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Book review: 'Dreams & Schemes: My Decade of Fun in the Sun' by Steve Lopez
Special to the Los Angeles TimesDreams & Schemes: My Decade of Fun in the Sun Steve Lopez Camino Books: 309 pp., $17.95 paper At most newspapers the first-person singular pronoun, like the nuclear football, is entrusted to one person at a time. Usually cityside columns go to native...Tags: Boyle Heights, Roger M. Mahony, Los Angeles, Politics, Pittsburg (Contra Costa, California)
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November 26: Author - James Ballowe Talks About His Book, Christmas In Illinois
WGN NewsChristmas in Illinois To purchase a copy of the book: Christmas in Illinois Events: Saturday, November 27 2:00 p.m. Anderson's Bookshop Naperville Saturday, December 4 2:00 p.m. Morton Arboretum Bookstore Lisle Saturday, December 11 2:00 p.m. The...Tags: Religious Festivals, Colleges and Universities, Industrial Accidents, Winnetka (Cook, Illinois), Illinois
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Through a lens
It goes without saying, though I'll say it anyway, that Charles Osgood is my favorite photographer, but it was nice to see many other great Tribune photographers gathered Tuesday in the Tower, talking about their work in a new book, "Chicago in Season."...Tags: Human Interest, Journalism, Photography, Mel Brooks, Tom Wolfe
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Chicago food
With Taste of Chicago opening this Friday in a city once described as the "Hog Butcher of the World," let's take a look at 10 culinary curiosities:
Centuries ago, one place along Lake Michigan developed a stinky reputation. Smelly plants (variously...Tags: Carol Moseley Braun, Politics, Illinois, Hot Dogs, Consumer Goods Industries
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It's Christmastime in Chicago
I have seen a couple of little girls walk from a roller coaster at Navy Pier's Winter Wonderfest dizzy with delight; had a man on Michigan Avenue call me a "------ Scrooge" when I refused to give him "$42 dollars so I can have train fare to visit my...Tags: Christianity, Religious Festivals, Ulysses S. Grant, Detroit, Colleges and Universities
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December 30: Author - Larry Bennett Talks About His Book, The Third City: Chicago and American Urbanism
WGN NewsThe Third City To purchase a copy of the book: The Third City: Chicago and American Urbanism (Chicago Visions and Revisions) When Richard M. Daley was elected mayor of Chicago, the city was paralyzed by political infighting and mismanagement. It had...Tags: Richard M. Daley, Millennium Park, Politics, Gang Activity, Elections
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September 29: Author - David Royko Talks About His Book, Royko in Love
WGN NewsDavid Royko To purchase a copy of the book: Royko in Love: Mike's Letters to Carol Book Signing: Saturday, October 2 10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Ann Sather's Dave's website: www.davidroyko.com Street-smart, wickedly funny, piercingly perceptive, and...Tags: Washington (U.S. state), Pulitzer Prize Awards, WGN
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Mike Royko...smitten: son publishes love letters by future columnist during time in Air Force
Literary editor"Royko in Love: Mike's Letters to Carol" Edited by David Royko University of Chicago Press, $24, 254 pages This city worships Mike Royko as an icon; the sharp-tongued, Pulitzer Prize-winning newspaper columnist who feared no one. Whether people sat...Tags: Mass Media, Armed Forces, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Defense, Arts and Culture
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Jerry Brown -- California's Marathon Man
MARTIN F. NOLAN covered national politics for the Boston Globe for 40 years.IN 1972, Robert Redford played the title role in "The Candidate," a movie about a young California politician with an uneasy relationship with his father, a former governor played by Melvyn Douglas. Ever since, Jerry Brown has been a mirror and a...Tags: Government, Politics, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jerry Brown, Satellite Technology
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'Hizzoner' an astonishing look at tragic side of Richard J. Daley
Tribune theater criticMayor Richard J. Daley seems a stretch as a tragic figure. No Hamlet, no Claudius, surely no Othello, resides at 3536 S. Lowe Ave. in Bridgeport. You could argue there's questionable magnitude in dolling out city patronage jobs to well-behaved acolytes or...Tags: Literature, Chicago White Sox, Jesse Jackson, Politics, John F. Kennedy
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Hey good lookin'!
Tribune senior correspondentWe sure don't like our wrinkles! After the on anti-aging goos, readers want to join the conversation. Thanks for your suggestions on other things to try (or reject). In the interest of all of us who want to remain young, here you go: Anna Gunter Kaplan,...Tags: Public Relations, Industrial Accidents, Politics, Allergies, Sanjay Gupta
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Futile lords? '06 Cubs in bad company
Tribune staff reporterWhen the Cubs began to become respectable in the late 1960s after 20 years of second-division finishes, columnist Mike Royko decried the rise of bandwagon-jumping fans. "Are they really Cubs fans?" Royko wrote in a 1968 Chicago Daily News column. "Were...Tags: Sports, Lou Boudreau, Colleges and Universities, History, New York Mets
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