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Video/Q&A: William Beckett
RedEye Sound BoardWilliam Beckett jokingly calls himself a mini-celeb. Fans of the former singer for defunct Chicago pop-rockers The Academy Is… would likely drop the “mini.” Beckett’s big enough to have a “verified” check mark next to...Tags: Music, Demi Lovato, Blake Lively, Twitter, Inc., Arts and Culture
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Police stop protesters at Michigan Avenue bridge, 1 in custody
WGN News and Chicago TribunePolice and the protesters-- the two will be tangling, no doubt, all weekend. Friday, at the first big rally surrounding the summit, a peaceful end-- until some of the protesters took to the streets after the rally wrapped up. Two Chicago police...Tags: Activism, Politics, NATO, Michigan Avenue
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NATO protests target Obama headquarters, consulates
Tribune reporterAbout 75 protesters marched Thursday afternoon from President Barack Obama’s re-election headquarters to three consulates of countries that belong to NATO, protesting the alliance’s involvement in the war in Afghanistan and other military...Tags: Culture, Demonstration, Barack Obama, Chicago Tribune, Nobel Prize Awards
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Planning for surprises: Covering the NATO Summit in Chicago
When it comes to covering big news events like the leadup to the weekend NATO summit, there are stories you plan for, and surprises you plan for. On Monday, the first protest of the upcoming summit took place outside the Obama reelection headquarters....
Tags: Activism, Lobbying, Politics, International Organizations, Barack Obama
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Anna Quindlen talks with Printers Row Live
With Mother’s Day on the horizon, it was an early gift for many of author Anna Quindlen’s fans as she communed with her Chicago peeps in these early days of a national book tour for her newly published memoir, “Lots of Candles, Plenty of...
Tags: Christianity, Roman Catholicism, Facebook, Marcel Proust, Pulitzer Prize Awards
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Forever Marilyn leaves Mag Mile
Tribune reporterFor Jessica Cardenas, the trip downtown Monday night to watch the dismantling of the controversial Marilyn Monroe statue in Pioneer Court was far more of a pilgrimage than a goodbye for a traveling piece of art. Cardenas, who created an homage to the...Tags: Arts and Culture, Arts, Tourism and Leisure, Sculpture, Travel
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Tribune Wisers up, hires ace producer
Change of SubjectIt’s back to Tribune Tower for veteran Chicago producer Jim Wiser. But after almost 30 years in local radio and television, he’ll now be working strictly online. Wiser, 48, has been named executive producer for video programming at... -
When it's time to meet readers, I'm all ears
Talking with some 200 readers at the sold-out event last week at the Tribune Tower to discuss my recent reporting trip to Greece and Turkey, I waited eagerly for the big question.
The big hot ears question.
The question about my big ears singed by...Tags: Michael Madigan, Feta Cheese, John Kass, Angelina Jolie, Salt (movie)
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Looking up Marilyn Monroe's skirt isn't any less creepy because she's a statue
April 30 was a sad day for tourists and people with giant woman fetishes everywhere. The city announced the giant, confusing, Marilyn Monroe statue, titled "Forever Marilyn" is not-so-forever--it's scheduled to be taken down May 7. The announcement...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Arts, Tour Operations Industry, Sculpture, Facebook
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Report: Marilyn Monroe statue is moving on to California
If nothing else, Marilyn had legs. The crowds began posing beneath the 26-foot-tall Marilyn Monroe's billowing skirt from the moment that Seward Johnson's Forever Marilyn sculpture arrived in Pioneer Court in July, and they were doing so with just as...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Arts, Sculpture, Iris Chang, Grant Wood
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It's not about the baseball
Literary editorTo understand the relationship between Herman Melville's 19th century novel and this 21st century blockbuster, perhaps a cliché would be useful: "The Art of Fielding" is as much about baseball as "Moby-Dick" is about whaling. "Since the book came out, I'...Tags: High School Sports, Sports, University of Virginia, Baseball, Butterfly Ballots
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Riverfront Theater tent opening to host circus, music and other events
Chicago is to have a big new entertainment venue this summer — a 70-foot-tall, 22,000-square-foot tent that will seat as many as 2,500 patrons who will be served up a variety of populist live shows, including tributes to Elton John, Michael...
Tags: Music, Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., Concerts, Tourism and Leisure, Newspaper and Magazine
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