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June
28, 2002 |
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Month
in Review:
Laura Washington - columnist for the Chicago Sun-Times.
Eric Zorn - columnist for the Chicago Tribune.
Abdon Pallasch - reporter for the Chicago Sun-Times. |
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Gay
Theater Productions:
Jonathon Abarbanel - Theater contributor
Judy Fabjance, Mary Beth Burns and Jen Sheppard - Members of GayCo
Productions's Behind Bars which is performed at Stage Left
Theatre in Chicago. |
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Essay:
Deborah Kadin - writer for The Daily Herald.
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AA
Gay and Lesbian Affirming Church:
Juan Reed - Pastor of St. Martin's Episcopal Church, 5710 W. Midway
Park. |
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AAGLBT
Community Church history:
Laura Branch - works with the Chicago Department of Public Health
as the director of the office of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender
Health.
Jano - program coordinator of the Chicago Department of Public Health
as the director of the office of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender
Health. |
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June
27, 2002 |
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School
Report Card:
Linda Lenz, publisher of Catalyst,
a monthly magazine on Chicago Public Schools.
Julie Woestehoff, executive director of Parents United for Responsible
Education.
Bonnie Anderson, a 3rd-grade teacher at Libby Elementary School
in the Englewood neighborhood. |
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Chicago
Public School Response:
Barbara Eason-Watkins, Chief Education Officer of the Chicago Public
Schools. |
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Universal
Muslim School:
Jody Becker, education reporter
for Chicago Public Radio. |
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Crosstown
Photos:
Ron Vesely, official Chicago Cubs team photographer.
Steve Greene, official Chicago Cubs team photographer. |
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Photos
from the exhibit For the Love of the Game at the City
Gallery in the Water Tower in Chicago, IL
For more information on the exhibit, visit Chicago's Department
of Cultural Affairs website. All photographs copyright
© 2002 the photographers |
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Lake
Swim:
Kevin
Murphy, marathon swimmer traversing Lake Michigan from Evanston
to Indiana. More information |
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The Gyuto
Monks:
Donyo, a Tibetan monk who performs traditional chants with the
Gyuto Monks.
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June
26, 2002 |
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St.
Leo Catholic Church:
Deacon Marvin O. Johnson and Edward Jones, members of St. Leo's
Catholic Church which is hosting its final mass this Sunday.
Father Mike Furlan, Pastor of St. Leo's Catholic Church. |
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R.
Kelly Hugs:
Chicagoans comment on charges against R. Kelly and his new song
"Heaven, I Need a Hug." |
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Bulls
Draft:
Cheryl Raye Stout, sports contributor for Eight Forty-Eight on
WBEZ. |
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Basketball
Camp:
Cheryl Raye Stout, sports contributor for Eight Forty-Eight on
WBEZ. |
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Swahili:
Brett McNeil, Chicago writer and editor for the Chicago Journal. |
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Electronic
House:
Ben Skora, inventor of the Electronic House in Palos Hills, IL. |
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June
25, 2002 |
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Gypsy
Moths:
Stan Smith, Nursery Manager, Illinois Department of Agriculture.
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3rd
Party Candidates:
Sean Crawford, statehouse reporter for Illinois Public Radio.
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City
Budget:
Iris Lav, deputy director of the Center on Budget & Policy
Priorities in Washington D.C. |
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Budget:
John Green, Chicago writers and regular contributor for 848 on WBEZ.
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Fr.
Keehan Removal:
Jesse Blanco Deacon St. Ann's Parish South Leavitt Chicago
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Antoni
Gaudi Birthday:
Ed Keegan, architecture contributor for Eight Forty-Eight
on WBEZ.
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Nightline:
Wally Prodrazik media contributor for Eight Forty-Eight on
WBEZ. |
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RonCo:
Tim Samuelson, author of the Book But Wait! There's More!: The
Irresistible Appeal and Speil of RonCo and Popeil. Originally
Aired May 4th 2001. |
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Music
Corner:
Artist: Tony Rogers
CD Title: Pop Psychology
Song: You Gotta Love Somebody |
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June
24, 2002 |
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AIDS
Funding:
Mark Ishaug, executive director of the AIDS Foundation of Chicago.
Chris Brown, assistant commissioner of the Division of STD, HIV
and AIDS for the Chicago Department of Public Health.
Betty Smith, executive director of the South Side Help Center.
