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Ethel Kennedy isn't one to share, in spite of film about her
“There are so many times in my life,” filmmaker Rory Kennedy tells her sister Courtney in the movie “Ethel,” “where people have said, ‘I want to introduce Robert Kennedy's daughter. ...” To which her sibling...
Tags: U.S. Senate, Documentary (genre), Taylor Swift, Ritchie Valens, Lou Diamond Phillips
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Brian Wilkes
Brian Wilkes is the chief meteorologist for WXIN FOX 59 a position he has held since July 1995. In addition to his on-air duties, Brian also provides "Drive-Time Weather Forecasts" for WIBC since 2006. Brian is a graduate of Columbia College with a...
Tags: Tom Skilling, Weather Reports, Science, Weather, Science and Technology
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Lyrical centennial
Arguing over poetry's cultural relevance is a little like debating the potential effects of drilling for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, says Poetry magazine editor Christian Wiman. “For many people, poetry will remain remote,...
Tags: Charity, Authors, Lilly Eli & Co, Ernest Hemingway, Wildlife
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Aidy Bryant, Tim Robinson, Cecily Strong join cast of 'SNL'
Tribune reporter"Saturday Night Live" officially announced Monday what long has been known in the Chicago sketch and improv community: Aidy Bryant, Tim Robinson and Cecily Strong are headed to the show. All three new “SNL” hires hail from the Chicago...Tags: Saturday Night Live (tv program), Bob Odenkirk, Entertainment, Seth Meyers, Comedy Central (tv network)
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Judith Stein is the hardest-working woman in jazz
If you've ever attended a major jazz event in Chicago, there's a good chance you've met Judith Stein. She's the enthusiastic woman perpetually doling out postcards for the Hyde Park Jazz Festival, urging everyone to come to the South Side for what has...
Tags: Festive Events, Entertainment, Chicago Jazz Fest, Arts and Culture, Music
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Endorsement deal ahead for 'Nordic Thunder'?
Justin Howard's award-winning performance of a guitar that isn't almost wasn't. When the Chicago man known onstage as "Nordic Thunder" failed to repeat as U.S. air guitar champion in Denver this summer, it cost him an automatic berth in last week's world...
Tags: The Huffington Post, Annoyance Theatre, Rotary International, Metallica (music group)
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Partying at Printers' Ball
About 3,000 literature lovers — many with faces painted and many more with free cans of beer in hand — packed three floors of Columbia College Chicago's Ludington Building July 20 for Printers' Ball. Party-goers were treated to demonstrations...
Tags: Chicago Tribune, Newspaper and Magazine
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An artist's struggle
In the fall of 1991 I received a disturbing call from my son Gabriel, who was a freshman at New York University at the time. He informed me that he had experienced a revelation. "Dad," he said, "it's obvious to me that the only authentic path forward...
Tags: Entertainment, Movies, Behavioral Conditions, Documentary (genre), Fine Artists
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Authorities: Bail set at $1 million for alleged teen stalker
Tribune reporterA 56-year-old man from Montana allegedly stalked a Chicago teenager for months after a chance encounter at a convenience store, Cook County prosecutors said Saturday. Robert Parelius, of Bozeman, Mont., hung his head low as prosecutors described the...Tags: Justice System, Prosecution, Crime, Law and Justice, Lawyers, Walmart
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The stories behind 6 Chicago honorary streets
For RedEyeSigns, signs everywhere signs. That's especially true in the Chicago, where almost 1,500 honorary signs dot the city's streets. But behind the multitude of names engraved in the brown signs are some interesting people and stories. Here are some that...Tags: Field Museum of Natural History, John Travolta, Chicago Hotels, Barack Obama, Trinity United Church of Christ
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Columbia College moves forward with realignment plan
Tribune reporterColumbia College Chicago Trustees on Friday affirmed their support for the Chicago Jazz Ensemble and Center for Black Music Research, while announcing the college will move forward with a controversial realignment plan unveiled earlier this month....Tags: Chicago Loop, Education, Colleges and Universities, South Loop
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It came from Ray Bradbury
Though known primarily as an author, Ray Bradbury had a fixation with Hollywood. It was inevitable that his skills as a science fiction writer would eventually land him work in the movies. His first gig was with Universal Pictures in the early 1950s,...
Tags: Science and Technology, Literature, Documentary (genre), Science Fiction (genre), Ron Livingston
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