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City Lights: Creating a career
There's a great and little-known song by the 1960s British band the Creation called "Painter Man," which laments the difficulty a former art student has trying to find a job to suit his talents. The song's narrator studies hard to earn his degree, then...Tags: Conservation, Natural Resources, American Legion, Arts and Culture, Wildlife
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Marylin Hudson dies at 76; book critic co-founded Round Table West
A book club with a Hollywood sheen, the monthly literary luncheon known as Round Table West, took root in 1977 at a ballroom in the Ambassador Hotel and grew into the largest such gathering in the nation.
Public relations executive Marylin Hudson was one...Tags: Hollywood (Los Angeles, California), Cancer, Jane Russell, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, California
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Our Real Heroes Don't Kill Black Kids
Joe R. Hicks is a social critic, commentator and vice president of Community Advocate Inc. He formerly directed the activities of the Los Angeles Human Relations Commission and Southern Christian LeadLURKING BEHIND the question of "Should Tookie die?" being pondered by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger are the troubling attempts by some of Stanley Tookie Williams' supporters to present the Crips' purported co-founder as a role model for inner-city youth....Tags: 50 Cent, Hollywood (Los Angeles, California), Iraq War (2003-2011), U.S. Supreme Court, Drug Trafficking
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ABC Lines Up Oprah's 'Legends'
Zap2It.comABC is bringing Oprah Winfrey to primetime during May sweeps, scheduling a special that looks back at the daytime TV titan's "Legends Ball" last year. The hour-long special, appropriately titled "Oprah Winfrey's Legends Ball," will feature footage from...Tags: Sidney Poitier, African Americans, Minority Groups, Folklore and Mythology, Arts and Culture
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LOVE the poet
Sun ReporterHometown: Baltimore Current members: Michelle "LOVE" Nelson Founded in: 2001 Style: performance poetry Influenced by: Lauryn Hill, Erykah Badu, Maya Angelou Notable: On her two albums, "LOVE's Journey ... It Begins" and "LOVE's Journey ... The Middle...Tags: Lauryn Hill
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REV. DANIEL MCCORMACK: Accused priest was rising star
Tribune staff reportersCalled to the priesthood as an Irish-Catholic boy, Rev. Daniel McCormack followed a path that led him into the heart of the African-American community. He learned to preach as few Roman Catholic priests could, firing up the faithful in the rolling...Tags: Arts and Culture, Hospitals and Clinics, Petroleum Industry, St. Patrick's Day, Chicago White Sox
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Delray Beach exhibit shows works of watercolorist Dean Mitchell
South Florida Sun-SentinelLike most artists, Dean Mitchell always painted what he knew. Cypress trees. Tobacco barns. People. "My uncle Ben and stuff like that." Then, as now, his artistic influences were Rembrandt, Edward Hopper and Andrew Wyeth. The people he knew and painted...Tags: Louis Armstrong, Edward Hopper, African Americans, Minority Groups, Hallmark Greeting Card
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At Akwaaba B&B, curl up with writers
Sun StaffAuthor Walter Mosley's room is dark and mysterious with midnight-blue walls, black velvet drapes and lamps that shine interrogationlike spotlights across the walls. It's a room befitting the popular creator of a series of detective novels. Toni Morrison'...Tags: Zora Neale Hurston, Education, Arts and Culture, Washington (U.S. state), Langston Hughes
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Tears, songs and prayers help to heal
Tribune staff reportersFor three minutes, the only sounds at Daley Plaza were the crisp whipping of flags and the tolling of bells on a September day as bright and blue as one exactly a year ago. Shoulder to shoulder, with heads bowed, thousands stood quietly at Chicago's...Tags: Harold Washington, American Airlines, Inc., Spider-Man (fictional character), Air Transportation, Arts and Culture
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The early Wrights
Special to the Tribune"Have you ever ridden an ordinary bicycle?" we are asked by ranger Bob Petersen. We politely answer, "of course," though we wonder what on earth this has to do with the upcoming centennial of flight. Petersen then takes us to a most extraordinary...Tags: Science and Technology, African Americans, Minority Groups, Arts and Culture, Travel
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Resources To Find More on Slavery In Connecticut
The Hartford CourantA listing of recommended books, films, websites and places to visit in Connecticut to learn more about the state's historical involvement with slavery. • • • BOOKS: "Native People of Southern New England, 1500-1650," by Kathleen Joan Bragdon,...Tags: Movies, Sherman Edwards, Yale University, Education, Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art
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Best sellers for the week
Publishers WeeklyHere are the best sellers for the week that ended Saturday, Dec.10, compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide. (Reprinted from Publishers Weekly, published by Cahners Publishing...Tags: James Patterson , John Grogan, Michael Crichton, Washington (U.S. state), Reed Elsevier
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