time. Film Contributor Jonathan Miller has this review.
Army of Shadows plays from Friday, May 26-Wednesday, June 1, 2006 at the Music Box Theatre. |
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Dueling Critics on Theater
Our Dueling Critics Jonathan Abarbanel and Kelly Kleiman spar over Chicago Shakespeare Theater’s production of Henry IV, Parts 1 and 2. They also put the spotlight on Love-Lies-Bleeding playing at the Steppenwolf's Upstairs Theatre and Assassins playing at the Storefront Theatre. |
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Gearing up for Bike Season
Rob Sadowsky—Executive Director, Chicagoland Bicycle Federation
With gas prices and temperatures on the rise, bike sales are soaring. We'll find out what's needed to make the transition from four wheels to two. |
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Taking off the Training Wheels
Thomas Montgomery Fate—Writing Teacher, College of DuPage
The first step for any future cyclist is to learn how to ride. Just ask Chicago writer Thomas Montgomery Fate. As he teaches his own daughter how to ride, he explores the delicate balance of parenting.
Fate is author of Steady & Trembling: Art, Faith, & Family in an Uncertain World. |
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Eight Forty-Eight—May 25, 2006 |
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Hastert Under Investigation?
Lynn Sweet—Columnist, blogger, and Washington Bureau Chief, Chicago Sun-Times Lynn Sweet joins us to discuss the controversy over an ABC News report that U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert is being investigated by the Justice Department in connection with the Jack Abramoff lobbying scandal. She also discusses the immigration bill pending in the Senate.
Music Button: Sad Rockets, “Twenty-Six,” from the CD Transition (Matador)
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Kenilworth Endangered
Ed Keegan—Architect; Writer; Contributor
Ed Keegan visits the Village of Kenilworth after the National Trust for Historic Preservation named it an endangered community.
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Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, “Our House,” from the CD Déjà Vu (Atlantic) |
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The Enduring Luster of the Lustron Home
Tom Fetters—Author, The Lustron Home; Crystal Nield and Shawna McDonough—Lustron homeowners, Lombard, Illinois
Sixty years ago this year, a self-taught engineer from Chicago teamed up with a Cicero company to manufacture thousands of modular, steel houses, known as Lustron Homes, for middle-class, American families and returning GIs. We go inside the story of the Lustron home with residents in Lombard, Illinois, and tell you why these historic houses are increasingly endangered.
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Extreme Home Makeover
Bob Hughes—English Teacher, Truman College
Bob Hughes talks about his dream of getting a makeover for his home.
Hughes is author of Running With Walker: A Memoir.
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Jimi Hendrix, “Red House,” from the CD Are You Experienced? (MCA)
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The Sopranos as Morality Play
Resident philosopher Al Gini considers the power of The Sopranos.
Music Button: A3, “Woke Up This Morning,” from the CD The Sopranos: Music from the HBO Series (Sony) |
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Three to See
Chicago Public Radio’s arts, architecture, and culture editor Edward Lifson shares three not-to-be-missed cultural events.
The Colors of Identity: Polish Art at Home and Abroad, 1890-1939, is on display at the Smart Museum of Art at the University of Chicago through September 17, 2006.
“Bike the Drive” takes place Sunday, May 28, 2006, from 5:30-10 am.
Richard Wilbur receives the 2006 Ruth Lilly Prize from the Poetry Foundation. His work will be performed at the Poetry Tent at the 2006 Chicago Tribune Printers Row Book Fair taking place on Sunday, June 4, 2006, at 2 pm. |
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World Jazz / Jazz Worlds Conference
Travis Jackson—Associate Professor of Music and the Humanities, University of Chicago
Philip Bohlman—Professor of Music and the Humanities; Chair of Jewish Studies, University of Chicago
Richard Steele explores the global impact of the great American music form with Travis Jackson and Philip Bohlman. |
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Eight Forty-Eight—May 24, 2006 |
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The Future of the CSO
Ted Libbey—Commentator, National Public Radio
Wynne Delacoma—Classical Music Critic, Chicago Sun-Times As conductor Daniel Barenboim finishes his tenure at the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Ted Libby and Wynne Delacoma talk about the future leadership of the CSO.
