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    Jun 2, 2011 |Blog| Cars.com

  1. Midwest Gas Prices Spike Overnight

    KickingTires
    Memorial Day came and went, and with it went lower gas prices for many in the Midwest. Overnight, gas stations around Chicago and Indianapolis raised prices significantly. In Elgin, Ill., a Chicago suburb, prices rose 40 cents in 24 hours,......

    Tags: Chicago, AAA, WGN, Indianapolis, Minor League Baseball

    2. Apr 4, 2012 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  2. While Parthenon glows, pain and despair overshadow Athens

    At night with all but a full moon overhead, the Parthenon is lit and golden, almost a place of dreams as it sits there on that high rock over the city.
    At night with all but a full moon overhead, the Parthenon is lit and golden, almost a place of dreams as it sits there on that high rock over the city. And so, on my first night here, on the rooftop restaurant of the Hotel Grand Bretagne, looking at...

    Tags: Unemployment, Elections, Champaign (Champaign, Illinois), Politics, Career and Workplace

    3. Sep 13, 2012 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  3. Add David Foster Wallace to 'unlikable' pantheon

    The last time filmmaker Jason Reitman came through town we got into a conversation about unlikable characters. He knows something about unlikable characters: "My first movie was about the head lobbyist for Big Tobacco ('Thank You for Smoking'), my second was about a sarcastic pregnant teenager ('Juno') and my third was about a guy who fires people for a living ('Up in the Air')."
    The last time filmmaker Jason Reitman came through town we got into a conversation about unlikable characters. He knows something about unlikable characters: "My first movie was about the head lobbyist for Big Tobacco ('Thank You for Smoking'), my...

    Tags: Book, Illinois State University, David Foster Wallace, Illinois State Fair, Fiction

    4. Mar 26, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  4. Mariachi the heart and soul of Lyric's 'Cruzar'

    The combination of opera and mariachi is not as unlikely as one might think. Both art forms, in the view of Lyric Opera General Director Anthony Freud, tell human stories about love and loss, family and country. Beyond that, said Freud, "mariachi is a unique, joyful, sorrowful cocktail that has the emotional immediacy of Puccini and a sound world as distinct as that of any great composer."
    The combination of opera and mariachi is not as unlikely as one might think. Both art forms, in the view of Lyric Opera General Director Anthony Freud, tell human stories about love and loss, family and country. Beyond that, said Freud, "mariachi is a...

    Tags: Master Class (play), Civic Opera House, Culture, Music Industry, Entertainment

    5. May 24, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  5. Richard Linklater finishes trilogy with 'Before Midnight'

    <strong>CHAMPAIGN --</strong> Richard Linklater's sneakers squish-squish-
    CHAMPAIGN -- Richard Linklater's sneakers squish-squish- squished against the wet tiles. We were walking the perimeter of the Illini Union, on the campus of theUniversity of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign. It was a stormy night in April, and students...

    Tags: Movies, Celebrities, Teaching and Learning, Entertainment, Owen Wilson

    6. Apr 4, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  6. Roger Ebert: Quintessential Chicagoan

    When Anthony Bourdain was in town last summer taping a Chicago-themed episode of his Travel Channel show &ldquo;The Layover,&rdquo; he asked various people, including me, to name the quintessential Chicagoan, and a consensus quickly emerged.
    When Anthony Bourdain was in town last summer taping a Chicago-themed episode of his Travel Channel show “The Layover,” he asked various people, including me, to name the quintessential Chicagoan, and a consensus quickly emerged. The...

    Tags: Celebrities, Newspaper and Magazine, Roger Ebert, Awards and Prizes, Travel Channel (tv network)

    7. Apr 4, 2013 |Column| RedEye

  7. Roger Ebert: Not just a film critic, the film critic

    For as long as I can remember following movies, I remember following Roger Ebert.
    For as long as I can remember following movies, I remember following Roger Ebert. I remember looking forward to watching every episode of “Siskel & Ebert” as a kid. I remember the “Siskel & Ebert” episode of “The Critic,&...

    Tags: Pulitzer Prize Awards, Movies, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Gene Siskel, Entertainment

    8. May 27, 2012 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  8. Job or calling?

    Introspection is kind of a drag. It requires unpleasant acts like "thinking" and "talking about emotions," and it can rarely be done while watching TV.
    Introspection is kind of a drag. It requires unpleasant acts like "thinking" and "talking about emotions," and it can rarely be done while watching TV. But like it or not, more and more workers are taking time to reflect on what they do for a living,...

    Tags: Facebook, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Rex Huppke, Champaign (Champaign, Illinois), Chicago Tribune Columnists

    9. Jan 30, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  9. If we open up the Illinois Constitution …

    It takes special gall to raise taxes for some Illinoisans so soon after they were hit with a massive increase in state income tax rates.
    It takes special gall to raise taxes for some Illinoisans so soon after they were hit with a massive increase in state income tax rates. So, give an audacity award to any "progressive" trying to renew the ill-timed and perennial campaign to replace...

    Tags: Elections, Barack Obama, Employees, Government, Business

    10. Nov 18, 2012 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  10. Workers' uphill 'Fight for 15' in a tough economy

    The protest march on North Michigan Avenue early Thursday afternoon by members of the Workers Organizing Committee of Chicago was probably futile.
    The protest march on North Michigan Avenue early Thursday afternoon by members of the Workers Organizing Committee of Chicago was probably futile. The membership of this independent, newly formed union — drawn from retail and restaurant...

    Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Foods and Beverages, Adam Sandler, Magnificent Mile, Career and Workplace

    11. Sep 14, 2012 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  11. A version of David Foster Wallace's life

    When the great English poet Philip Larkin worked at the University of Hull, he liked to say that the need to change trains in Doncaster meant most journalists, academics and other London irritants didn't bother to harass him.
    When the great English poet Philip Larkin worked at the University of Hull, he liked to say that the need to change trains in Doncaster meant most journalists, academics and other London irritants didn't bother to harass him. The American writer David...

    Tags: Wars and Interventions, Illinois State University, David Foster Wallace, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Fiction

    12. Jan 5, 2012 |Column| WXIN-LTV

  12. Democrats are no show day two at the Indiana Statehouse

    The second day of the 2012 General Assembly resembled Day 1 with House Republicans ready to work but Indiana democrats remaining secluded in caucus down the hall.
    The second day of the 2012 General Assembly resembled Day 1 with House Republicans ready to work but Indiana democrats remaining secluded in caucus down the hall. Four times in two days House Speaker Brian Bosma has attempted to find a quorum in the...

    Tags: Fines, Parties and Movements, Democratic Party, Republican Party, Punishment

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