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News & Features, Deanna Isaacs on Culture, Jan 15, 2013
"Whose idea was this?"

A judge's dismissal of the Prentice preservationists' case leaves a window open.
- by Deanna Isaacs
- Tags: Deanna Isaacs on Culture, Prentice Hospital, preservation, landmark status, landmarks, Chicago Architecture Club, Chicago Architecture Foundation, Edward Torrez, Alan Cubbage, BauerLatoza Studio, architecture, Landmarks Illinois, National Trust for Historic Preservation, Bertrand Goldberg, Neil H. Cohen, Commission on Chicago Landmarks, Northwestern University, Mardell Nereim, public notice, due process, Martin Sinclair, lawsuits

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News & Features, Deanna Isaacs on Culture, Dec 28, 2012
After the Newtown shootings, another tragedy revisited

Victory Gardens Theater revives The Warriors
- by Deanna Isaacs
- Tags: Deanna Isaacs on Culture, Mary Hollis Inboden, The Warriors, Kimberly Senior, Evan Linder, The Warriors for Newton, Jonesboro, Arkansas, Westside Middle School shooting, Jonesboro shooting, New Colony, Will Rogers, theater, benefits, Newton, Connecticut, Sandy Hook school shooting, school shootings, Victory Gardens Theater

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News & Features, Deanna Isaacs on Culture, Dec 5, 2012
At Victory Gardens, a bitter uprooting

The city's playwright-driven theater weeds out the old
- by Deanna Isaacs
- Tags: Deanna Isaacs on Culture, Dennis Zacek, Chay Yew, playwright-centered theater, Sandy Shinner, theater, Actors' Equity, Douglas Post, playwrights' ensemble, Marcelle McVay, Tanya Saracho, Philip Dawkins, Charles Smith, Victory Gardens Theater

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News & Features, Deanna Isaacs on Culture, Nov 20, 2012
Not so fast, Northwestern

Prentice's reprieve from the wrecking ball allows a look at NU's tear-down rationale—and the alternatives
- by Deanna Isaacs
- Tags: Deanna Isaacs on Culture, Prentice Women's Hospital, Chicago Architectural Club, Bertrand Goldberg, Neil Cohen, Northwestern University, architecture, preservationism, Martin Felsen, Chicago Architecture Foundation, medical research, Lurie Medical Research Center, Jonah Lehrer, Isaac Kohane, groupthink

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News & Features, Deanna Isaacs on Culture, Nov 5, 2012
Prentice Hospital gets landmarked, then axed

After a remarkable display of political theater, Bertrand Goldberg's building is going down
- by Deanna Isaacs
- Tags: Deanna Isaacs on Culture, Prentice Women's Hospital, Northwestern University, Rahm Emanuel, Chicago Commission on Public Landmarks, Bertrand Goldberg, Eugene Sunshine, Lurie Medical Center, Michael Eiben, John Vinci, Art Institute of Chicago, Rafael Leon, Department of Housing and Economic Development, Preservation Chicago, Jonathan Fine, Burton Nadarus, Dennis FitzSimons, Jim Peters, Christopher Reed, Hilliard, Marina Towers

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News & Features, Deanna Isaacs on Culture, Oct 24, 2012
Your vision, your plan, your pop-up

The final version of the Chicago Cultural Plan 2012 arrives as a photo op
- by Deanna Isaacs
- Tags: Deanna Isaacs on Culture, Chicago Cultural Plan, Rahm Emanuel, Yo-Yo Ma, Renee Fleming, Damian Woetzel, Lord Cultural Resources, Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events, Infrastructure Trust, Awesome Foundation

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News & Features, Deanna Isaacs on Culture, Oct 8, 2012
Expo Chicago: wait till next year

Taking stock of the international art fair's latest reboot
- by Deanna Isaacs
- Tags: Deanna Isaacs on Culture, Expo Chicago, art fairs, Tony Karman, Chicago Artists Month, Union League Chicago, Civic & Arts Foundation, SOFA, James Yood, art collecting

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News & Features, Deanna Isaacs on Culture, Sep 25, 2012
Toward a quieter, gentler campus

Northeastern Illinois University pursues some chilling legal strategies
- by Deanna Isaacs
- Tags: Deanna Isaacs on Culture, NEIU, Northeastern Illinois University, Lawrence Frank, Sharon K. Hahs, activist faculty, Loretta Capeheart, John Boyle, freedom of expression, WZRD

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News & Features, Deanna Isaacs on Culture, Sep 10, 2012
Save Prentice or save lives

Northwestern's demolition campaign stoops to conquer
- by Deanna Isaacs
- Tags: Deanna Isaacs on Culture, Rahm Emanuel, architectural preservation, Northwestern University, Bertrand Goldberg, landmarks, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Rafael M. Leon, Canon Design, duh, Prentice Women's Hospital

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News & Features, Deanna Isaacs on Culture, Aug 27, 2012
Rahm's no-brainer

