Eight Forty-Eight—May 31, 2006
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Chicago's Housing Market
Dennis Rodkin—Real Estate Columnist, Chicago Magazine
Dennis Rodkin tells us what recent housing figures mean for the Chicago market.
Music Button: Steve Hillman, “Thirties Thing,” from the CD The World Over (Dreamfast Cinema Entertainment) |
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Policing Students' Blogs
Contributor Sandy Hausman reports on a new policy in one suburban high school district that holds students accountable for what they post on the Internet.
Music Button: Eliot Lipp, “Rhyme War,” from the CD Tacoma Mockingbird (Hefty) |
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Kids Witness News
Students from Marcus Garvey School on Chicago's far south
students won a New Vision Award in the Special Effects category for their video titled Kasia Catches the Eye. We listen to an excerpt.
Music Button: Kraak & Smaak, “Keep Me Home” from the cd Boogie Angst (Quango Records) |
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Dunes Hotel
Some Indiana residents are fighting any plans to bring a hotel to the state park lakeshore. Chicago Public Radio’s Mike Puente reports.
Music Button: Kraak & Smaak, “Jolie Banane” from the cd Boogie Angst (Quango Records) |
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Chicago's Chocolatiers
Food contributor Steve Dolinsky visits Chicagoans who have built on the city's history as a candy capital, and are creating high-end custom confections.
Related Links:
Sarah's Pastries and Candies
Vosges Chocolate
CoCo Rouge
Chocolate Gourmet
Music Button: Stevie Wonder, “Do I Do,” from the cd The Definitive Collection (Motown) |
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Real Victories Over Autism
Bob Hughes—English Teacher, Truman College; Author, Running With Walker: A Memoir
Bob Hughes reflects on the real life victories of children with autism.
Music Button: Album Leaf, “Asleep,” from the cd One Day I'll Be On Time (Tiger Style Records) |
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Susan Messer
Photographer: Nancy Hlavacek |
Mapping Oak Park, Part Two
Susan Messer—Writer; Oak Park Resident
We continue our special series getting to know the individuals who make up the Oak Park community.
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Gus Kostopulos
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WEB EXCLUSIVE
Mapping Oak Park
Gus Kostopulos—Architect; Oak Park Resident
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Music Interviews: The 1900's
A group of longtime friends shares their love of vocal harmonies and lush 60s pop by creating their own music, calling the octet The 1900's. They talk with Tony Sarabia in our performance studio.
The 1900s will perform a CD release show for their new album, Plume Delivery (Parasol Records), Saturday, June 3, 2006, at Schubas.
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“Coming Age” |
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“Good Boys” |
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“Oh No” |
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“Whole Law” |
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Eight Forty-Eight—May 30, 2006
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Leasing the Illinois Tollway?
Andrew Bary—Senior Editor, Barron's
First the Skyway, then the Lottery, and now the Illinois Tollway? We look ahead to the first in a series of public hearings exploring plans to privatize the Illinois Tollway by talking with Andrew Bary about what's driving the push to privatize public assets.
Music Button: Ernest Dawkins' New Horizons Ensemble, “Mean Ameen,” from the CD Mean Ameen (Delmark) |
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Does Privatization Make Business Sense?
Business contributor David Greising analyzes the pros and cons of the privatizing push—from the selling of naming rights to the leasing of Midway Airport.
Music Button: Herb Alpert, “El Garbanzo,” from the CD Whipped Cream & Other Delights: Rewhipped (Shout Factory) |
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Looking Back: The Life of George Dunne
CLTV political reporter Carlos Hernandez Gomez joins us to take a look back on the life of former Cook County Board President George Dunne, who died Sunday, May 28, 2006.
Music Button: Spunkshine, “Observing…While At Great Acceleration,” from the CD A Declared State of Belligerence (Academy of Fists Records) |
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Informing on Cops
Chicago Public Radio’s Diantha Parker reports on a how a police brutality lawsuit is affecting the city of Chicago, a public housing resident, and her longtime friend.
Music Button: Eliot Lipp, “Vallejo,” from the CD Tacoma Mockingbird (Hefty Records) |
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Gayle Reidmann
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Mapping Oak, Part One
Gayle Reidmann—Nurse-midwife; Oak Park Resident
Chicago Public Radio's Delia Lloyd begins a series exploring the people of Oak Park, Illinois.
The exhibition You are Here: Oak Park opens Saturday, June 3, 2006, at the Oak Park Main Library.
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Summer Music in Chicago
Jim Derogatis—Co-Host, Sound Opinions; Pop Music Critic, Chicago Sun-Times
From Lollapalooza to the West Loop, Jim DeRogatis previews the 2006 summer concert scene and the ever-changing list of venues. |
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Eight Forty-Eight—May 29, 2006
Pre-empted for Special Programming
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Eight Forty-Eight—May 26, 2006 |
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Month in Review
Steve Rhodes-Editor, The Beachwood Reporter
Wendy Cole-Midwest Correspondent, Time Magazine
Carlos Hernandez Gomez-Political Reporter, CLTV
We’ll discuss the most significant stories of May in our Month in Review. |
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Tutankhamen and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs
David Foster—Project Management Director for Exhibits, The Field Museum
The West Nile virus isn’t the only thing from Egypt infecting Chicagoans. Egyptmania is back! We’ll travel to the Field Museum talk about the return of King Tut and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs.
Tutankhamen and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs is at the Field Museum from May 26, 2006-January 1, 2007. |
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Film Review with Jonathan Miller
Army of Shadows, Jean Pierre Melville's acclaimed 1969 film about the French Resistance during World War II, is released in the United States for the first time. Film Contributor Jonathan Miller has this review.
