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The Total Is More Than the Sum of the Parts ...

Brian Dickie | Posted 11.15.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Park Grill, David Holloway, Roosevelt University, Chicago Public Library, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago College of the Performing Arts, Franco Corelli, Chicago News
Brian Dickie

One of the great pleasures of working in a city with as many fine institutions as Chicago has is collaboration. One is Chicago Opera Theater's post-graduate performance diploma at the Chicago College of the Performing Arts.

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Weekend Off?

Brian Dickie | Posted 09.03.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Christopher Bell, Jay Pritzker Pavilion, Music Man, Passion, Francesco Milioto, Chicago Cultural Center, Acis and Galatea, Grant Park Orchestra, New Millennium Orchestra, Chicago Public Library, Chicago Art, Chicago, Orchestra, Chicago News
Brian Dickie

Their utterly delightful, spectacles and all, Marian/Galatea was Amy Conn. The show is worth it for her alone. But for much else as well.

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Library Circulation Jumps 30 Percent

Chicago Sun-Times | MARY WISNIEWSKI | Posted 07.30.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Chicago Public Library, Recession, Chicago Library Circulation, Library Use, Chicago News

Here's a silver lining in the economic recession -- Chicago Public Library circulation has spiked 30 percent in the past year....

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Library Circulation Soars

Chicago Sun-Times | Fran Spielman | Posted 11.28.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Chicago Library Circulation, Mary Dempsey, Library Circulation, Chicago Public Library, Budget Living, Chicago News

Barnes & Noble, Best Buy and Blockbuster's loss is the Chicago Public Library's gain. Circulation of library materials during the first nine months o...

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Tom Wolfe: Neither McCain Nor Obama Has "The Right Stuff"

Greg Boose | Posted 11.20.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Epictetus, The Right Stuff, John Silber, Tom Wolfe, The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test, Chicago Public Library, George W. Bush, Bonfire of the Vanities, Carol Marin, One Book One Chicago, Chicago News
Greg Boose

Wolfe quickly responded: "I'm voting for John Silber, a write-in vote."

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