The right move on Prentice makes Rahm a hero
- by Deanna Isaacs
- Tags: Deanna Isaacs on Culture, fuck saw, Northwestern University, Bertrand Goldberg, William F. Baker, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, Rahm Emanuel, Jeanne Gang, Frank Gehry, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Streeterville Organization of Active Residents, landmarks, architectural preservation, Prentice Women's Hospital

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News & Features, Deanna Isaacs on Culture, Aug 13, 2012
The Albany Park library puts on a disappearing act

There's a "big vision" for the neighborhood branch, but it includes shutting down for two years
- by Deanna Isaacs
- Tags: Deanna Isaacs on Culture, Chicago Public Library, Albany Park, budget cuts, TIFs, Friends of the Library, Margaret Laurino, Brian Bannon, Erin Cabonargi, Chicago Public Library, Albany Park Branch

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News & Features, Deanna Isaacs on Culture, Jul 30, 2012
Ten things wrong with the Chicago Cultural Plan so far

Since when is a wish list a blueprint?
- by Deanna Isaacs
- Tags: Deanna Isaacs on Culture, Chicago Cultural Plan, Lord Cultural Resources, public meetings, globalization, Rahm Emanuel, Rocco Landesman, National Endowment for the Arts

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News & Features, Deanna Isaacs on Culture, Jul 16, 2012
Help wanted: citizen arts consultants

While the Cultural Center goes conceptual, the city's arts plans crowdsource
- by Deanna Isaacs
- Tags: Deanna Isaacs on Culture, Chicago Cultural Center, installation art, Zachary Cahill, Dmitri Medvedev, DCASE, Chicago Cultural Plan, Lord Cultural Resources, Chicago Public Schools, Chicago Public Schools Arts Education Plan, Ingenuity, Inc.

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News & Features, Deanna Isaacs on Culture, Jul 2, 2012
Student loans tying you down?

Don't look for help from Congress's latest fix
- by Deanna Isaacs
- Tags: Deanna Isaacs on Culture, DePaul University, student loans, Marty Gleason, debt, student debt, education bubble, Brian Holmes, National Defense Education Act, Sallie Mae, student loan asset-backed securities, school tuition, inflation, for-profit schools

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News & Features, Deanna Isaacs on Culture, Jun 18, 2012
Paul Klein's lesson in bad behavior

An art-world "exposé" of Ann Nathan Gallery boomerangs
- by Deanna Isaacs
- Tags: Deanna Isaacs on Culture, Paul Klein, Klein Artist Works, school for artists, ArtLetter, Amy Lowry, Ann Nathan, Ruth Duckworth, Jeffrey Conroy, Tony Fitzpatrick, Ann Nathan Gallery

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News & Features, Deanna Isaacs on Culture, Jun 5, 2012
Still a beach bum, after all these years

Theater on the Lake reinvents itself, minus the makeover
- by Deanna Isaacs
- Tags: Deanna Isaacs on Culture, Theater on the Lake, Samantha Chavis, Meghan Beals McCarthy, Michael Patrick Thornton, TJ & Dave, the Inconvenience, Moby Dick, Building Stage, League of Chicago Theatres, Chicago Park Districk, Hallie Gordon, Parkways Foundation

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News & Features, Deanna Isaacs on Culture, May 23, 2012
Is this painting an early work by celebrated artist Peter Doig?

Local dealer Peter Bartlow thinks he has a treasure; Doig says no.
- by Deanna Isaacs
- Tags: Deanna Isaacs on Culture, Peter Doige, Peter Bartlow, American Visual Artists Rights Act, art authentication, Gordon VeneKlasen, extortion, prison, art sales

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News & Features, Deanna Isaacs on Culture, May 9, 2012
Is the city's shiny new bike-sharing program a dirty deal?

Bike Chicago's Josh Squire smells an inside job
- by Deanna Isaacs
- Tags: Deanna Isaacs on Culture, bicycles, bike rental, city contracts, Alta Bike Share, Bike Chicago, Josh Squire, Chicago Department of Transportation, Department of Transportation, Gabe Klein, Jeremy Pomp, Scott Kubly, Department of Procurement Services, Chicago inspector general

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News & Features, Deanna Isaacs on Culture, Apr 23, 2012
'Trouble':
Nicholas Sistler channels Kinsey porn

Unspeakable pockets of life find their voice in a new exhibit at Firecat
- by Deanna Isaacs
- Tags: Deanna Isaacs on Culture, Nicholas Sistler, Kinsey Institute, pornography, bondage, eroticism, School of the Art Institute, abecedarium, Catherine Johnson-Roehr, Colleen Moore, Fairy Castle, Anchor Graphics, Firecat Projects

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News & Features, Deanna Isaacs on Culture, Apr 11, 2012
Culture to cult?

In a contentious change, old St. Paul's goes from Wicker Park Art Center to home base for Love Holy Trinity Blessed Mission
- by Deanna Isaacs
- Tags: Deanna Isaacs on Culture, Saint Paul's Community Church, Near Northwest Arts Council, Love Holy Trinity Blessed Mission, LHTBM, Agnes Kyo McDonald, Len Kruzel, cults, religion, Catholic sect, Joe Moreno, William Banks, Chicago International Movies & Music Festival, CIMMFest, Wicker Park Art Center

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