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Mediators try to make streets a little less mean
In its charting of a Chicago epidemic and belief in the power of street-level human empathy, the superb documentary "The Interrupters" comes to us at a time when the notion of conflict resolution has been sidelined utterly on the national political level....Tags: Cholera, Politics, Entertainment, Documentary (genre), Michael Phillips
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Raw milk wars play out in new film at Siskel Center
You may not know it but thousands of Chicagoans--perhaps your friends and neighbors--are indulging daily in an illicit drink that most government agencies warn consumers to avoid.
It's raw, unpasteurized milk, a drink that supporters say is only growing...Tags: Entertainment, Consumers, Movies, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Mariel Hemingway
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'Life Itself': Ebert autobiography a charming remembrance
In his easygoing, candid and altogether charming autobiography, or, as he calls it, "Life Itself: A Memoir," Roger Ebert fails to mention me: The nights he and I had many drinks on the porch of his house on Dickens Street and elsewhere, the favorable in-...Tags: Entertainment, Pulitzer Prize Awards, Lee Marvin, Roger Ebert, Russ Meyer
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June 13 - 17
WGN NewsCirque du Soleil - Phunny Business - Fathers' Day Gifts - Ahmed Ahmed - Jo Koy - Rent the Runway - Sha Na Na - Bobcat Goldthwait - Jeffrey Ross - Melissa Villasenor - AVERY*Sunshine - Dot and Ziggy - Deon Cole Monday, June 13 Cirque du Soleil's OVO...Tags: Father's Day, Entertainment, Jeffrey Ross, Natural Gas, Banana Republic
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Roger Ebert’s memoir, ‘Life Itself’
Frankly My Dear - Orlando SentinelThis book dropped on my desk Friday and I almost recoiled. A Roger Ebert memoir? What can you say about it? If it's trite, self-serving, and/or badly-written, who wants to beat up on the sick man? If it's great, who'll believe you? You're taking pity on... -
Robert Downey Jr. hosts A Night With Jamie Foxx at Gene Siskel Film Center gala
Few can own a room like Robert Downey Jr., but the never-dull "Iron Man" star opted to concede the spotlight to Jamie Foxx at the Ritz-Carlton Chicago hotel. Well, more like share it.
Foxx, who received the Renaissance Award Saturday at the Gene Siskel...Tags: Entertainment, Jurassic Park (movie), The Avengers (movie, 2012), Chris Evans, Robert Downey Jr.
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John Hughes dies at 59; writer-director of '80s teen films
John Hughes, the influential writer-director who captured the humor and angst of the teen experience, 1980s style, in hit movies such as "Sixteen Candles," "The Breakfast Club" and "Ferris Bueller's Day Off," died Thursday. He was 59. Hughes, who...
Tags: Judd Apatow, Judd Nelson, Entertainment, Rodney Dangerfield, Celebrities
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Sunday, February 13, 2011
5-5:30 a.m. The Great Outdoors with Charlie Potter 5:30-6 a.m. Love Changes Life 6-6:30 a.m. The Lutheran Hour 6:30-9 a.m. The Sunday Papers with Rick Kogan 7:30 a.m. Northwestern University's Bill Savage joins Rick to talk about the upcoming "Chicago...Tags: College Sports, Nora Dunn, The Pennsylvania State University, Sports, WGN
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February 14 - 18
WGN NewsEmii - Heart Health - Cash Cab Chicago - Tom Green - Swimsuits and Snow Boots - Nora Dunn - Paul Rodriguez - Pocket Circus - Matthew Santos Monday, February 14 Emii http://www.emii.net Dr. David E. Montgomery - Heart Health Bad: Being Sedentary:...Tags: Health, Diabetes, Symptoms, Discovery Communications, Inc., High Blood Pressure
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`The Bird' remembered
Change of SubjectYep, that's ABC-7 sportscaster Mark Giangreco in a 70's porn-star mustache in the trailer for Dear Mr. Fydrich, a feature film from Oak Park's Mike Cramer that will show Sunday at 4:45 p.m. at the Gene Siskel Film Center. A...... -
Roger Ebert and PBS bring back 'At the Movies'
Show TrackerFilm world: Prepare to embrace the thumbs again. Roger Ebert announced Friday the return of âAt the Moviesâ to PBS stations. Produced by Ebert and his wife, the weekly half-hour film review program ârevamped as âRoger Ebert Presents...
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