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Lunch conversation, community inspiration
Last week, I enjoyed joining a lunch discussion with a few dozen community leaders who were interested in education, volunteerism, and the community. The goal of the lunch was to brainstorm ways together to inspire students, parents and policy-makers to...
Tags: Chicago Public Schools, Libraries, Media Industry, Harold Washington Library Center, Arts and Culture
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Mercer County school calendar announced
kpeek@amnews.comMercer County students will begin classes for the 2013-2014 year on Aug. 7, one day earlier than last year, according to a plan approved by the board during the regular February meeting. The first student holiday will be Labor Day, Sept. 2, followed...Tags: Students, Occupations, Teaching and Learning, Holidays, Adult Education
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Bettye Durham Smith: Former mayor touched many lives in Sanford
People close to Bettye Durham Smith say she probably touched just about every life in Sanford in one way or another during three terms as mayor and decades in civic service. Smith, who served as Sanford's first female mayor from 1985 to 1997, died...
Tags: University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Washington, DC, Politics, Rape, Lake Mary
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'YOLO' gets redefined when Adam Levine hosts 'Saturday Night Live'
Cameron Diaz, Jerry Seinfeld and Danny McBride appeared Saturday night on “SNL,” hosted by Adam Levine, but former cast member Andy Samberg made the biggest splash as one of the night’s guest stars. Samberg and the Lonely Island...
Tags: Michelle Obama, Crime, Law and Justice, Saturday Night Live (tv program), Justice and Rights, Entertainment
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Learn about current events
Trib Nation offers a full schedule of civic-minded events and instructional classes. But it seemed to this daughter of two schoolteachers that it also made sense to combine the two into a current events class. So here’s a way to talk about current...Tags: Periodicals, Journalism, Barack Obama
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SFJAZZ plays another bold riff
SAN FRANCISCO — "This is one of my favorite rooms," said SFJAZZ founder and Executive Artistic Director Randall Kline, smiling as he stepped over exposed pipes and dusty planks in the SFJAZZ Center. "Then again, they're all my favorite rooms," he...
Tags: Central Park, New York City, Redman, Concerts, Music Industry
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Community column, Havre de Grace, celebrating Dr. King's birthday, and others
Coming up dear readers, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day is Monday, Jan. 21, recognizing his birthday on Jan. 15. This day honors Rev. King's lifelong commitment to equality and unity. Schools and many offices will be closed. A recent addition to this...Tags: Foods and Beverages, Lifestyle and Leisure, Edgar Allan Poe House and Museum, Anglicanism, Mardi Gras
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On Martin Luther King Jr. Day: 'Spirits are very high'
In 2009, they missed each other by a day. But today, thanks to a scheduling quirk, President Obama’s inauguration festivities and Martin Luther King Jr. Day overlapped and, in many places, intertwined. Although Obama was sworn in for his second...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Gun Control, Justice and Rights, Civil Rights, Politics
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A new Christopher Commission for the Christopher Dorner case?
He was, by every account, both a cop killer and a killer cop, and even in death, he might end up shaking the LAPD like no one since Rodney King. Christopher Dorner regarded himself as a victim of institutional racism and a wronged man unfairly turned...
Tags: Murder, Robin Hood, Abusive Behavior, O.J. Simpson, Crime, Law and Justice
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Oak Park teen goes backstage at Grammys
An Oak Park teen watched Grammy performers rehearse for last weekend's awards show as one of three musicians who won a national songwriting competition. Hannah Rand, a senior at Oak Park and River Forest High School, wrote and performed her original...
Tags: Awards and Prizes, The Black Keys (music group), Music, Music Industry, Colleges and Universities
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West Indian Dining in Connecticut? No Problem.
It was Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the morning of Barack Obama's second inauguration, and four members of the planning committee for Hartford's Taste of the Caribbean and Jerk Festival sat down to draw up the agenda for this year's event, slated for Aug....
Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Middletown, Authors, Restaurants
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'The Arts Educators of Washington County' showcased in new gallery
dona@herald-mail.comIn oil, acrylic, watercolor, photography and other media in a variety of genres, Washington County art teachers showcased their work Friday night in the Washington County Arts Council’s new space. Nearly 30 teachers submitted more than 40 pieces...Tags: Students, Artists, Arts and Culture, Teaching and Learning, Arts
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