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Creativity of special needs children on display
When Dena Skinner was young, her mother could not stop her from drawing on the walls and floors of their home. "The bigger [the drawings], the better," Laurie Skinner said. "You'd have to lock up the crayons." Dena was later diagnosed with autism, a...
Tags: Learning Disability, Health Treatments, Mardi Gras, Cerebral Palsy, Spina Bifida
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William Wimmer Jr., 1932-2013
During his 24 years teaching art at Evanston Township High School and Harper College in Palatine, William Wimmer Jr. took the time to tutor many students and worked to revive printmaking programs at both schools. Among his students at Evanston...
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Education, Students, Colleges and Universities, High Schools
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Consuming Spirits: Beautiful, sad, remarkable animation
Charlie Birnbaum, film director and manager of the Stonzek Theatre in the Lake Worth Playhouse, is the first to admit that “Consuming Spirits” is not for everyone. But its rewards, he says, are universal. “It is absolutely beautiful....
Tags: Arts and Culture, Chris Sullivan, The New York Times, Lake Worth
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From Laguna to Hollywood
Joan Crawford. Katharine Hepburn. Loretta Young and Tyrone Power. Pre-moustache Clark Gable. A very young and dapper Ray Milland. The list of Tinseltown's glitterati continues. Movie buffs interested in striking photos of the glittering ones would...
Tags: Loretta Young, Joan Crawford, Arts and Culture, Marilyn Monroe, Ramon Novarro
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Pinning down Chicago artist Lilli Carre
Lille Carre is 29, petite, moon-faced and unassuming. She curls forward as she speaks. On a quiet morning in her Noble Square apartment, she speaks softly and gives off an air of frailty. It's not hard to picture her stepping out of one of her own...
Tags: Film Festivals, Fine Arts, Epic (movie), Arts and Culture, Entertainment
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Dana Hall re-emerges with a new band and a fresh approach
Last year was a volatile one for the inimitable Chicago drummer-bandleader-composer Dana Hall. With the considerable help of ace arts administrator Kate Dumbleton, Hall had rejuvenated the Chicago Jazz Ensemble, which William Russo had created at...
Tags: Trinidad and Tobago, Education, Elmhurst College, Arts and Culture, Hyde Park
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Guest Column: La Caņada High School seniors succeed at notable colleges, again
For nearly a decade, I have taken the opportunity to highlight many of the impressive college choices made available to the graduates of La Caņada High School. The Class of 2012 was no exception. Of the 323 LCHS 2012 graduates, 98% have enrolled at...Tags: Boston College, University of the Pacific, University of California, Berkeley, Technology, Brigham Young University
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Claire Ashley's paintings misbehave
It isn't often a painting makes you want to bounce against it. Or crawl under it, swing it over your shoulder, parade around with it, hug and squeeze it tight, or lay your head to rest on it. This isn't akin to wanting to enter the seamy, tinted world...
Tags: Gerhard Richter, Michigan Avenue, Domodedovo Airport Bombing (2011), Chicago Cultural Center, Arts and Culture
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Adult studies programs keep minds sharp, satisfy curiosities
Always wish you had studied architecture? Wonder if you would be better at science if you learned what interested you rather than what was required? Do you wish you better understood today's political issues more clearly or wish you could find others...
Tags: Education, Teaching and Learning, Arts and Culture, Art Institute of Chicago, Northwestern University
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See the forest for trees — and the art shows
Jack and Denise Gallagher went out for a winter walk, and ended up at an art opening. After a hike at Ryerson Woods near Deerfield they stopped for a drink of water at Brushwood, the headquarters and arts center hub of Friends of Ryerson Woods. And...
Tags: Museums, Chicago Botanic Garden, Morton Arboretum, Arts, Arts and Culture
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Ron Gilbert’s ‘The Cave’ puts adventure back in play
Hero Complex - movies, comics, pop culture - latimes.comThroughout his 30-year career, game designer Ron Gilbert has been ahead of the times, behind the times and, perhaps most ...... -
Sculptor shares vision for activist's tribute
It's astonishing the way the award-winning Chicago sculptor Richard Hunt makes stainless steel seem light and fanciful. His sculptures appear to defy gravity as they soar into the heavens. Hunt's large-scale public art projects can be found throughout...
Tags: Human Interest, Justice and Rights, Harriet Tubman, Crime, Law and Justice, Martin Luther King Jr.
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Feb 28, 2013
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Dec 10, 2012
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Feb 21, 2013
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Feb 20, 2013
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Feb 13, 2013
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Jan 16, 2013
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Jan 22, 2013
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Aug 20, 2012
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