Debbie Hinde CEO Open Hand Chicago. |
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Honoring
the Body:
Jason DeRose, reporter for Chicago Public Radio.
Stephanie Paulsell, author of Honoring the Body: Meditation s
on A Christian Practice. |
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Catholic
Church Essay:
Kenan Heise is a Chicago writer, journalist and founder of the
Children's Christmas Fund. |
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Mississippi
Migration:
Richard Steele, regular contributor for Eight Forty-Eight on
WBEZ.
Tsehaye Herbert, Project director The Mississippi-Chicago Great
Migration Project/Chicago Arts Partnerships in Education (CAPE)
Dr. Charles Branham, senior historian at the DuSable Museum of African
American History. |
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Mississippi
Essay:
Bennie Currie, is a Chicago Writer. |
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June
21, 2002 |
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CHA
- One Strike Policy:
Stephanie Horton, one-strike coordinator.
Jamie Kalven, writer/activist and founder of The View from the Ground
Website.
Kate Walz, attorney National Center on Poverty Law |
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Chez
Panisse Fruit:
Steve Dolinsky, food contributor for Eight Forty-Eight
on WBEZ and host and producer of Good Eating on CLTV.
Alice Waters, author of the cookbook Chez Panisse Fruit published
by Harper Collins. |
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Film
Reviews:
Jonathan Miller, film contributor for 848 and teaches film at
IIT. Films Reviewed: Murderous Maids, directed by J-P Denis;
PePe Le Moko, directed by Julien Duvivier; Home Movie,
directed by Chris Smith and Minority Report directed by Steven
Spielberg. |
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Old Jail
Museum:
Jerry Pohlen, regular contributor for Eight Forty-Eight and
author of the Oddball Travel series.
Ray Edwards, curator Old Jail Museum 225 N Washington St Crawfordsville
IN.
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Puppies:
Ethal Hammer is a Chicago writer. |
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Puerto
Rico:
Dr. Gina Perez, is a research associate at the Center for Puerto
Rican Studies at Hunter College in New York.
Enrique Salgado Jr. executive director Division Street Business
Development Association. |
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June
20, 2002 |
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Operation
Safe Roads:
Carlos Hernandez Gomez, political reporter for WBEZ.
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Title
IX Anniversary:
Jean Lenti Ponsetto, DePaul Senior Associate Athletic Director
at DePaul University.
Bob Smith, attorney who has worked on Title IX cases. |
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Des
Plaines River:
Kent Taylor, Open Lands Project.
Gary Mechanic Access Project for the Illinois Paddling Council. |
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Saving
the World Essay:
John Green, is a regular contributor for 848.
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MREA
Conference:
Robbie Harris, News Director for WBEZ.
Terry Parker, director of the Midwest Renewable Energy Association.
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Rooftop
Gardens:
Lester Graham, reporter for the Great
Lakes Radio Consortium. |
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Native
American Garden:
Eli Suzukovich, N.A.E.S. College |
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June
19, 2002 |
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Suburban
Round-Up:
John Geils, Village President of Bensenville.
Joyce Fountain, Elgin U-46 School District Board President.
Matt Fritz, assistant town manager in Munster Indiana.
Mike Steele, co-founder of Elite Soccer Camps in Arlington Heights.
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Public
Housing Camp:
Rev. Calvin Morris, executive director of Community Renewal Society. |
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Black
Hearts of Men:
Richard Steele, regular contributor for Eight Forty-Eight
on WBEZ.
John Stauffer, author of The Black Hearts of Men: Radical Abolitionists
and The Transformation of Race.
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Memory
Jars:
Victoria Lautman, regular contributor for Eight Forty-Eight
Martha Waterson, curator of the exhibition Soulful Pieces:
Memory Jars and Improvised Quilts from Unknown Makers at the
Intuit Gallery.
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Peregrin
Falcons:
Mary Hennen, ornithologist for the Field Museum.
Lee Clayton, veterineary intern Lincoln Park Zoon and Shed Aquarium.
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June
18, 2002 |
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Everybody
Pays:
Maurice Possley and Rick Kogan, authors of Everybody Pays:
Two Men, One Murder and The Price of Truth on Penguin Putham.
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Deep
Throat:
Justin Sacher, student in the class Uncovering Deep Throat.