Army of Shadows plays from Friday, May 26-Wednesday, June 1, 2006 at the Music Box Theatre. |
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Dueling Critics on Theater
Our Dueling Critics Jonathan Abarbanel and Kelly Kleiman spar over Chicago Shakespeare Theater’s production of Henry IV, Parts 1 and 2. They also put the spotlight on Love-Lies-Bleeding playing at the Steppenwolf's Upstairs Theatre and Assassins playing at the Storefront Theatre. |
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Gearing up for Bike Season
Rob Sadowsky—Executive Director, Chicagoland Bicycle Federation
With gas prices and temperatures on the rise, bike sales are soaring. We'll find out what's needed to make the transition from four wheels to two. |
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Taking off the Training Wheels
Thomas Montgomery Fate—Writing Teacher, College of DuPage
The first step for any future cyclist is to learn how to ride. Just ask Chicago writer Thomas Montgomery Fate. As he teaches his own daughter how to ride, he explores the delicate balance of parenting.
Fate is author of Steady & Trembling: Art, Faith, & Family in an Uncertain World. |
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Eight Forty-Eight—May 25, 2006 |
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Hastert Under Investigation?
Lynn Sweet—Columnist, blogger, and Washington Bureau Chief, Chicago Sun-Times Lynn Sweet joins us to discuss the controversy over an ABC News report that U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert is being investigated by the Justice Department in connection with the Jack Abramoff lobbying scandal. She also discusses the immigration bill pending in the Senate.
Music Button: Sad Rockets, “Twenty-Six,” from the CD Transition (Matador)
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Kenilworth Endangered
Ed Keegan—Architect; Writer; Contributor
Ed Keegan visits the Village of Kenilworth after the National Trust for Historic Preservation named it an endangered community.
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Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, “Our House,” from the CD Déjà Vu (Atlantic) |
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The Enduring Luster of the Lustron Home
Tom Fetters—Author, The Lustron Home; Crystal Nield and Shawna McDonough—Lustron homeowners, Lombard, Illinois
Sixty years ago this year, a self-taught engineer from Chicago teamed up with a Cicero company to manufacture thousands of modular, steel houses, known as Lustron Homes, for middle-class, American families and returning GIs. We go inside the story of the Lustron home with residents in Lombard, Illinois, and tell you why these historic houses are increasingly endangered.
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Extreme Home Makeover
Bob Hughes—English Teacher, Truman College
Bob Hughes talks about his dream of getting a makeover for his home.
Hughes is author of Running With Walker: A Memoir.
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Jimi Hendrix, “Red House,” from the CD Are You Experienced? (MCA)
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The Sopranos as Morality Play
Resident philosopher Al Gini considers the power of The Sopranos.
Music Button: A3, “Woke Up This Morning,” from the CD The Sopranos: Music from the HBO Series (Sony) |
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Three to See
Chicago Public Radio’s arts, architecture, and culture editor Edward Lifson shares three not-to-be-missed cultural events.
The Colors of Identity: Polish Art at Home and Abroad, 1890-1939, is on display at the Smart Museum of Art at the University of Chicago through September 17, 2006.
“Bike the Drive” takes place Sunday, May 28, 2006, from 5:30-10 am.
Richard Wilbur receives the 2006 Ruth Lilly Prize from the Poetry Foundation. His work will be performed at the Poetry Tent at the 2006 Chicago Tribune Printers Row Book Fair taking place on Sunday, June 4, 2006, at 2 pm. |
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World Jazz / Jazz Worlds Conference
Travis Jackson—Associate Professor of Music and the Humanities, University of Chicago
Philip Bohlman—Professor of Music and the Humanities; Chair of Jewish Studies, University of Chicago
Richard Steele explores the global impact of the great American music form with Travis Jackson and Philip Bohlman. |
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Eight Forty-Eight—May 24, 2006 |
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The Future of the CSO
Ted Libbey—Commentator, National Public Radio
Wynne Delacoma—Classical Music Critic, Chicago Sun-Times As conductor Daniel Barenboim finishes his tenure at the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Ted Libby and Wynne Delacoma talk about the future leadership of the CSO.
Music Button: Chicago Symphony Orchestra, “Mahler Symphony #5 rondo,” from the CD The Solti Collection (London Records)
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Seniors on Stage
Emilio Ramirez, Raquel M. Ontiveros, Dr. Willie Brown Jr., Dr. Loretta J. Martin—Senior Performers
We meet some seniors who won’t let age slow down their ability to perform and entertain others.
Serendipity: Celebrating Chicago Seniors on Stage is on stage at The Chicago Theatre from Wedesday, May 24, 2006-Thursday, May 25, 2006. |
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Leasing the IL State Lottery
Kip Peterson—CEO, Transnational Market Development Inc., a lottery consulting firm
Governor Rod Blagojevich claims that by leasing the state lottery, Illinois could earn billions more for education. Kip Peterson helps us understand how this would work, why no other states have tried it before, and what may be at stake for the lottery and the state’s schools.
Music Button: Cannonball Adderly, “Bohemia After Dark: Diamond D Remix,” from the CD ReBop: The Savoy Remixes (Savoy)
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Defining Emptiness
Chicago photographer Joel Wanek and 6th graders from Sabin School in Chicago explore the emptiness in their school.
Talkin’ Back 3: Chicago Youth Respond is on display at the Museum of Contemporary Photography at Columbia College from Tuesday, May 23-Saturday, May 27, 2006. |
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Southwest Side Stories: Student Secrets
Our producers from Curie Metro High School’s Curie Youth Radio Project share secrets their parents don’t know...until now!
Music Button: Banda Uniao Black, “Fas Tanto Tempo,” from the CD Latin Travels 2 (6 Degrees) |
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John Stroger's Health
Chicago Public Radio’s Ben Calhoun reports on what we know about the health of Cook County Board President John Stroger and the problem with not knowing more.
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Chicago at Night
We profile Chicago photographer Catherine Opie as a new exhibition of her work opens at the Museum of Contemporary Art.
Catherine Opie: Chicago (American Cities) will be on display at the Museum of Contemporary Art from May 20-October 15, 2006. |
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Eight Forty-Eight—May 23, 2006 |
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Lottery Privatization
What would the privatization of the Illinois lottery do for the current political climate? Daily Herald reporter Eric Krol joins us to discuss Governor Rod Blagojevich’s proposal to sell or lease the state lottery to raise money for schools.
