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Avoiding the summer slide
When you're both a parent and a schoolteacher, there's a good chance that how you choose to fill your child's days over the long, lazy summer will be studied by those around you. With so much attention in recent years paid to the dreaded "summer slide,"...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Chicago Park District, Chicago Mayor, School Examinations, Teachers
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Five books: Graphic novelists at Lit Fest
Art Spiegelman, author of “Maus,” a Pulitzer Prize-winning memoir that essentially legitimized cartooning as a literary form, will kick off this year's Printers Row Lit Fest on Saturday, June 8, as winner of the Chicago Public Library's Harold...
Tags: Awards and Prizes, Arts and Culture, Chicago Reader, Entertainment Events, Pulitzer Prize Awards
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Memorial Day
Monday is Memorial Day. The following services will be affected: Schools: Public schools in Chicago will be closed. Most suburban and parochial schools will be closed. Check local districts. Government offices: Closed. Postal service: No service except...Tags: Memorial Day, Metra, Chicago Transit Authority
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Review: "The Cooked Seed" by Anchee Min
When I started reading Anchee Min's latest memoir, "The Cooked Seed," I presumed there would be many commonalities between her life journey in America and mine. We both emigrated from Shanghai — Min came over to the United States as a student in...
Tags: The Home Depot, Stanford University, Amy Chua, Chinese Restaurants, Oprah Winfrey
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Violence Community Conversation at the Chicago Tribune
When Trib Nation put out the call to people interested in violence and why it has festered in Chicago, we found immediate and strong interest. Readers wanted to join the conversation. So did the heads of organizations, victim advocates, people who...
Tags: YMCA, Chicago Tribune, Arts, Tribune Tower, National Football League
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Authors A-C
826CHI 826CHI is a nonprofit writing and tutoring center dedicated to supporting students ages 6-18 with their creative and expository writing skills, and to helping teachers inspire their students. 826chi.org Tom Acitelli Tom Acitelli is author...Tags: Frontera Grill, Chicago Reader, Entertainment, Restaurants, Entertainment Events
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Beyond movies, a lesson in dying
Roger Ebert was a hot trend on Google's top 10 trends earlier this week. As of Wednesday, more than 50,000 people had searched for his name, an impressive display of his influence. He wasn't quite as hot as North Korea or Jay Leno, but he was...
Tags: Bill Kurtis, Roger Ebert, Arts and Culture, Chicago Sun-Times, Social Media
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Five books: Warming up with a festive high-five
Printers Row Lit Fest announced its lineup earlier this week, and it's led by Judy Blume, the beloved children's book author who has helped several generations endure the agony of adolescence. Blume will receive the Chicago Tribune's Young Adult...
Tags: Nazi Party, Anne Frank, Trainspotting (movie), Chicago Tribune, Entertainment Events
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Judy Blume to appear at Printers Row Lit Fest
Children's/young-adult author Judy Blume and graphic novelist/cartoonist Art Spiegelman will be honored as part of this year's Printers Row Lit Fest, which runs June 8 and 9 in the South Loop. Blume, the author of such beloved works as "Are You There...
Tags: U.S. Congress, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Chicago Tribune, Harold Washington Library Center, Entertainment Events
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Excerpt: 'The Third Coast' by Thomas Dyja
From his stove, Nelson Algren saw a dark shape stumble out of the bar across Wabansia Avenue. It teetered once, then slumped under the Nectar Beer sign, sizzling neon in the bitter February cold. Eight degrees, an army fatigue jacket, and too many shots...Tags: Nazi Party, Langston Hughes, Syphilis, Chicago Tribune, FBI
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Librarian's Choice: 5 books to read now
To see how exciting getting your first library card can be, look no further than the Chicago Public Library's Facebook page. Every week, the library posts a picture of a new card holder — so far all of them featuring children with wide smiles, their...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Libraries, Arrested Development (tv program) , Chicago Tribune, Newspaper and Magazine
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Ebert showed how to die with grace
Roger Ebert was a hot trend on Google's top 10 trends earlier this week. As of Wednesday, more than 50,000 people had searched for his name, an impressive display of his influence. He wasn't quite as hot as North Korea or Jay Leno, but he was running...Tags: Bill Kurtis, Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times, Arts and Culture, Google Inc.
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