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News & Politics, Chicagoans Dec 13, 2013
This week's Chicagoan: Frank Suerth, Santa Claus

"I have a lot of kids who are so excited to see me, they're waving, and then when they get up to me, they're a little bit scared. I tell 'em, 'Santa never hurt anybody.'"
- By Anne Ford
- Tags: Chicagoans, Frank Suerth, Santa Claus, beards, roles, Christkindlmarket, Daley Plaza, jobs, fake stomachs, toys, puppies, Christmas, Christmas Day, hotels, families, holidays, parties, schools

Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Feature May 2, 2013
By the Way, Meet Vera Stark pulls the mask off old Hollywood

The title character of Lynn Nottage's play is an amalgam of the African-American actresses whose roles were restricted in early cinema—and who are still expected to play to type.
- By Aimee Levitt
- Tags: Performing Arts Feature, Vera Stark, Goodman Theatre, black women filmmakers, Tamberla Perry, By the Way, Meet Vera Stark, Baby Face, Lynn Nottage, Theresa Harris, Barbara Stanwyck, cinema, Gloria Mitchell, vaudeville, Broadway, theater, NAACP, Gone With the Wind, Baby Face, IMDB, film, Hattie McDaniel, Louise Beavers, actresses, black actresses, Chuck Smith, stereotyping, roles, Hollywood, Clare Boothe Luce, The Women

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