Music Button: Thomas Shumacher, “Heat It Up,” from the CD Electrolush (OM Records) |
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Champion Poet
Faisal Mohyuddin—Poet and teacher
We share the prize winning poetry of Faisal Mohyuddin, a local teacher and winner of the Ray Bradbury Creative Writing Contest for poetry. |
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Jew-ish Tales from Almost, Not Quite, and
In-between
Laurel Snyder—Editor, Half/Life
Margaret Schwartz and Dan Beachy-Quick—Contributors, Half/Life Chicago Public Radio’s Jason DeRose explores being “half-Jewish” with contributors to Half/Life: Jew-ish Tales from Interfaith Homes (Soft Skull Press, 2006).
Related Links:
Jewishy Irishy
Killing the Buddha
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Japancakes, “Vocode-Inn,” from the CD If I Could See Dallas (Kindercore) |
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Focus on Wicker Park, Part One
Author Richard Lloyd discusses the art-based economy and the culture that is centered around Wicker Park coffee shop Urbus Orbis.
Lloyd is author of Neo-Bohemia: Art and Commerce in the Post-Industrial City (Routledge, 2005)
Music Button: Veruca Salt, “Number One Blind,” from the CD American Thighs (Geffen Records) |
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Focus on Wicker Park, Part Two
Wicker Park resident Jan Metzger tells us about her struggle to create a community for her and her family.
Music Button: Urge Overkill, “What’s This Generation Coming To,” from the CD The Stull EP |
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Music Interviews: The Music of The M’s
Chicago Public Radio’s Tony Sarabia continues his local music conversations with the pop band The M’s. |
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Eight Forty-Eight—May 22, 2006 |
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This Week in Politics
Chicago Public Radio’s Ben Calhoun reports on city hall hiring, the Reverend James Meeks’s announcement he won’t run for governor and other political news.
Music Button: Mackrosoft, “Antonio's Giraffe,” from the CD Antonio's Giraffe (Mackrosoft Records) |
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Restructuring Chicago Area Schools
Chicago Public Radio’s Jay Field reports on the moderate changes low-performing schools are making. |
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No Quick Fix
Teacher and contributor Daniel Ferri contemplates the difficulty of fixing schools.
Music Button: Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, “Rococo,” from the CD The Hidden Land (Columbia Records) |
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Merchant of Power Samuel Insull
John Wasik—Columnist, Bloomberg News
John Wasik talks about forgotten energy tycoon Samuel Insull, who started out as Thomas Edison’s private secretary and went on to light up Chicago and turn it into a modern metropolis.
Wasik is the author of The Merchant of Power: Sam Insull, Thomas Edison, and the Creation of the Modern Metropolis (Palgrave Macmillan, 2006) |
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Samuel Insull House
John Burn—Operations Manager and Resident Historian, Cuneo Museum
We tour the Cuneo Museum with John Burn. The museum was once the home of energy tycoon Samuel Insull, and Burn gives us a glimpse of Insull’s retreat from the demands of public life.
The Cuneo Museum is located in Vernon Hills, Illinois.
Music Button: Reginald Robinson, “Ragtime Bobolink,” from the CD Euphonic Sounds(Delmark Records)
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Chicago in the World: Poetry Bangkok Style
Wesley Hsu—Former Naperville Resident; Poet
Writer Rachel Louise Snyder visits former Naperville resident Wesley Hsu, who has created a Poetry Night in Bangkok.
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Music Interviews: Office
Scott Masson—Sculptor; Singer-Songwriter
Scott Masson became fascinated by office themes and used them in his sculptures. Now, he translates them into music. Contributor Althea Legaspi talks with the creative force behind the local band Office.
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Office, “If You Don't Know By Now,” from the CD Q&A (Public Treatments Records) |
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Eight Forty-Eight—May 19, 2006
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Blago Blemishes
Chicago Sun-Times political reporter Chris Fusco fills us in on the Blagojevich administration’s recently exposed “clout list” and other problems plaguing the governor.
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Nixon in China
Brian Dickie—General Director, Chicago Opera Theater
Brian Dickie talks with us about the Chicago premiere of Nixon in China, playing at the Harris Theater through May 27, 2006. |
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Crosstown Classic
Sports contributor Cheryl Raye-Stout previews this weekend’s Sox versus Cubs Crosstown Classic series.
Music Button: Fort Knox Five “The Brazilian Hipster,” from the CD The New Gold Standard (Fort Knox Records) |
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How to Move a College
William Craig Rice—President, Shimer College
One the eve of the last graduation at their Waukegan campus, Shimer College president William Craig Rice speaks with Steve Edwards about the college’s upcoming move to the campus of IIT.
Music Button: Deetron, “Dal Mare,” from the CD Ennio Morricone: Remixes Voume Two (Compost Records) |
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Dueling Critics: The Old Curiosity Shop
Our Dueling Critics Jonathan Abarbanel and Kelly Kleiman take on The Old Curiosity Shop on stage at Lookingglass Theatre through June 11, 2006.
Music Button: Town and Country “Cloud Seeding” from the CD Up Above (Thrill Jockey) |
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Film Friday
Film contributor Jonathan Miller reviews two silent films and previews a French thriller getting its U.S. release 37 years after it was made.
Army of Shadows screens from Friday, May 26-Thursday, June 1, 2006, at the Music Box Theatre. The Italian screens Sunday, May 21, 2006, at 3 pm at the Gene Siskel Film Center. The Unknown screens Friday, May 26, 2006, at 8 pm at Portage Theatre, located at 4050 North Milwaukee Avenue in Chicago. |
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Eight Forty-Eight—May 18, 2006
Pre-empted for CIA Confirmation Hearing
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Eight Forty-Eight—May 17, 2006
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Juvenile Detention Settlement
Chicago Public Radio’s Sonari Glinton fills us in the pending settlement between Cook County and the American Civil Liberties Union to reform the Cook County Temporary Juvenile Detention Center.