Bill Gaines, professor of Journalism at The University of Illinois
Champaign. |
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Beetle
Bailey:
Mort Walker, Beetle Bailey cartoonist, dropped from the Chicago
Tribune.
Terry LaBan, cartoonist, Edge City appears in the Chicago
Sun-Times. |
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Lycee
Francais:
Nancy Lerner is one of the founders of Lycee Francais School
on Irving Park Rd and Marine Drive. |
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June
17, 2002 |
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Guilty
Verdict for Arthur Andersen
David Greising, business reporter |
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A
Terrorist's Tale
Rich Cahan, author of the article "A Terrorist's Tale"
which was published in Chicago Magazine |
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Interview
with the Writer and Director of The Believer
Jonathan Miller, film contributor
Henry Bean, writer and director of the film The Believer |
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New
Chicago Publication for Taxi Drivers
George Lutfallah, managing editor of the Chicago Dispatcher,
a monthly publication for and about taxi drivers |
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Aaron
Freeman on Love
Aaron
Freeman, journalist and comedian |
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Sound
Art
M.W. Burns, sound artist |
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June
14, 2002 |
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White
Soxs and the Cubs Fans
Nancy
Geir, writer
Ronnie Woo Woo, #1 Cubs Fan
John Kass, columnist for the Chicago Tribune and #1 Sox Fan |
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Neil
Steinberg
Neil
Steinberg, author of Don't Give Up the Ship: Finding My Father
While Lost at Sea |
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Father's
Day Essay
Tom Valeo, Chicago writer, former theater critic and father of three |
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Theater
Scene
Collaboration Theatre Company's production of Summer Sketchbook
at the Chopin Theatre |
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Cool
Spot: Dunn's Bridge
Visit what remains of the first Ferris Wheel. More
information about Cool Spots |
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Jazz
Vocalist John Hendricks |
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June
13, 2002 |
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Catholic
Bishops Conference
Kathleen
Falsani, religion reporter for the Chicago Sun-Times
Chirstina Traina, chair of the department of religion at Northwestern
University |
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Chicago
Public School's Budget
Jody Becker, Chicago Public Radio's education reporter |
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Theater
Critics Discuss Their Role
Jonathan Abarbanel, theater contributor and chair of the American
Theatre Critics Association
Alec Harvey, theater critic with the Birmingham Alabama News
Catherine Stadem, theater critic for the Anchorage Alaska News |
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A
Vocational High School's Food Service Training Program
Steve Dolinsky, food contributor, reports from Dunbar Vocational
High School on Chicago's South Side |
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Preparing
a Golf Course for the U.S. Open
Ed Keegan, architecture contributor
David Ward, golf course superintendent at Olympia Fields Country
Club, the site of the 2003 U.S. Open Golf Tournament |
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June
12, 2002 |
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Re-writing
Zoning Laws
Edwards
Kus, executive director of the Zoning Reform Commission for the
City of Chicago
John McCarron, professor of urban planning at Roosevelt University
Blair Kamin, architecture writer for the Chicago Tribune |
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Possible
Links Between Chicago Gangs and Terrorism
Tom Kirkpatrick, president Chicago Crime Commission |
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Health
Care Costs for Older Americans
Quentin Young, M.D., medical contributor
John Rother, director of policy and strategy for AARP |
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Advice
to College Graduates
Amy Krouse Rosenthal, a Chicago writer and the host of the Writers
Block Party on Eight Forty-Eight
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Field
Museum
Charlie Wheelan, economics contributor
John W. McCarter Jr., president and CEO of Field Museum of Natural
History |
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June
11, 2002 |
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Andersen
Trial Update
David
Greising, business writer and columnist for The Chicago Tribune
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How
Rain is Affecting Farmers
Roger
Norem, senior market analyst for Agrivisor Services for the Illinois
Farm Bureau |
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Segway
Human Transporter
Steve
Edwards investigates this new form of transportation for pedestrians. |
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Anniversary
of Theater on the Lake
Tony
Sarabia reports in the Chicago Park District's theater. |
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Pet
Loss Grief Counseling
Illinois
Public Radio's Ali Kawa reports. |
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Buffy
the Vampire Slayer
Wally Podrazik, media contributor |
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Local
Music Corner |
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June
10, 2002 |