Music Button: Chicago Symphony Orchestra, “Mahler Symphony #5 rondo,” from the CD The Solti Collection (London Records)
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Seniors on Stage
Emilio Ramirez, Raquel M. Ontiveros, Dr. Willie Brown Jr., Dr. Loretta J. Martin—Senior Performers
We meet some seniors who won’t let age slow down their ability to perform and entertain others.
Serendipity: Celebrating Chicago Seniors on Stage is on stage at The Chicago Theatre from Wedesday, May 24, 2006-Thursday, May 25, 2006. |
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Leasing the IL State Lottery
Kip Peterson—CEO, Transnational Market Development Inc., a lottery consulting firm
Governor Rod Blagojevich claims that by leasing the state lottery, Illinois could earn billions more for education. Kip Peterson helps us understand how this would work, why no other states have tried it before, and what may be at stake for the lottery and the state’s schools.
Music Button: Cannonball Adderly, “Bohemia After Dark: Diamond D Remix,” from the CD ReBop: The Savoy Remixes (Savoy)
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Defining Emptiness
Chicago photographer Joel Wanek and 6th graders from Sabin School in Chicago explore the emptiness in their school.
Talkin’ Back 3: Chicago Youth Respond is on display at the Museum of Contemporary Photography at Columbia College from Tuesday, May 23-Saturday, May 27, 2006. |
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Southwest Side Stories: Student Secrets
Our producers from Curie Metro High School’s Curie Youth Radio Project share secrets their parents don’t know...until now!
Music Button: Banda Uniao Black, “Fas Tanto Tempo,” from the CD Latin Travels 2 (6 Degrees) |
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John Stroger's Health
Chicago Public Radio’s Ben Calhoun reports on what we know about the health of Cook County Board President John Stroger and the problem with not knowing more.
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Chicago at Night
We profile Chicago photographer Catherine Opie as a new exhibition of her work opens at the Museum of Contemporary Art.
Catherine Opie: Chicago (American Cities) will be on display at the Museum of Contemporary Art from May 20-October 15, 2006. |
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Eight Forty-Eight—May 23, 2006 |
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Lottery Privatization
What would the privatization of the Illinois lottery do for the current political climate? Daily Herald reporter Eric Krol joins us to discuss Governor Rod Blagojevich’s proposal to sell or lease the state lottery to raise money for schools.
Music Button: Thomas Shumacher, “Heat It Up,” from the CD Electrolush (OM Records) |
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Champion Poet
Faisal Mohyuddin—Poet and teacher
We share the prize winning poetry of Faisal Mohyuddin, a local teacher and winner of the Ray Bradbury Creative Writing Contest for poetry. |
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Jew-ish Tales from Almost, Not Quite, and
In-between
Laurel Snyder—Editor, Half/Life
Margaret Schwartz and Dan Beachy-Quick—Contributors, Half/Life Chicago Public Radio’s Jason DeRose explores being “half-Jewish” with contributors to Half/Life: Jew-ish Tales from Interfaith Homes (Soft Skull Press, 2006).
Related Links:
Jewishy Irishy
Killing the Buddha
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Japancakes, “Vocode-Inn,” from the CD If I Could See Dallas (Kindercore) |
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Focus on Wicker Park, Part One
Author Richard Lloyd discusses the art-based economy and the culture that is centered around Wicker Park coffee shop Urbus Orbis.
Lloyd is author of Neo-Bohemia: Art and Commerce in the Post-Industrial City (Routledge, 2005)
Music Button: Veruca Salt, “Number One Blind,” from the CD American Thighs (Geffen Records) |
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Focus on Wicker Park, Part Two
Wicker Park resident Jan Metzger tells us about her struggle to create a community for her and her family.
Music Button: Urge Overkill, “What’s This Generation Coming To,” from the CD The Stull EP |
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Music Interviews: The Music of The M’s
Chicago Public Radio’s Tony Sarabia continues his local music conversations with the pop band The M’s. |
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Eight Forty-Eight—May 22, 2006 |
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This Week in Politics
Chicago Public Radio’s Ben Calhoun reports on city hall hiring, the Reverend James Meeks’s announcement he won’t run for governor and other political news.
Music Button: Mackrosoft, “Antonio's Giraffe,” from the CD Antonio's Giraffe (Mackrosoft Records) |
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Restructuring Chicago Area Schools
Chicago Public Radio’s Jay Field reports on the moderate changes low-performing schools are making. |
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No Quick Fix
Teacher and contributor Daniel Ferri contemplates the difficulty of fixing schools.