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Chicago Matters: Prison School
Chicago Public Radio’s Linda Paul reports on why more juvenile prisoners aren’t getting the education they need.
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What Does Hip Hop Have To Do With It?
Lu Bailey—President, Chicago Council on Urban Affairs
A new survey from the Chicago Council on Urban Affairs looks at how young males see themselves and the impact of hip hop in their lives. Council President Lu Bailey discusses the importance of teaching hip-hop literacy to young men.
The Hip-Hop Generation Workshop takes place Thursday, May 18, 2006, from 9:30 am-3 pm at Roosevelt University’s Sullivan Room.
Music Button: Liftoff, “Autumn,” from the CD The New Gold Standard (Fort Knox Records) |
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Dance Dance Dance!
Lucia Mauro—Dance Contributor
Lucia Mauro shares her suggestions for dance this weekend.
The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater performs at the Auditorium Theatre in Chicago from Thursday, May 18-Sunday, 21, 2006.
Chicago Human Rhythm Project’s National Tap Dance Day Concerts take place at the Vittum Theater from Thursday, May 18-Sunday, 21, 2006.
“Collaborations,” a debut mixed-media dance festival takes place at the Balliwick Theatre from Friday, May 19-Sunday, 21, 2006.
“Who Cares,” Ballet Chicago’s Studio Company, will be performing choreographer George Balanchine’s tribute to George Gershwin’s music at the Athenaeum Theatre from Saturday, May 20-Sunday, 21, 2006.
Music Button: DJ Dolores, “A Espuma dos Dias,” from the CD Aparelhagen (Ziriguiboom Records) |
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Steve Dolinsky and the Slow Drip
Food contributor Steve Dolinsky talks with the owners and growers of Chicago's favorite coffee brand, Intelligentsia.
Music Button: Eleventh Dream Day, “For Everything,” from the CD Zeroes and Ones (Thrill Jockey) |
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Eleventh Dream Day: Zeroes and Ones
Rick Rizzo, Janet Bean, Doug McCombs—Eleventh Dream Day
Eleventh Dream Day founding members sit down to talk about the history of their Chicago band, and about their latest release, Zeroes and Ones (Thrill Jockey Records, 2006).
Eleventh Dream Day performs at a record release show at the Empty Bottle in Chicago at 9 pm on Thursday, May 18, 2006. |
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Eight Forty-Eight—May 16, 2006
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Political Roundtable
María de los Angeles Torres—Associate Professor, Political Science, University of Illinois, Chicago
Jeff Berkowitz—Political Blogger
Charles Thomas—Reporter, ABC Channel 7
María de los Angeles Torres, Jeff Berkowitz, and Charles Thomas join us to discuss the latest political races heating up in the city, county, and state.
Music Button: M.A.N.D.Y. vs. Booka Shade, “Body Language,” from the CD Electrolush (Om Records)
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Detention vs. Intervention
Azim Ramelize—Assistant Commissioner, Chicago's Department of Children and Youth Services
While the Cook County Juvenile Detention Center faces a court order to reform, a pilot program in Area 1 aims to replace juvenile detention with intervention. Azim Ramelize tells us about his plans for the new Juvenile Intervention Support Center.
Music Button: Gang Starr, “Who Got Gunz,” from the CD The Owners: The Instrumentals (Virgin)
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Poetry Out Loud
Ariela Rotenberg—Senior, Walter Payton College Preparatory High School
Ariela Rotenberg is a finalist in the national poetry recitation contest, Poetry Out Loud, sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts and the Chicago-based Poetry Foundation.
She recites “I Go Back to May 1937” by Sharon Olds.
Music Button: Six Parts Seven, “This One Or That One,” from the CD Everywhere and Right Here (Suicide Squeeze Records)
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Abstract Mind Mural
Cathy Craigs, Brandon Jackson, Louise Pappageorge, Jesús Rocha and Paul Sierra—Artists
Artists whose work is featured in the 60-foot Abstract Mind Mural, currently on display through July 7, 2006, at the Museum of Science and Industry, speak about their art.
Related Links:
Neumann Association
The Aldo Castillo Gallery
Music Button: Paco DeLucia, “Ontro Dos Aguas,” from the CD Pa Sabor De Guitarra: La Guitarra Flamenco (Universal) |
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Chicago Matters: JROTC Costs and Quality
Chicago Public Radio’s Robert Wildeboer reports on how much the United States Military is investing in the education of low-income students in Chicago Public Schools. |
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The New Pritzker Consortium on Early Childhood Development
James Heckman—Economics Professor, University of Chicago; 2000 Nobel Prize Laureate
Diane Swonk—Chief Economist, Mesirow Financial
Chicago philanthropist J.B. Pritzker has teamed up with James Heckman to launch a major new research consortium to promote early childhood development. Heckman and Diane Swonk join us to examine the new initiative and why Heckman says there's no better investment in the long term success of kids. |
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Eight Forty-Eight—May 15, 2006
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A Chicago Olympics in 2016?
Mayor Daley is in Beijing to find out how the Chinese are preparing for the 2008 Olympics, but is Chicago really a viable contender for the 2016? And what would a winning bid mean for the city? Business contributor David Greising joins us to discuss the possibilities. |
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Cloud Gate Day
Monday, May 15, 2006, is Cloud Gate Day in Chicago, and Anish Kapoor’s sculpture will be officially dedicated. Chicago Public Radio’s Arts Editor Edward Lifson shares his thoughts on “The Bean.”
Music Button: Marconi Union, “Buildings and People,” from the CD Distance (All Saints Records) |
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Funding Culture
Lawrence Msall—President, Civic Federation
Lawrence Msall joins us to discuss the organization’s new report on funding for cultural institutions in Northeastern Illinois.
Music Button: Art of Tones, “Catch the Pig,” from the CD Electrolush: The Very Best of Minimal and Electro Nouveau (Om Records) |
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L. Frank Baum's 150th
Eric Selinger, Associate Professor of English, DePaul University
On the 150th birthday of L. Frank Baum, Chicago Public Radio’s Jenny Lawton talks with Eric Selinger about the great creator of The Wizard of Oz. |
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Wizard of Oz Vox
Chicago area locals talk about their favorite Wizard of Oz characters.
