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    Aug 25, 2008 |Blog| Newsday

  1. NBC finishes strongly with closing ceremony ratings

    Watchdog
    Sunday's closing ceremony from Beijing attracted 15.2 percent of U.S. homes, the best for a non-domestic Summer Olympics since 1976. That's an impressive accomplishment in this era of ever-diminishing ratings on broadcast networks. Overall, the Olympics...

    Tags: Summer Olympics, Arts and Culture, Multi-Sport Events, NBC (tv network), Sports

    2. Sep 29, 2008 |Blog| Newsday

  2. "Shea haunts you to the end"

    On the Mets beat
    That was Mike Piazza, wearing his No. 31 in royal-blue pinstripes, talking about driving to Shea yesterday morning in the driving rain. I was chatting with Piazza in the back of the press box, and he was recalling those rainy......

    Tags: Miami Marlins, Arts and Culture, Major League Baseball, Carlos Beltran, Mike Piazza

    3. Oct 2, 2008 |Blog| Newsday

  3. Tom Seaver pitches in dark in '65, sends off Shea in '08

    Watchdog
    This is ridonkulously cool, and weird. It's footage of Tom Seaver pitching for the Alaska Goldpanners in the 1965 Midnight Sun Game, the Fairbanks tradition in which a game is begun at 11 p.m. or so around the summer......

    Tags: Tom Seaver, Miami Marlins, Arts and Culture, Fairbanks, New York Mets

    4. Oct 8, 2008 |Blog| Newsday

  4. Closing ceremonies off

    On the Yankees beat
    So the closing ceremony for Yankee Stadium, which had been slated for Nov. 9th, is off. That was reported today by the Daily News and amNY. Yankees spokesperson Jason Zillo said on the cancellation: "The Yankees were considering having a......

    Tags: Derek Jeter, Arts and Culture, Sports

    5. Jun 6, 2009 |Blog| Chicago Tribune

  5. Barack Obama: America's 'first tourist'

    The Swamp
    by Mark Silva Our friends and colleagues traveling with President Barack Obama this week have an interesting take on "America's first tourist'' - all eyes as he entered the Great Pyramid, all ears as he joked about how much an......

    Tags: Diplomacy, Arts and Culture, George W. Bush, History, Archaeology

    6. Jul 23, 2008 |Blog| Chicago Tribune

  6. Bush: 'Move past old grievances'

    The Swamp
    by Matthew Hay Brown In the last major address of his trip to the Middle East, President Bush plans to urge the region's leaders to "move past old grievances" and toward economic and political reforms. Bush, who has visited Israel......

    Tags: Arts and Culture, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, Globalization, George W. Bush, Society

    7. Nov 25, 2012 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  7. Tomorrow looking bright for 'Annie'

    THEATER REVIEW: "Annie" at the Paramount Theatre in Aurora ★★★½ ... Grand singing, grand setting make for a family-friendly holiday chestnut in Aurora.
    Everyone's first "Annie" should be at a venerable venue like the Paramount Theatre in Aurora, which opened for business in 1931, right when "Little Orphan Annie" mania was at its peak. The historic theater on the Fox River was built just one year after...

    Tags: Arts and Culture, New York City, Philosophy, Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, Chicago Tribune

    8. May 10, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  8. Lyric's passion must extend to musical theater

    In 2008, New York's Lincoln Center revived a Broadway warhorse: "South Pacific." At the beginning of the overture in the Vivian Beaumont Theater, the lip of Michael Yeargan's setting, which had the outline of a tropical island, began to move backward, as waves ebb upon a shore. As it receded, hordes of musicians were revealed, all playing the glorious music of Richard Rodgers. You could see tears in people's eyes. As the Russian formalists used to put it, the familiar was made strange, and the strange made intensely familiar.
    In 2008, New York's Lincoln Center revived a Broadway warhorse: "South Pacific." At the beginning of the overture in the Vivian Beaumont Theater, the lip of Michael Yeargan's setting, which had the outline of a tropical island, began to move backward,...

    Tags: Arts and Culture, Broadway Theater, Theater, The Sound of Music (movie), Music Industry

    9. Dec 10, 2011 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  9. It's the sound of angels singing

    This year, women are very much in charge of the Congo Square Theatre's annual production of "The Nativity." Starting with the new director, Ilesa Duncan, and extending all the way up to Gabriel. That archangel is played this year by Alexis J. Rogers,...

    Tags: Entertainment, Congo, Arts and Culture, Entertainment Events, Music Theater

    10. Dec 11, 2012 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  10. Sinfonietta reaches out to city's Latino community with new concert series

    The Chicago Sinfonietta, long a national model for promoting diversity and inclusiveness in orchestral performance, is reaching out to whet the cultural appetite of the city's Latino community with a promising new series of concerts in various venues on the city's Southwest Side, beginning this week.
    The Chicago Sinfonietta, long a national model for promoting diversity and inclusiveness in orchestral performance, is reaching out to whet the cultural appetite of the city's Latino community with a promising new series of concerts in various venues on...

    Tags: Chicago Children's Choir, Cinco de Mayo, Arts and Culture, Holidays, Concerts

    11. May 7, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  11. In support of traditional values

    While everyone's attention has been focused on the Illinois legislature's halting efforts to repair the state's financial mess, those who wish to dismantle the traditional family and sexual mores are busy working in the shadows.
    While everyone's attention has been focused on the Illinois legislature's halting efforts to repair the state's financial mess, those who wish to dismantle the traditional family and sexual mores are busy working in the shadows. They're pushing bills...

    Tags: Justice System, Philosophy, American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois, Civil Rights, Education

    12. Apr 23, 2013 |Column| Los Angeles Times

  12. Chained thinking on the federal deficit

    Washington's tug of war over the federal budget has many wonders, but the biggest one of all must be the lengths to which politicians and pundits will go to deprive Granny and Grandpa of $30 a month.
    Washington's tug of war over the federal budget has many wonders, but the biggest one of all must be the lengths to which politicians and pundits will go to deprive Granny and Grandpa of $30 a month. That's the amount by which benefits for the average...

    Tags: Apples, Budgets and Budgeting, Economy, Business and Finance, Los Angeles Times Columnists, Productivity

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