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One fine day at the Printers Row Book Fair
The 24th annual Chicago Tribune Printers Row Book Fair, being held Saturday and Sunday, isn't a shopping mall. Much of it is outdoors, vulnerable to (or blessed by) the elements. It's filled with literary conversations, onstage and off. But, above all,...Tags: Harold Washington, Chicago Public Library, Elizabeth Taylor, Books, Books and Magazines
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Outcast writer seeks stories in China's quake zone
Associated Press WriterThe people Liao Yiwu interviews exist on the fringe of Chinese society, and more than a few live closely with death. The mortician. The grave robber. The professional mourner, who now can't be found. All were from Sichuan province, the writer's home...Tags: Prisons, Earthquakes, Human Rights, Democracy
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Tribune's Trice wins Studs Terkel award
Tribune columnist Dawn Turner Trice was awarded the Studs Terkel Community Media Award on Wednesday night for columns that show "an eye for the visual, an ear for the cadence, rhythm and melody of her sources' voices, and an instinct for stories."...Tags: Chicago Sun-Times, Music, Media, Radio Industry
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On this day in history
On May 16, 1763, the English lexicographer, author and wit Samuel Johnson first met his future biographer, James Boswell. In 1868 the Senate failed by one vote to convict President Andrew Johnson as it took its first ballot on one of 11 articles of...Tags: Addiction, James Boswell, Federal Reserve, Heads of State, Mikhail S Gorbachev
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Cappies Review: Working at East Ridge High School
South Lake High SchoolUnder a societal microscope, we find that the seemingly monotonous workings of everyday occupations are quite intriguing, sometimes for that very monotony. Working is the voice of those who are behind our country, the nameless laborers of each day....Tags: Schools
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'Wicked' comes to Orlando at last
South Florida Sun-sentinel Theater CriticFew can better appreciate the reunion of the Broadway and Hollywood musical than composer-lyricist Stephen Schwartz. He's fresh off a trio of best-song Oscar nominations for Enchanted, is working on the early phases of a film version of his stage hit...Tags: Film Festivals, Media, Bob Fosse, Tourism and Leisure Industry, Culture
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What we don't know about China: View from the streets
China is a hot topic — except that mostly it's for the wrong reasons, for a host of disturbing issues and concerns, including what might be called the terrible T's: Tibet, tainted toys and Tiananmen Square. But what about the other China? What...Tags: Olympic Games, Human Rights
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Former 'Friend' David Schwimmer tries deeper waters
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterAFTER the insane fame and wealth of "Friends," David Schwimmer is back to what he considers to be his essence -- trying to make it as a working actor-writer-director, albeit one who never again has to worry about making it. It's a nice life, if also an...Tags: Hank Azaria, Film Festivals, Quentin Tarantino, Sydney Pollack, Rod Stewart
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Schwimmer debuts in a new role
TRIBUNE CRITICThe youthful, noisy diners and drinkers are packed into the hot boite known as Rockit. The chatter is chaotic. But then there's a murmur, an audible undertow wending through the noise. "Look, that's David Schwimmer," a customer says as others crane their...Tags: Television, Upton Sinclair, Hank Azaria, David Schwimmer, Northwestern University
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'The Geography of Bliss' by Eric Weiner
The Geography of Bliss One Grump's Search for the Happiest Places in the World Eric Weiner Twelve Books: 334 pp., $25.99 In "The Geography of Bliss," Eric Weiner poses a series of questions: "What if you lived in a country that was fabulously wealthy...Tags: Natural Science, Philosophy, Gaming and Lotteries, Geography
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