Music Button: MGM Orchestra, “Main Title,” from the CD The Wizard of Oz: Selections from the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Rhino) |
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Walk, Run, Empower
We share the sounds of the Mother’s Day Y-Me Race for breast cancer in Grant Park. |
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Not seeing, but Still Believing
Contributor Julianne Hill brings us the story of Chicagoan Heidi Musser, the world’s first female blind triathlete.
Related Link:
C Different
Music Button: Aqua Velvets, “Nomad,” from the CD Nomad (Milan Records) |
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Spring Break as a Katrina Volunteer
Recent Illinois State University graduate Evan Allan Gessesse reflects on his spring break working as a volunteer in New Orleans.
His documentary about the experience, Standing on Common Ground, will be screened at The Wild Hare Reggae Club, located at 3530 North Clark Street, on Monday, May 15, 2006, at 8 pm.
Music Button: Border Crossing, “Late Night Skit,” from the CD Ominus (Recall Records |
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Chicago Matters: Little Kids, Big Bucks
Monique Parsons reports on a federally-funded Chicago preschool for low-income families. |
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Preschool Hell
Chicago Public Radio's Delia Lloyd reflects on her search for the right preschool. |
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Eight Forty-Eight—May
12, 2006
with guest host Gretchen Helfrich |
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Burge Hearing
Chicago Public Radio's Diantha Parker reports on the ongoing probe of
police torture by Chicago Police Lieutenant Jon Burge and other officers.
The findings of special prosecutors have still not been made public. |
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Meet Buzz Palmer
Buzz Palmer—Retired Chicago Police Officer; Activist; Organizer
On the eve of his 70th birthday, Buzz Palmer reminisces on a career from
Cold War intelligence to putting race on the international table at the
UN. |
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Art School Confidential
Film contributor Jonathan Miller talks with director Terry
Zwigoff about his new film, Art
School Confidential, which
opens Friday, May 12, 2006, at Landmark Century Center in Chicago. |
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Dueling Critics
Theater critics Jonathan Abarbanel and Kelly Kleiman offer their takes on The
Clean House, which runs through June 4, 2006, at the Goodman
Theater in Chicago. |
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Voices of LaPorte, Indiana
FOUND magazine editor Jason Bitner talks about his new book LaPorte,
Indiana (Princeton Architectural Press, 2006), a collection of
portrait photos he stumbled onto in this quaint Midwest town. Also,
we hear from some of the people depicted on these 40-, 50-year-old photos.
This piece was produced by Dan Collison and Elizabeth Meister for Long Haul Productions in association with Chicago Public Radio. The song “LaPorte, IN” was written and performed by Ted Quinn. |
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Chicagoans Remember their Mothers
We talk to Chicago residents about some of their favorite memories of Mom. |
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Music Interviews: Jim Post: Mark Twain and the Laughing River
Jim Post—Performer; Writer; Musician
Former Chicago folk singer Jim
Post has spent the last
decade interpreting and performing the life and stories
of Mark Twain. Chicago Public Radio's Tony Sarabia
talks with Post about his performance.
Jim Post performs "Mark Twain and the Laughing
River" on Friday, May 12, at the Old
Town School of Folk Music in Chicago. |
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Eight Forty-Eight—May 11, 2006
with guest host Gretchen Helfrich |
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Studying Newspaper Credibility
Ellen Shearer-Assistant Dean, Medill School, Northwestern University; Co-Director, Medill News Service
Ellen Shearer joins us to discuss a recent study on journalists’ attitudes about inaccurate, misleading, and fabricated newspaper reporting. |
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What's Really Wrong with Newspapers?
Charles Madigan, Chicago Tribune
Newspaper circulation has been declining for years. What’s to blame and is there a solution? Charles Madigan joins us to address those questions. |
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The Wright 3
Steve Edwards talks with author Blue Balliett about her new best-seller, The Wright 3 (Scholastic, 2006). The book challenges its readers to solve the mystery of Frank Lloyd Wright’s Robie House.
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Chasing Vermeer
Blue Balliet—Writer
Chasing Vermeer (Scholastic Press, 2004), the blockbuster art mystery that is set in Chicago is a New York Times bestseller. Hyde Park author Blue Balliet discusses the themes of coincidence that run throughout the book.
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The Road to Success
What does the road to success entail? Resident philosopher Al Gini deciphers what it takes to be successful. |
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United to Move?
Business contributor David Greising discusses the possibility of United Airlines moving from the Chicago area. |
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Chicago Matters: Funding for a Critical Language
Chinese has become one of the most popular languages to study in American public schools. Chicago Public Radio’s Diantha Parker reports on Chicago Public School’s Chinese Connection program, which is the largest in the U.S. with 3,500 K-12 students in over 20 schools. |
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Three to See
Chicago Public Radio’s arts, architecture, and culture editor Edward Lifson shares three not-to-be-missed cultural events.
Columbia College Chicago's Manifest Urban Arts Festival takes place Friday, May 12, 2006, from 9 am-9 pm at the intersection of Wabash and Harrison in Chicago’s South Loop.
James Turrell’s observatory, “skyspace,” is open for viewing at the
Earl L. Neal Plaza at University of Illinois at Chicago's South Campus.
Miao Xiachun's Last Judgement in Cyberspace runs through June 2, 2006, at the Walsh Gallery in Chicago. |
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Eight Forty-Eight—May 10, 2006
with guest host Gretchen Helfrich |
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The Suburban Agenda
Chicago Public Radio's Ben Calhoun reports that Republican lawmakers from around the country are drafting a “suburban agenda” to help them hold on to voters in their changing districts. Congressman Mark Kirk of the north suburban Tenth District is a leader.
