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3.16.2010 Story Week Festival of Writers: Genres from Afar: Reading/Conversation/Signing
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Chicago Amplified
Chicago Amplified is a Web-based audio archive filled with educational events taking place throughout the Chicago region.

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Featured Events
The State of Housing in America in the 21st Century: A Disability Perspective  
The National Council on Disability, UIC and Access Living present on NCD’s new report, "The State of Housing in America in the 21st Century: A Disability Perspective."
Where I’m From  
Adults in low-income neighborhoods combined their theme Where I’m From with the Chicago Humanities Festival’s theme of Laughter for a vivid and original performance.
Bookstore Owners Talk Business  
Three independent bookstore owners talk business. The discussion features owners of The Bookstall, Centuries & Sleuths Bookstore and Bookie's Paperbacks & More.
Patti Smith  
Patti Smith, the world renowned writer, musician and visual artist, discusses and signs her new book, Just Kids, a memoir of her time in New York with Robert Mapplethorpe.
The Island: Post-Show with Lisa Wagner  
Lisa Wagner is a Catholic Worker, the founder and co-director of The Imagination Workshop, and performs a play about Catholic Worker founder Dorothy Day.
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National News
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UN climate envoy expects dual-track negotiations

Most US forces in Afghanistan to be under NATO

World's shortest man, He Pingping, dies in Italy

Greece gets some relief on credit rating

Vatican completes probe of Legionaries scandal