Music Button: Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, “Rococo,” from the CD The Hidden Land (Columbia Records) |
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Merchant of Power Samuel Insull
John Wasik—Columnist, Bloomberg News
John Wasik talks about forgotten energy tycoon Samuel Insull, who started out as Thomas Edison’s private secretary and went on to light up Chicago and turn it into a modern metropolis.
Wasik is the author of The Merchant of Power: Sam Insull, Thomas Edison, and the Creation of the Modern Metropolis (Palgrave Macmillan, 2006) |
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Samuel Insull House
John Burn—Operations Manager and Resident Historian, Cuneo Museum
We tour the Cuneo Museum with John Burn. The museum was once the home of energy tycoon Samuel Insull, and Burn gives us a glimpse of Insull’s retreat from the demands of public life.
The Cuneo Museum is located in Vernon Hills, Illinois.
Music Button: Reginald Robinson, “Ragtime Bobolink,” from the CD Euphonic Sounds(Delmark Records)
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Chicago in the World: Poetry Bangkok Style
Wesley Hsu—Former Naperville Resident; Poet
Writer Rachel Louise Snyder visits former Naperville resident Wesley Hsu, who has created a Poetry Night in Bangkok.
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Music Interviews: Office
Scott Masson—Sculptor; Singer-Songwriter
Scott Masson became fascinated by office themes and used them in his sculptures. Now, he translates them into music. Contributor Althea Legaspi talks with the creative force behind the local band Office.
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Office, “If You Don't Know By Now,” from the CD Q&A (Public Treatments Records) |
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Eight Forty-Eight—May 19, 2006
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Blago Blemishes
Chicago Sun-Times political reporter Chris Fusco fills us in on the Blagojevich administration’s recently exposed “clout list” and other problems plaguing the governor.
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Nixon in China
Brian Dickie—General Director, Chicago Opera Theater
Brian Dickie talks with us about the Chicago premiere of Nixon in China, playing at the Harris Theater through May 27, 2006. |
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Crosstown Classic
Sports contributor Cheryl Raye-Stout previews this weekend’s Sox versus Cubs Crosstown Classic series.
Music Button: Fort Knox Five “The Brazilian Hipster,” from the CD The New Gold Standard (Fort Knox Records) |
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How to Move a College
William Craig Rice—President, Shimer College
One the eve of the last graduation at their Waukegan campus, Shimer College president William Craig Rice speaks with Steve Edwards about the college’s upcoming move to the campus of IIT.
Music Button: Deetron, “Dal Mare,” from the CD Ennio Morricone: Remixes Voume Two (Compost Records) |
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Dueling Critics: The Old Curiosity Shop
Our Dueling Critics Jonathan Abarbanel and Kelly Kleiman take on The Old Curiosity Shop on stage at Lookingglass Theatre through June 11, 2006.
Music Button: Town and Country “Cloud Seeding” from the CD Up Above (Thrill Jockey) |
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Film Friday
Film contributor Jonathan Miller reviews two silent films and previews a French thriller getting its U.S. release 37 years after it was made.
Army of Shadows screens from Friday, May 26-Thursday, June 1, 2006, at the Music Box Theatre. The Italian screens Sunday, May 21, 2006, at 3 pm at the Gene Siskel Film Center. The Unknown screens Friday, May 26, 2006, at 8 pm at Portage Theatre, located at 4050 North Milwaukee Avenue in Chicago. |
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Eight Forty-Eight—May 18, 2006
Pre-empted for CIA Confirmation Hearing
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Eight Forty-Eight—May 17, 2006
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Juvenile Detention Settlement
Chicago Public Radio’s Sonari Glinton fills us in the pending settlement between Cook County and the American Civil Liberties Union to reform the Cook County Temporary Juvenile Detention Center.
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Chicago Matters: Prison School
Chicago Public Radio’s Linda Paul reports on why more juvenile prisoners aren’t getting the education they need.
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What Does Hip Hop Have To Do With It?
Lu Bailey—President, Chicago Council on Urban Affairs
A new survey from the Chicago Council on Urban Affairs looks at how young males see themselves and the impact of hip hop in their lives. Council President Lu Bailey discusses the importance of teaching hip-hop literacy to young men.
The Hip-Hop Generation Workshop takes place Thursday, May 18, 2006, from 9:30 am-3 pm at Roosevelt University’s Sullivan Room.