Music Button: Dave Hoekstra, “Have It All,” from the EP Six Songs (WindDing Records) |
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Chicago Poem
Lake View High School student and Young Chicago Authors Word Crew Team member Matthew Ewing reflects on his life in Chicago.
The Word Crew Team competed in the 2006 Louder Than a Bomb poetry competition. |
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Doug Hoekstra
We share a tune by Chicago-bred and Nashville-based singer, songwriter, and author Doug Hoekstra.
He is playing at Elastic Arts in Chicago on Saturday, May 13, 2006, at 9 pm. |
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The foods of Spain. |
Around the World, Bite by Bite: Spain
Food contributor Steve Dolinsky explores Spanish cuisine in Chicago.
Music Button: Alberto Iglesias, “Raquel by Bau,” from the CD Talk To Her: Original Score (Milan Records) |
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The Magdelenian Girl
William Pestle—Collections Manger, Field Museum’s Anthropology Department
Gianofer Fields talks with William Pestle about the Magdalenian Girl, and how her newly-discovered impacted teeth suggest she wasn’t such a girl after all.
The Magdelenian Girl is part of the Field Museum’s ongoing Evolving Planet exhibition, and is free with admission.
Music Button: Martin Denny, “Coronation,” from the CD The Best of Martin Denny's Exotica (Capitol Records) |
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Chicago Matters: Starving for Education
Patricia Buenrostro—Math teacher
We continue our series with the personal story of a woman who gave up food for the sake of education. |
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Hip Hop Violinist DBR
Daniel Bernard Roumain—Violinist
Steve Edwards meets Hip Hop violinist Daniel Bernard Roumain in the Chicago Public Radio performance studio.
He performs his Voodoo Violin Concerto on Sunday, May 14, 2006, at the Lund Auditorium in River Forest and Monday, 15, 2006, at Orchestra Hall in Chicago. |
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Eight Forty-Eight—May 9, 2006
with guest host Gretchen Helfrich |
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Heat on the Mayor
Chicago Public Radio’s Ben Calhoun reports on the upcoming trial of Daley aide Robert Sorich, and on hints that Congressman Luis Gutierrez may be considering a run for mayor.
Music Button: Fernando Antonio Pearson, “Street Corner Talk,” from the CD Cinemaphonic: Electro Soul (Emperor Norton) |
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Studio 312: Conan O’Brien
Conan O'Brien—Late Show host
Studio 312's Jimmy Carrane talks with Conan O'Brian, host of “Late Night with Conan O'Brien.” O’Brien is filming the show at The Chicago Theatre from Tuesday, May 9-Friday, May 12, 2006.
Music Button: The Bamboos, “Eel Oil,” from the CD Step It Up (Ubiquity) |
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Riding the Loop Tour Train
We share the sounds of the CTA’s Loop Tour Train, which started its season May 6, 2006. The Loop Tour Train is free and departs four times every Saturday from the Randolph and Wabash CTA train stop.
Tickets are available at the Tourist Visitor Information Center at the Chicago Cultural Center. |
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Samba and Maggie May
Writer and contributor Gail Isaacson remembers moving from Chicago to Three Oaks, Michigan—without her beloved dog Samba. |
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Indie Label Series: Numero Group
Ken Shipley—Co-Founder, Co-Owner of Numero Group
We continue our series profiling local record labels with Numero Group, a Chicago-based indie that reissues overlooked treasures from obscure soul labels. Chicago Public Radio's Dan Bindert sits down with Ken Shipley.
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Indie Label Series: Hefty Records
John Hughes—Owner, Hefty Records; Producer; Musician
As part of our series profiling local record labels, Hefty Records founder, producer, and musician John Hughes III tells us about the “future roots music” of his label.
Originally broadcast May 2, 2006 |
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Chicago Matters: From Desde, Mexico to Waukegan, IL, Part Two
Chicago Public Radio’s Catrin Einhorn brings us part two of the story examining the Desde, Mexico-Waukegan, Illinois, connection. We pick up the story in Waukegan, following students from Mexico as they adapt to their new public schools. |
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Music Interviews: Russian Circles
Chicago Public Radio’s Tony Sarabia profiles local instrumental rock band Russian Circles. |
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Eight Forty-Eight—May 8, 2006
with guest host Gretchen Helfrich |
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Cook County Nurses
Sheilah Garland-Olaniran—Coordinator for Collective Bargaining, Chicago Office of the National Nurses Organizing Committee
After some progress in negotiations, Cook County nurses avoided a strike, but organizers say the option is still on the table. Sheilah Garland-Olaniran explains what the nurses are looking for from the county.
Music Button: Nicola Conte, “Jet Sounds,” from the CD Jet Sounds Revisited (ESL Records) |
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Medical Check Up with Quentin Young
Medical contributor Dr. Quentin Young looks back 100 years to the tuberculosis outbreak in Chicago and explores the city’s preparedness for another pandemic.
The American Lung Association of Metropolitan Chicago celebrates its 100th Anniversary with a reception on Wednesday, May 10, 2006, at the Museum of Contemporary Art, and a touring exhibition documenting its history.
Music Button: Megashira, “At Last,” from the CD Saint-Germain des Pres Café, Volume One (Wagram Records) |
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The Dark Side of Cute
Dr. Leigh Van Valen—Professor of Ecology and Evolution, University of Chicago
Producer and Correspondent Gianofer Fields talks with Leigh Van Valen about the evolutionary benefit of cuteness… and its darker side.
Music Button: Eliot Lipp, “Hefty Naked: Ninja Remix,” from the CD History is Bunk Pt. 1 (Hefty Records) |
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Uptown Appalachia
Author Jeff Biggers tells us about Chicago’s connection to Appalachia.
Biggers is the author of United States of Appalachia: How Southern Mountaineers Brought Independence, Culture and Enlightenment to America (Shoemaker & Hoard, 2006). |
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Urban Coyotes
The Great Lakes Radio Consortium's Lester Graham reports on the increased urban population of coyotes.
