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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, 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, Michael Miner on Media, May 26, 2011
Chicago magazine's outgoing editor: 'You can't feel like Lear raging against the storm'
- by Michael Miner
- Tags: Michael Miner on Media, Chicago Magazine, Richard Babcock, Hillel Levin, Tribune Company, Rich Gamble, Shane Tritsch, Gioai Diliberto, Carol Felsenthal

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Movies, Movie Feature, Jul 7, 2011
The Interrupters: Steve James and Alex Kotlowitz document CeaseFire
- by Deanna Isaacs
- Tags: Movie Feature, Steve James, Alex Kotlowitz, CeaseFire, Tio Hardiman, The Interrupters, Cobe Williams, Eddie Bocanegra, Ameena Matthews, Hoop Dreams

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News & Features, Michael Miner on Media, Nov 28, 2012
A Trib theater critic’s two cities

Why opinion from Chicago matters in New York—and vice versa
- by Michael Miner
- Tags: Michael Miner on Media, theater reviews, reviewing theater, expenses, expense accounts, Hedy Weiss, Chris Jones, Annie, opening night, New York, Jimmy Savile

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News & Features, Ben Joravsky on Politics, Dec 5, 2012
A development in sheep’s clothing

The three-tower project at Wolf Point looks like the latest big real estate deal shepherded through City Hall
- by Ben Joravsky
- Tags: Ben Joravsky on Politics, Wolf Point Development, City Hall, Hines Interests LP, Mayor Emanuel, Rahm Emanuel, Jack George, Michael Daley, 42nd Ward, Brendan Reilly, River North Residents Association, Fulton River District Association, Friends of Wolf Point, Ellen Barry, Plan Commission, City Council, Reuben Hedlund, Larry Gage, David Roeder, Chicago Sun-Times, Derrick Smith, Bill Griffin

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News & Features, Michael Miner on Media, Jul 28, 2011
A former network anchor tells (almost) all in NewsLady

Carole Simpson was the first African-American woman to reach several journalistic high points
- by Michael Miner
- Tags: Michael Miner on Media, Michael Miner, Carole Simpson, ABC, NBC, NewsLady, Emerson College, self-publishing, AuthorHouse, NABJ

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News & Features, Michael Miner on Media, Dec 11, 2012
A legendary CSO horn player struggles against time

Dale Clevenger is in his twilight years—and critics can't help but notice
- by Michael Miner
- Tags: Michael Miner on Media, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Riccardo Muti, Dale Clevenger, CSO brass, John von Rhein, Andrew Patner, french horn, Alice Render Clevenger, Pierre Boulez, Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association

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News & Features, Michael Miner on Media, Sep 19, 2012
A near-death experience at Homicide Watch

A Kickstarter campaign will likely keep the transformative D.C.-based website alive. Will it also help bring a new kind of crime journalism to Chicago?
- by Michael Miner
- Tags: Michael Miner on Media, Homicide Watch, murder, homicides, Laura Amico, Chris Amico, Edna Buchanan, Nina Sandlin, David Carr, community reporting

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News & Features, Michael Miner on Media, Oct 3, 2012
A small-town newspaper publisher's alternative universe

An act of satire in the Madison County Crier led to an advertiser exodus—and a principled stand by a publisher who took a risk on hyperlocal journalism
- by Michael Miner
- Tags: Michael Miner on Media, Madison County Crier, Frances Madeson, Fredericktown, Missouri, Karen Whitener, journalism, hyperlocal journalism, Eugene McCarthy, New Democratic Coalition, Caleb Killian, the Marines, USMC, ROTC

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News & Features, Ben Joravsky on Politics, Apr 28, 2011
A TIF Gift for Rahm

The city's Community Development Commission gives the mayor-elect millions of additional tax increment financing dollars to play with.
- by Ben Joravsky
- Tags: Ben Joravsky on Politics, Mayor Daley, Rahm Emanuel, TIF, Community Development Commission, Noble Street Charter School, Sinai Health System, Finkl Steel

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News & Features, Deanna Isaacs on Culture, May 26, 2011
Adios, Radio Arte?
- by Deanna Isaacs
- Tags: Deanna Isaacs on Culture, Radio Arte, National Museum of Mexican Art, Yollocalli Arts Reach, Carlos Tortolero, Latino Media Cooperative, media, Boys & Girls Clubs of Chicago, Silvia Rivera, Chicago Public Radio, Vocalo, Chicago Public Media, Torey Malatia, Salvador Jimenez, Stephanie Manriquez

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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, Ben Joravsky on Politics, Aug 29, 2012
Akins in our midst?

You don't have to cross the border into Missouri to find politicians with sex and abortion issues
- by Ben Joravsky
- Tags: Ben Joravsky on Politics, abortion, Todd Akin, Illinois Citizens for Life, Dan Lipinski, Bill Lipinski, Peter Roskam, Joe Walsh, Michael McAuliffe, Paul Ryan, forcible rape, Joe Lyons, Criminal Code, sex, Camille Lilly

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News & Features, Ben Joravsky on Politics, Dec 15, 2011
All I want for Christmas is a City Council with a backbone

Mayor Emanuel already got his gift: a new set of rubber stamps
- by Ben Joravsky
- Tags: Ben Joravsky on Politics, Rahm Emanuel, aldermen, Ameya Pawar, TIFs, Mariano's grocery, Peter Orner

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News & Features, Ben Joravsky on Politics, Nov 17, 2011
An analysis of Senator Kirk's charter school 'analysis'

Mark Kirk claims that Chicago’s top high schools are charters, but that doesn’t mean it’s true
- by Ben Joravsky
- Tags: Ben Joravsky on Politics, charter schools, teachers unions, Mark Kirk, Chicago Public Schools, Rahm Emanuel, public education reform, Illinois Network of Charter Schools, education

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News & Features, Ben Joravsky on Politics, May 5, 2011
An open letter to Chicago Public Schools' new CEO
- by Ben Joravsky
- Tags: Ben Joravsky on Politics, Jean-Claude Brizard, Chicago Public Schools, Rahm Emanuel, Mayor Daley, TIF, Paul Vallas, Arne Duncan, Ron Huberman, Bob Palmer, Housing Action Illinois

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News & Features, Ben Joravsky on Politics, Jun 9, 2011
As Mayor Daley cashes in, ousted teacher gets cut off
- by Ben Joravsky
- Tags: Ben Joravsky on Politics, Mayor Daley, University of Chicago, Chicago Public Schools, Ron Huberman, Anthony Skokna, Marshall High School, turnaround schools, Kenyatta Stansberry-Butler

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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, Ben Joravsky on Politics, Jul 28, 2011
Blogger Fred Klonsky's crusade against public education reform

Klonsky's is a voice from the classroom that's oft overlooked
- by Ben Joravsky
- Tags: Ben Joravsky on Politics, Fred Klonsky, Jonah Edelman, Stand for Children, Michael Madigan, Senate Bill 7, Park Ridge, Monique Davis, Chicago Public Schools, CPS

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