Music Button: Liftoff, “Autumn,” from the CD The New Gold Standard (Fort Knox Records) |
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Dance Dance Dance!
Lucia Mauro—Dance Contributor
Lucia Mauro shares her suggestions for dance this weekend.
The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater performs at the Auditorium Theatre in Chicago from Thursday, May 18-Sunday, 21, 2006.
Chicago Human Rhythm Project’s National Tap Dance Day Concerts take place at the Vittum Theater from Thursday, May 18-Sunday, 21, 2006.
“Collaborations,” a debut mixed-media dance festival takes place at the Balliwick Theatre from Friday, May 19-Sunday, 21, 2006.
“Who Cares,” Ballet Chicago’s Studio Company, will be performing choreographer George Balanchine’s tribute to George Gershwin’s music at the Athenaeum Theatre from Saturday, May 20-Sunday, 21, 2006.
Music Button: DJ Dolores, “A Espuma dos Dias,” from the CD Aparelhagen (Ziriguiboom Records) |
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Steve Dolinsky and the Slow Drip
Food contributor Steve Dolinsky talks with the owners and growers of Chicago's favorite coffee brand, Intelligentsia.
Music Button: Eleventh Dream Day, “For Everything,” from the CD Zeroes and Ones (Thrill Jockey) |
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Eleventh Dream Day: Zeroes and Ones
Rick Rizzo, Janet Bean, Doug McCombs—Eleventh Dream Day
Eleventh Dream Day founding members sit down to talk about the history of their Chicago band, and about their latest release, Zeroes and Ones (Thrill Jockey Records, 2006).
Eleventh Dream Day performs at a record release show at the Empty Bottle in Chicago at 9 pm on Thursday, May 18, 2006. |
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Eight Forty-Eight—May 16, 2006
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Political Roundtable
María de los Angeles Torres—Associate Professor, Political Science, University of Illinois, Chicago
Jeff Berkowitz—Political Blogger
Charles Thomas—Reporter, ABC Channel 7
María de los Angeles Torres, Jeff Berkowitz, and Charles Thomas join us to discuss the latest political races heating up in the city, county, and state.
Music Button: M.A.N.D.Y. vs. Booka Shade, “Body Language,” from the CD Electrolush (Om Records)
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Detention vs. Intervention
Azim Ramelize—Assistant Commissioner, Chicago's Department of Children and Youth Services
While the Cook County Juvenile Detention Center faces a court order to reform, a pilot program in Area 1 aims to replace juvenile detention with intervention. Azim Ramelize tells us about his plans for the new Juvenile Intervention Support Center.
Music Button: Gang Starr, “Who Got Gunz,” from the CD The Owners: The Instrumentals (Virgin)
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Poetry Out Loud
Ariela Rotenberg—Senior, Walter Payton College Preparatory High School
Ariela Rotenberg is a finalist in the national poetry recitation contest, Poetry Out Loud, sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts and the Chicago-based Poetry Foundation.
She recites “I Go Back to May 1937” by Sharon Olds.
Music Button: Six Parts Seven, “This One Or That One,” from the CD Everywhere and Right Here (Suicide Squeeze Records)
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Abstract Mind Mural
Cathy Craigs, Brandon Jackson, Louise Pappageorge, Jesús Rocha and Paul Sierra—Artists
Artists whose work is featured in the 60-foot Abstract Mind Mural, currently on display through July 7, 2006, at the Museum of Science and Industry, speak about their art.
Related Links:
Neumann Association
The Aldo Castillo Gallery
Music Button: Paco DeLucia, “Ontro Dos Aguas,” from the CD Pa Sabor De Guitarra: La Guitarra Flamenco (Universal) |
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Chicago Matters: JROTC Costs and Quality
Chicago Public Radio’s Robert Wildeboer reports on how much the United States Military is investing in the education of low-income students in Chicago Public Schools. |
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The New Pritzker Consortium on Early Childhood Development
James Heckman—Economics Professor, University of Chicago; 2000 Nobel Prize Laureate
Diane Swonk—Chief Economist, Mesirow Financial
Chicago philanthropist J.B. Pritzker has teamed up with James Heckman to launch a major new research consortium to promote early childhood development. Heckman and Diane Swonk join us to examine the new initiative and why Heckman says there's no better investment in the long term success of kids. |
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