Music Button: Chet Atkins, Sweet Alla Lee, from the CD Almost Alone, Sony music |
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A Teacher at Graduation
Jeff Libman—ESL Instructor, Truman College
As Chicago writer Jeff Libman prepares to watch his students cross the stage, he remembers one of his teachers…and hopes that some of his students someday remember him.
Libman is author of An Immigrant Class: Oral Histories from Chicago's Newest Immigrants.
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Dubtribe Sound System, “Samba Dub,” from the CD Bryant Street (Jive Select Records) |
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Javier Echevarria Machuca attended kindergarten in Waukegan and is now a third grader in La Higuera, Michoacan. |
Chicago Matters: From Desde, Mexico to Waukegan, IL, Part One
Chicago Public Radio's Linda Lutton reports from Mexico, which sends the largest number of new immigrants to Chicago-area schools. |
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Eight Forty-Eight—May 5, 2006
with guest host Gretchen Helfrich
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State Budget Passes Senate
Illinois Public Radio's Sean Crawford joins us with details on the $56 billion budget passed Thursday, May 4, 2006, by the Illinois Senate. |
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75 Years of Waa-Mu
Chicago Public Radio’s Jenny Lawton reports on the Waa-Mu show Jubilee!, which celebrates the 75th anniversary of the Northwestern University musical revue. Performances run through May 7, 2006. |
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Bulls Are Out
The Bulls’ loss to Miami on Thursday, May 4, 2006, takes them out of the running for the championship. Sports contributor Cheryl Raye-Stout joins us with a recap of the game.
Music Button: Cannonball Adderly, “Bohemia After Dark: Diamond D Remix,” from the CD Re-Bop: The Savoy Remixes (Savoy) |
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The MBA Championships
Chicago Public Radio's Jay Field talks with two University of Illinois at Chicago students about their business plan that has landed them in Austin, Texas, for the Super Bowl of World Business-Plan Competition. |
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Life’s Hurtles
Contributor Beth Finke weighs in on the story of paralyzed thoroughbred trainer Dan Hendricks. Hendricks is the trainer for Brother Derek, the favorite in the Kentucky Derby taking place Saturday, May 6, 2006.
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Music Button: The Waybacks, “From the Pasture,” from the CD From the Pasture to the Future (Compass Records) |
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Bach Week Festival
We hear a selection from Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto Number 1. The piece will be performed Sunday, May 7, 2006, at the 33rd Annual Bach Week Festival in Evanston.
The Bach Week Festival starts Friday, May 5, 2006, and runs through Sunday, May 13, 2006, at Nichols Hall at the Music Institute of Chicago. |
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Film Around—and Outside—the Globe
Film contributor Jonathan Miller reviews Chicago filmmaker Jim Finn's Interkosmos showing May 7 and 11, 2006, at the Gene Siskel Film Center. He also looks at films from the Global Lens 2006 Film Festival at Landmark Century Centre through May 12, 2006. |
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Dueling Critics: Hecuba
Our dueling critics Kelly Kleiman and Jonathan Abarbanel take on Hecuba, playing at the Shakespeare Theater on Navy Pier in Chicago through June 18, 2006. |
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Eight Forty-Eight—May 4, 2006 |
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Moving Out: Studies of Domestic Migration
Ken Johnson—Professor of Sociology, Loyola University, Chicago
Not only are Americans leaving cities for rural areas, recent reports have shown population decreases throughout the Chicago area and the Midwest. Ken Johnson discusses his most recent data looking at people moving within the United States.
Related Link:
Recent Demographic Trends in the U.S.
Music Button: Ry Cooder, “Theme from Alamo Bay,” from the CD Music by Ry Cooder (Warner Bros. Records) |
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Fort Atkinson, IA, 2003
Photo courtesy of David Plowden |
A Handful of Dust
Photographer David Plowden reflects on the changing landscape of rural America.
Plowden will be signing copies of his latest book A Handful of Dust: Photographs of Disappearing America (W. W. Norton, 2006) on May 13th, 2006, from 4-5:30 pm at The Book Stall in Winnetka.
Music Button: Ry Cooder, “Archie's Funeral,” from the CD Music by Ry Cooder
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Three to See
Chicago Public Radio’s arts, architecture, and culture editor Edward Lifson shares three not-to-be-missed cultural events.
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“Kick off Ragdale’s 30th Anniverary, Honor Howard van Doren Show’s Birthday, and Preview the Summer Public Tour Season!”
Enjoy free tours of the house and grounds, an artist’s studio, and author reading on Sunday, May 7, 2006, at The Ragdale House.
Apollo Chorus of Chicago performs Cathedral Concerts—Flights of Faith at Fourth Presbyterian Church on May 7, 2006, at 3 pm. |
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Psst, I have Something to Tell You, Mi Amor
We share a scene from the Ana Castillo’s play, Psst, I have Something to Tell You, Mi Amor. The play, directed by Henry Godinez, will be performed at the Athenaeum Theater on Thursday, May 4, 2006, through May 7, 2006.
On May 18, 2006, Castillo and Godinez will hold a conversation on the staging of the play at 6 pm in the DePaul Student Center in Lincoln Park.
Music Button: Eliot Lipp, “Rhyme War,” from the CD Tacoma Mockingbird (Hefty Records) |
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Eliot Lipp
Eliot Lipp—Composer; Producer
Onetime Chicagoan Eliot Lipp drops his instrumental hip-hop beats and talks about his music, his inspiration, and his latest release, Tacoma Mockingbird (Hefty Records, 2006).
Lipp performs Friday, May 5, 2006, at The Kinetic Playground in Chicago’s Uptown neighborhood.
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Chicago Matters: The Business of Tutoring
Chicago Public Radio’s Jay Field evaluates whether tutoring is the best use of dollars when it comes to improving test scores for at risk students. |
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Hop-Fu
The Museum of Contemporary Art is putting on a Hip-Hop Theater Festival from Thursday, May 4-Saturday, May 6, 2006. We preview one of the shows with the beats of DJ Excess. |
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Eight Forty-Eight—May 3, 2006 |
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CTA Begins Circle Line Meetings
Jackie Leavy—Executive Director, Neighborhood Capital Budget Group
We talk with Jackie Leavy about what she says is a lack of community input into the CTA's expansion plans. |
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Designing the Circle Line
Noelle Gaffney—Chicago Transit Authority Spokesperson
Noelle Gaffney responds to claims that the transit agency is ignoring transit-poor neighborhoods while pushing forward on the Circle Line project.
