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'Stuck in the Middle' offers a singular perspective on parenting
Jennifer Finney Boylan was the father of two young boys, a devoted husband, a keyboard player in bar bands, the author of three published novels, and an English professor in Maine when she began the process that would make her outwardly —...Tags: Arts and Culture, Oprah Winfrey, Autism, Social Issues, Authors
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Rethinking the 'Bounds'
When Amber Lehman transferred schools to join her boyfriend, everyone knew something about him that she didn't. He was gay. Lehman, then 16, recalled a sense of bewilderment about her former beau, who exuded a "tough guy" vibe. "I was surprised...
Tags: Gays and Lesbians, Arts and Culture, Book, Authors
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Alexis Rankin Popik's New Book, "Kiss Me Over the Garden Gate," Takes Inspiration From California and Connecticut
Kiss Me Over the Garden Gate By Alexis Rankin Popik/ Aucoot Press When Alexis Popik and her husband, William, moved from California to Connecticut 15 years ago, they were, she laughingly says, "the first members of either family to leave home." By...
Tags: Jerry Brown, Behavioral Conditions, Arts and Culture, O.J. Simpson, Bipolar Disorder
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Sting added to Printer's Row Lit Fest
Having introduced the world to such colorful characters as a prostitute named Roxanne and a stalker who monitors “Every Breath You Take,” Sting will help launch a new Chicago-based storytelling initiative when he appears at the Chicago...
Tags: United Nations, Rick Bayless, Republic of Ireland, Chicago Tribune, Festive Events
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Geza Vermes dies at 88; scholar wrote about Dead Sea Scrolls
Geza Vermes was a graduate student in Belgium in the late 1940s when he was captivated by news sweeping the globe about a remarkable discovery in the desert east of Jerusalem. He quickly switched gears, penning his doctoral thesis on the Dead Sea Scrolls,...
Tags: Grateful Dead (music group), Nazareth, Canterbury, Religion and Belief, Teachers
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Orlando Fringe review: 'My Pussy Is Purrin' Again'
I've heard a lot of coming-out stories at Fringe Festivals through the years -- but never one from a 78-year-old woman. In "My Pussy Is Purring Again," irrepressible D'yan Forest takes her through her adventurous life. And by adventurous, I'm talking...
Tags: Arts and Culture
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Northwestern University invests in early-stage cancer clinical trials
Northwestern University is investing $10 million in an initiative that aims to enroll more patients with advanced and hard-to-treat cancers in early-stage clinical trials. The university, which plans to announce the new institute this week, said it...
Tags: Medical Research, University of Chicago, Pharmaceuticals, Science, Research
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top 5 things
Spend this weekend looking at life-size dinosaurs, watching exotic butterflies or singing your favorite songs from the hit-movie ‘Grease’. This weekend has all that and more! Read on for Toto’s top weekend picks: if you don’t see...Tags: Ceremonies, Behavioral Conditions, Culture, Fossils, Paleontology
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John Caird brings blockbuster cred to L.A. Opera's 'Tosca'
John Caird, who's directing the L.A. Opera production of "Tosca" that opens Saturday, played crucial roles in launching two of the biggest stage blockbusters of modern times. The fact that the British director remains somewhat below the radar, at...
Tags: Music Theater, Jane Eyre (movie), William Shakespeare, Theater, Music Industry
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Woody Guthrie's great American voice gets a new home in Tulsa
TULSA, Okla. - The woman in the wheelchair and headphones is watching pictures go by and hearing a narrator speak about a place and a moment long ago. On the screen a typewritten love letter appears and the words scroll down and you can imagine the woman...Tags: George Kaiser, Music Theater, Fine Artists, Science and Technology, Arts
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Emmaus grad to be on "Jeopardy" Friday
TV WatchersAn Emmaus High School graduate who is one of 15 competitors on "Jeopardy! College Champions," will compete in the quarter finals of the show Friday at 7 p.m. on ABC. Laura Rigge, 20, will compete again 14 other college students...... -
Rediscovering John O'Hara
Fran Lebowitz has called him “the real F. Scott Fitzgerald.” Ernest Hemingway said he was “a man who knows exactly what he is writing about and has written it marvelously well.” But mention John O’Hara today — 43...
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