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Springfield
Budget Update |
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Sports
Update
Cheryl Raye Stout, sports contributor |
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Hippie
Fringe Essay
Ethel Hammer |
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Theater
Scene
Their Own Words: An Evening with Gielgud, Burton and Oliviet |
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Magnificent
Obsession
Stories of recovery told by those living the experience |
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June
7, 2002 |
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Neighbors
on Devon Avenue
Indian and Pakistani business owners on Chicago's northside. |
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Afriscope
Guerra and Rosa Freitas, of SHAREcircle
in Evanston, Benefit at Ethiopian Diamond Restaurant, 6120 N. Broadway
on Saturday 10pm-2am
Richard Steele, Eight Forty-Eight contributor |
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WOW:
African American Home Ownership
Danny K. Davis, US Representative, 7th district (Dem-IL) |
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Movie
Picks
Jonathan Miller, Eight Forty-Eight film contributor
Films: Landscapes of the Soul: The Cinema of Alexander Dovzhenko,
Gene Siskel Ctr. The Lady and the Duke by Eric Rohmer, Music
Box (6/7) ABC Africa by Abbas Kiarostami, Music Box (6/14) |
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Jack
Benny Days in Waukegan
Eric Blome, sculptor
Richard Hyde, Waukegan mayor
Lynn Shornik, superintendent Waukegan Park District
Wally Podrazik, Eight Forty-Eight media contributor |
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Cool
Spot: Tarzan
Shirley Willard, curator Round Barn Museum, Rochester, Indiana
Jerry Pohlen, contributor, Eight Forty-Eight |
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June
6, 2002 |
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Economic
Wrap-Up
Charlie Wheelan, Eight Forty-Eight economics contributor |
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9/11
Reunion
Dan Burke, passenger aboard United Flight 929 from London to Chicago |
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Our
America Showtime Special
LeAlan Jones, co-author with Lloyd Newman of book: Our America:
Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago
Richard Steele, Eight Forty-Eight contributor |
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Spanish
Wine
Steve Dolinsky, Eight Forty-Eight food contributor |
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Theatre
Scene
The Company of Wayward Saints at Tinfish Theater, 4200 block
of N. Lincoln Ave., Chicago, through June 29th. |
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Schulenberg
Prairie at Morton Arboretum
Craig Johnson, prairie historian |
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June
5, 2002 |
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Emerald
Casino Update
Chris Fusco, reporter Chicago Sun-Times |
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Ethics
in Illinois
Cindy Canary, Director of the Illinois Campaign for Political Reform |
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Andersen
Trial Update
Sara Klein, reporter Crains Chicago Business |
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Summer
Book Bag
Al Gini, Eight Forty Eight resident philosopher |
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Architecture
of Sofitel Hotel
Jean Paul Viguier, architect of Sofitel Chicago Water Tower
Ed Keegan, Eight Forty-Eight architecture contributor |
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Hotel
Art
David Gista, artist of 274 works on display at Sofitel Chicago
Water Tower.
Victoria Lautman, Eight Forty-Eight contributor |
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June
4, 2002 |
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Illinois
State Budget and Health Care
Dr. Quentin Young, MD, Eight FortyiEight's medical contributor |
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O'Hare
Expansion Update
John Pellesero, political science professor at Loyola University
in Chicago |
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Cheese
Ed Janus, Great Lakes Radio Consortium reporter |
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CTA
Etiquette
Anthony Ponce and Michael Schwartz, authors of satirical CTA riders'
brochure |
| Audio |
Writers
Block Party
Amy Krouse Rosenthal, writer and WBP creator
Jon Greene, sparksfkyup.com
James Redfield, raspberry Dreams Music
Brian Andreas, story people.com
Sharon Dornberg |
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Judy
Carmichael
Judy Carmichael, classic jazz pianist |
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June
3, 2002 |
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Illinois
State Budget
Carlos Hernandez-Gomez, political reporter, Chicago Public Radio
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Great
Lakes Naval Station
Scott Rodbro, writer, NPR Next Generation reporter |
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Deer
Hunting Regulations
Sean Johnson, reporter Illinois Public Radio |
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Clark
House Prairie Avenue Historic District
Victoria Lautman |
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Journal
of Ordinary Thought: Pat Guy
Pat Guy, writer, Neighborhood Writer's Alliance Journal of Ordinary
Thought |
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Modeling
Essay
Beth Austin, author |
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A
Sunday Afternoon on La Grand Jatte by George Seurat
Gloria Groom, curator department of European paintings, the Art
Institute of Chicago |