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    Mar 15, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  1. 'Book of My Lives': Aleksander Hemon's remarkable tale

    Aleksandar Hemon landed in the United States two decades ago, January 1992. He was 27, a young Bosnian journalist from Sarajevo arriving on a one-month visa, arranged through a cultural exchange program sponsored by the State Department. Just after he arrived, war broke out in Yugoslavia. Hemon was stranded. In the years since, as he settled into this country and became an acclaimed writer — became one of Chicago's finest contemporary writers and arguably its most important literary talent since Saul Bellow — Hemon has told this immigration story many, many times.
    Aleksandar Hemon landed in the United States two decades ago, January 1992. He was 27, a young Bosnian journalist from Sarajevo arriving on a one-month visa, arranged through a cultural exchange program sponsored by the State Department. Just after he...

    Tags: Northwestern University, Sports, Book, Andy Wachowski, Authors

    2. Feb 20, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  2. Confronting artist Kara Walker

    Kara Walker will be difficult. This gets whispered to you by enough people in the art world and you start to believe it: She's humorless!
    Kara Walker will be difficult. This gets whispered to you by enough people in the art world and you start to believe it: She's humorless! Confrontational! Intimidating! David Mamet intimidating! And this week, before the Thursday opening of “...

    Tags: Woody Allen, The Rolling Stones (music group), Slavery, Whitney Museum, Entertainment

    3. Feb 19, 2013 |Story| Daily Pilot

  3. UCI professor selected for national honor

    A UC Irvine sociology professor has been elected to the National Academy of Education for his work studying students in immigrant families, the university announced Tuesday.
    A UC Irvine sociology professor has been elected to the National Academy of Education for his work studying students in immigrant families, the university announced Tuesday. Rubén Rumbaut is the second UCI professor to be selected for the academy, which...

    Tags: Teaching and Learning, Teachers, Sociology, U.S. Department of Education, Politics

    4. Feb 1, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  4. Author George Saunders maps the origins of his writing

    We sped south on Cicero Avenue. Through Oak Lawn, Alsip, Crestwood, a flat, aging strip-malled landscape of crumbling pizza joints and ancient tanning parlors, fast-food chains, tile-supply stores and —
    We sped south on Cicero Avenue. Through Oak Lawn, Alsip, Crestwood, a flat, aging strip-malled landscape of crumbling pizza joints and ancient tanning parlors, fast-food chains, tile-supply stores and — "Wow!" I shouted, "Look! The Brazen Head!"...

    Tags: Human Interest, Colleges and Universities, Science and Technology, The New York Times, Walmart

    5. Jan 22, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  5. Carl Woese dies at 84; evolutionary biologist

    Before Carl R. Woese, science divided the living world into two types of organisms: bacteria and everything else.
    Before Carl R. Woese, science divided the living world into two types of organisms: bacteria and everything else. But the University of Illinois professor and colleagues in the 1970s discovered that microbes now called archaea look like bacteria but...

    Tags: Colleges and Universities, Science and Technology, Entertainment Events, Science, Urbana (Champaign, Illinois)

    6. Jan 18, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  6. Anna Deavere Smith wins $300,000 Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize

    Anna Deavere Smith, famed for creating one-woman, documentary theater pieces about taut social issues in which she portrays multiple people she’s interviewed, has won the $300,000 Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize, one of the most lucrative awards in the arts and literature.
    Anna Deavere Smith, famed for creating one-woman, documentary theater pieces about taut social issues in which she portrays multiple people she’s interviewed, has won the $300,000 Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize, one of the most lucrative awards in...

    Tags: Human Interest, Los Angeles Riots (1992), Anna Deavere Smith, Robert Wilson, AIDS

    7. Jan 17, 2013 |Story| Coastline Pilot

  7. Our Laguna: Music scoring big with Laguna Beach Live!

    Music has always been a part of Laguna's art culture, but it has a hit-or-miss history. Lyric Opera Co. was founded here, leading to the formation of Opera Pacific, which moved out of town. The Laguna Chamber Music Society presented concerts at the Artists Theatre until it moved to the Barkley while the high school was being renovated and never came back. The Pacific Symphony played chamber music concerts in the theater until school officials no longer would clear the calendar for them.
    Music has always been a part of Laguna's art culture, but it has a hit-or-miss history. Lyric Opera Co. was founded here, leading to the formation of Opera Pacific, which moved out of town. The Laguna Chamber Music Society presented concerts at the...

    Tags: Concerts, Paul Freeman, Entertainment, Entertainment Events, Artists

    8. Nov 29, 2012 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  8. Arts groups to benefit from grant

    Tribune reporter
    On Tuesday at the headquarters of the Yollocalli Arts Reach program in Pilsen, Alex Aguilar was hunched over a piece of 8-by-11 paper, carefully outlining the word “Chicago” in cursive. He drew the city skyline rising from the tops of the...

    Tags: Pilsen, Steppenwolf Theatre, Arts, Arts and Culture, National Museum of Mexican Art

    9. Nov 27, 2012 |Story| Daily Pilot

  9. Classically Trained: From Handel to hand bells, a packed December

    December is going to be a busy month for the Pacific Symphony, which will play favorites of both the holidays and the classics in the coming weeks. Acclaimed American cellist Alisa Weilerstein is the featured soloist Dec. 6 through 8 for Dvorak's...

    Tags: John Alexander, Concerts, Entertainment, Theater, Entertainment Events

    10. Oct 19, 2012 | Chicago Tribune

  10. Reconstructed columnist makes good

    Change of Subject
    Longtime readers may remember my distance-running duels in the late 1990s with Elmhurst Press columnist Jack Zimmerman. Well, he left journalism many years ago to become subscriber relations manager for the Lyric Opera of Chicago, but continued writing in...
    11. Nov 14, 2012 | Chicago Tribune

  11. New poll: Americans want to standardize elections

    Change of Subject
    This news release from the McArthur Foundation today underscores the point of my column today: Eighty-eight percent of Americans who voted in last week’s election support establishing national standards for voting, including the hours polls are...
    12. Nov 13, 2012 | Chicago Tribune

  12. Election fantasies: 9 ideas to ‘fix that’

    Change of Subject
    Pretend for a moment — and I know this is crazy, but stick with me — but just pretend that we want it to be easy for every eligible person to vote, and for the results of elections to reflect......
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