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    Jun 4, 2013 | Chicago Tribune

  1. 'Shame that Tune!' at Printers Row

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    Tribune columnist Barbara Brotman will be among the storytellers at a special "Shame That Tune!" show Saturday at 8:15 p.m. on the Center Stage at the Printers Row Lit Fest. This monthly musical-comedy game show was devised by Chicago Reader......
    2. Jun 2, 2013 | Chicago Tribune

  2. Open thread: Weeks in review

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    The "Weeks in Review" feature is now an open thread in which commenters can talk about any current events or cultural phenomena that have caught their attention, including but not limited to the topics brought up in our traditional roundup......
    3. May 25, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  3. Five books: Graphic novelists at Lit Fest

    Art Spiegelman, author of &ldquo;Maus,&rdquo; 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 Washington Literary Award. With that in mind &mdash; along with the fact that some of the most interesting cartoonists working today live in Chicago &mdash; we dedicated this issue of Printers Row Journal to graphic novels. Let's kick it off with a roundup of books by some of the cartoonists who will be at Lit Fest. Visit <strong>printersrowlitfest.org</strong> for details.
    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: Festive Events, Authors, Pulitzer Prize Awards, Chicago Public Library, Book

    4. May 7, 2013 | Chicago Tribune

  4. 'Shame that Tune' = my shame, Levitan's tune

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    I'll be a contestant on "Shame That Tune" Friday at 6:30 p.m. at the Hideout. Per the event's website, the "musical comedy game show" -- features three locally famous contestants telling embarrassing stories, being interviewed by (Chicago Reader...
    5. May 9, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  5. Robert Sickinger, pioneer of Chicago theater, dies at 86

    Robert Sickinger, a pivotal figure in the development of Chicago&amp;#39;s off-Loop theater scene, died Thursday morning at his home in Delray Beach, Fla. Sickinger was 86. His daughter, Erika, said her father died from natural causes.
    Robert Sickinger, a pivotal figure in the development of Chicago's off-Loop theater scene, died Thursday morning at his home in Delray Beach, Fla. Sickinger was 86. His daughter, Erika, said her father died from natural causes. To the extent that...

    Tags: Jane Addams, Hull House, Obituaries, Arts and Culture, Delray Beach

    6. May 9, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  6. Classical sounds, unusual spaces

    The players lift their bows with the customary this-is-the-end flourish, finishing a movement of a Shostakovich string quartet, and the audience claps. A few "Whoo!" yells escape from the back of the room. Some people whistle.
    The players lift their bows with the customary this-is-the-end flourish, finishing a movement of a Shostakovich string quartet, and the audience claps. A few "Whoo!" yells escape from the back of the room. Some people whistle. As the quartet launches...

    Tags: Music Theater, Entertainment, Customs and Tradition, Disc Jockeys, Theater

    7. Apr 22, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  7. 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: Rod Blagojevich, DePaul University, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Awards and Prizes, Jane Austen

    8. Apr 26, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  8. Let's review: Rachel Shteir and poor Chicago

    And they said the gentle art of literary criticism was dead, confined to irrelevance. Not this week, gentle reader. Not in Chicago. Not in the heat of L'affaire de Shteir. What book review in the history of Chicago literature &mdash; heck, what recent book review, period &mdash; has enjoyed the attention afforded to Rachel Shteir's review in the last Sunday's New York Times?
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    And they said the gentle art of literary criticism was dead, confined to irrelevance. Not this week, gentle reader. Not in Chicago. Not in the heat of L'affaire de Shteir. What book review in the history of Chicago literature — heck, what recent...

    Tags: Rahm Emanuel, Rod Blagojevich, Newspapers, Entertainment, Newspaper and Magazine

    9. Apr 4, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  9. Movie secrets are there, in the script!

    You know what "Star Wars" is about? I mean, <em>really</em> about? Vietnam. It's a critical allegory of the war: The Rebels are the scrappy Viet Cong, hastily assembled, devoted and relentless; the Empire is the American military, tripped up by an enemy using guerrilla tactics and inferior weaponry. Oh, there's more here, but...
    You know what "Star Wars" is about? I mean, really about? Vietnam. It's a critical allegory of the war: The Rebels are the scrappy Viet Cong, hastily assembled, devoted and relentless; the Empire is the American military, tripped up by an enemy using...

    Tags: Platoon (movie), Wars and Interventions, Shia LaBeouf, Media Industry, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky

    10. Mar 26, 2013 | Chicago Tribune

  10. Cultural 'crisis' -- one man's explanation

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    It's not consumerism that makes millions of people turn away from their churches. It's not relativism. Or narcissism. Or secularism. It's common sense. These churches ask their worshippers to believe in things that are ridiculous. The acid burning through...
    11. Apr 22, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  11. Authors H-L

    Susan Hahn Susan Hahn was editor of TriQuarterly for 14 years. She is author of a recent novel, “The Six Granddaughters of Cecil Slaughter”; nine books of poetry, including “Self/Pity” and “The Scarlet Ibis”; and...

    Tags: GQ, Primetime Emmy Awards, Awards and Prizes, Theater, Television

    12. Mar 14, 2013 | Chicago Tribune

  12. Eschew on this: The grand marshal of world-weariness says it’s OK to hate parades and stay home

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    Friday's print column Chicago’s annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade will step off at noon Saturday from the intersection of Balbo and Columbus Drives in Grant Park and head north about half a mile to Monroe Drive. You couldn’t pay me......
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