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City unveils new program to combat home foreclosures
Clout StreetMayor Rahm Emanuel is targeting nine hard-hit neighborhoods in Chicago's latest effort to stem the tide of home foreclosures and, as with many recent announcements, the mayor is counting on private investment to make his plans work. The "Micro-Market...Tags: Rahm Emanuel, Humboldt Park, Chicago Lawn, Regional Authority, Real Estate
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Bill T. Jones: from an idea to a dance
Zap2ItSo many people dismiss modern art as something their children could do, which is a pity because modern dance choreographed by one of this country's treasures, Bill T. Jones, is nothing short of glorious, and quite mature. PBS' "American Masters Bill T....Tags: Tony Awards, Entertainment, Entertainment Events, Dance, Documentary (genre)
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MacArthur: $1 million for international projects
The Chicago-based MacArthur Foundation said that it plans to make an additional $1 million available to Chicago-area arts groups. The money is designed to help local non-profits "increase their international connections." A spokesman for the foundation...Tags: International Travel
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Duke Foundation creates nation's biggest artist-grant program
Culture MonsterThe Doris Duke Foundation has announced a new $50 million funding initiative for jazz, contemporary dance and theater, which includes the nation's biggest charitable grant program for individual artists. On top of that, the Duke Foundation says it will... -
Post-9/11 blather amnesty offer tendered
Change of SubjectI’ve come to grant blanket amnesty for whatever came out of your mouth or keyboard from September 11 through, say, December 31, 2001....Nancy Nall I'll take it. For those of us who paid to have something original to say, those...... -
Jeanne Gang is first architect in 11 years to win MacArthur grant
Culture MonsterJeanne Gang, the 47-year-old founder of Studio Gang Architects, joins 21 other MacArthur Fellows this year; each of them will receive a $500,000 cash prize from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation that famously comes with no strings... -
MacArthur 'genius' grants go to cellist, architect, jazz musician
Culture MonsterAlisa Weilerstein, Jeanne Gang, Dafnis Prieto among recipients of MacArthur genius grants... -
Poet Kay Ryan among the geniuses
Jacket CopyKay Ryan, a Pulitzer Prize winning poet and a former U.S. poet laureate, is among this year's recipients of MacArthur Foundation "genius" grants.... -
Danville arts center opening art lab for children
Community Arts Center Marketing DirectorCallers at the Community Arts Center often hear the lively sounds of other visitors having fun in the new, colorful, interactive space known as Lisi’s Art Lab. Jonathan Fanton, president of the MacArthur Foundation, once said, “There is no...Tags: Human Interest, Culture, Arts, Happiness (state of mind), Arts and Culture
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Builder in Chinese drywall case wants to build more homes in Parkland
John Willis was angry when he learned the company that built his house – the home he wanted to raise his two young boys in – used tainted Chinese drywall that he said made his family sick.
He was outraged when internal documents presented...Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests, Companies and Corporations, Broward County, Elections, Riviera Beach
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PASSINGS: John Dye, Ellen Stewart, Del Reisman, Irene Jerison
John Dye
Actor best known for 'Touched by an Angel'
John Dye, 47, an actor best known for his role as Andrew in the long-running CBS-TV series "Touched by an Angel," was found dead Monday at his home in San Francisco, the San Francisco medical examiner'...Tags: Career and Workplace, Lanford Wilson, San Francisco, Colleges and Universities, U.S. Army
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