Music Button: Red Norvo, “Night and Day: The DJ Logic Remix,” from the CD ReBop: The Savoy Remixes (Savoy Jazz) |
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Quieting Crossings
The Great Lakes Radio Consortium’s Chris Lehman reports on how some Illinois counties
are taking steps to make trains a little less intrusive on the lives of those who live and work near the railroad tracks.
Music Button: Lonnie Smith, “Where It’s At,” from the CD Boogaloo To Beck (Scufflin’ Records) |
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Feminine Spirituality
Mary Ruth Broz and Barbara Flynn—Co-Founders, Wellstreams Center for Feminine Spirituality
Contributor Judy Valente talks with Mary Ruth Broz and Barbara Flynn about their new book Midwives of an Unnamed Future: Spirituality for Women in Times of Unprecedented Change (ACTA Publications, 2006).
Wellstreams Center for Feminine Spirituality is located at 513 West Fullerton Avenue in Chicago. Call 773-388-0940 for more information.
Music Button: Thievery Corporation/Anoushka Shankar, “Beloved,” from the CD Versions (ESL Records) |
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Dating in the City
Contributor and writer Cara Jepsen says yes to dating. |
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Chicago Matters: Those That Can…Do: Fall of the Cool Teacher
Steve Hartley—7th Grade Teacher
Steve Hartley tells his story of struggling to be the kind of teacher they make movies about. He encountered all sorts of barriers that got in the way—access to resources, disinterested students, a Kafka-esque school system—and, most of all, his own ego. |
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Wordplaygrounds
John O’Connor—English Teacher, New Trier High School
John O’Connor talks about his new book Wordplaygrounds: Reading, Writing and Performing Poetry in the English Classroom (National Council of Teachers of English, 2004). |
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Eight Forty-Eight—May 2, 2006 |
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Immigrant Movements in History
Dominic Pacyga—Professor of History, Columbia College Chicago
Dominic Pacyga tells us how yesterday's immigrant rally compares with past immigrant movements in Chicago. |
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Newsman Walter Jacobson
We talk with longtime Chicago news anchor and commentator Walter Jacobson as he prepares to step down from his duties at WFLD-TV Fox 32.
Music Button: Ulrich Schnauss, “Clear Day,” from the CD A Strangely Isolated Space (Domino Records) |
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Inside the Textile Outlet
Eight Forty-Eight's Gianofer Fields takes us inside Pilsen's Textile Outlet with its creaking floors, rough wooded staircases, bright lights, and many colors.
The Textile Outlet is located at 2121 West 21st Street in Chicago's Pilsen neighborhood. |
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Indie Label Series: Hefty Records
John Hughes—Owner, Hefty Records; Producer; Musician
As part of our series profiling local record labels, Hefty Records founder, producer, and musician John Hughes III tells us about the “future roots music” of his label.
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Indie Label Series: Tight Ship Records
Barry Phipps—Owner, Tight Ship Records;
Co-Founder, North Branch Studios; Owner, Beep Media
Barry Phipps talks to Chicago Public Radio’s Joe DeCeault about the online-exclusive label, Tight Ship Records, and the digital dissemination of rock and roll.
Originally broadcast April 25, 2006 |
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Integrating Chicago Public Schools
Chicago Public Radio’s Jay Field reports on the expected settlement between Chicago Public Schools and the U.S. Justice Department over the 25-year-old desegregation consent decree. |
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Chicago Matters: Breaking the Mold
Some of Chicago Public Schools' most successful reform efforts have been achieved by incorporating the arts into a school’s curriculum. Chicago Public Radio’s Jenny Lawton reports on Chicago Arts Partnerships in Education's struggle to change school culture by refocusing on educating “the whole child.” |
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Eight Forty-Eight—May 1, 2006 |
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Immigration Rally Today
Chicago Public Radio’s Catrin Einhorn reports live from Union Park in Chicago, where immigrants and supporters are converging for a march and rally in support of immigrant rights. |
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Chicago’s Little Village
Chicago Public Radio's Michael Puente takes us to the commercial heart of Chicago's Mexican community. |
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Live From 26th Street
Eight Forty-Eight producer Madeleine Bair reports live from Little Village's 26th Street corridor.
Music Button: Nomo, “Divisions,” from the CD Newtones (Ubiquity Records) |
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Jim Oberweis
Former GOP Illinois gubernatorial and U.S. Senate candidate Jim Oberweis, who made illegal immigration a prominent topic in his campaigns, talks about his opposition to the question of amnesty.
Music Button: Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass, “Butterball,” from the CD Whipped Cream and Other Delights: Rewhipped (Shout Factory Records) |
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Haymarket History
We find out how May 1 became a day to commemorate international labor struggles. |
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Monday Morning Business Update
Business contributor David Greising reports on the state of organized labor in today's workforce and the role of the union in the immigration debate.
Music Button: Medeski Martin and Wood, “Note Bleu,” from the CD Note Bleu, (Blue Note Records) |
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Hyphen-Nation
Chicago writer Jeff Libman reflects on the mixed identities of Americans today.
Libman is the author of An Immigrant Class: Oral Histories from Chicago's Newest Immigrants.
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The Mercury Program, “Re-inventing a Challenge for Machines,” from the CD From the Vapor of Gasoline (Tigerstyle Records)
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Silk Road Chicago
The Silk Road Project will announce a major collaboration with Chicago arts institutions on Tuesday, May 2, 2006. Chicago Public Radio’s Jenny Lawton reports. |
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Chicago Matters: Young and Gifted
Sandy Hausman brings us a profile of a gifted student enrolled in a school without the strategies or resources to challenge its gifted students. |
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