- News & Features, Our Town, Oct 20, 2005
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Three Men and a Humvee
Writing a play was the only way Bobby Leonhard could process his time in Iraq.
- News & Features, Our Town, Oct 13, 2005
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A Life's Work
Friends of outsider artist Derek Webster are holding a sale to help with his medical bills.
- News & Features, Our Town, Oct 13, 2005
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What Color Is the Jell-O in Your Jacuzzi?
Networking with baby moguls at the monthly meeting of the Billionaire Boys Club
- News & Features, Our Town, Oct 13, 2005
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Down With the Chinese Tyrants!
Our fearless aldermen take on the Red menace.
- News & Features, Our Town, Oct 6, 2005
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She Talks to Angels
They like soft music, they can help you find parking, and they'll never refer to you as "dude."
- News & Features, Our Town, Oct 6, 2005
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Naked Truth
Joe Swanberg's first feature takes a long, embarrassing look at postcollegiate sex.
- News & Features, Our Town, Sep 29, 2005
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A Twang of Irony
The Hoyle Brothers despised mainstream country culture--and would denounce it loudly to anyone within earshot. Then Nashville came a-callin'.
- News & Features, Our Town, Sep 22, 2005
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When the Cat's Away
With Daley out of the room, Joe Moore and Rick Munoz scrounged up a majority to disagree with the administration.
- News & Features, Our Town, Sep 22, 2005
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My Cousin the Saint
Luis Urrea spent 20 years spinning a masterpiece of magical realism from his own family history.
- News & Features, Our Town, Sep 15, 2005
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The Neighborly Modernist
Up-and-coming architect Zoka Zola shows us around her own award-winning house and her latest project, the Zero Energy home.
- News & Features, Our Town, Sep 8, 2005
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Does Rehabilitation Work?
For his latest PBS documentary, Tod Lending spent three years following two ex-cons as they struggled to stay straight.
- News & Features, Our Town, Sep 8, 2005
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Jitterbugging and Gentrification
What StoryCorps learned about Chicago.
- News & Features, Our Town, Sep 1, 2005
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Ivan Brunetti Gets Happy
With a little help from Buddha and Chris Ware, a classic sad-sack comics artist succeeds in spite of himself.
- News & Features, Our Town, Aug 25, 2005
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Socialized Medicine and Now This
Empty Bottle staffers get a working vacation courtesy of the Norwegian government.
- News & Features, Our Town, Aug 25, 2005
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The Litter Sweater
Jonathan Gitelson turns a common nuisance into art.
- News & Features, Our Town, Aug 18, 2005
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My Muff Has Tusks!
If you've heard that one before, you've been burned by Kathy McGinty.
- News & Features, Our Town, Aug 18, 2005
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Teaching Our Cops to Stop Terrorists
How well trained is the average officer on the street ? A military man on the force says "not very."
- News & Features, Our Town, Aug 11, 2005
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Do You Like It Raw?
Health nuts and foodies alike want to buy fresh, unpasteurized milk. Small farms are finding a way around laws that prevent it.
- News & Features, Our Town, Aug 11, 2005
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Never Mind LimeWire
Is there a mix tape in that tree stump?
- News & Features, Our Town, Aug 4, 2005
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Automatic Writing
Finally, a computer program whose poetry doesn't suck.
