Some Oppose Plans To Raze Unique Chicago Edifice
Chicago loves its famous architecture, but the wrecking ball may soon take down one of the most unusual buildings in town — the Prentice Women’s Hospital — designed by an important mid-century architect. Preservationists are working together as almost never before to save it at the eleventh hour» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
Legal Pot Is Here, But Stash The Wallet For Now
On Election Day, voters in Colorado and Washington state legalized marijuana for recreational use. Residents can’t just walk in and buy a dime bag yet, however; the states need to set up some ground rules first.» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
The Movie Ed Burns Has ‘Seen A Million Times’
Actor-writer-director Ed Burns could watch the Oscar-nominated drama Tender Mercies a million times. “I love films that are not plot-driven,” he says. “I like small character studies.”» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
Border Killings Prompt Scrutiny Over Use Of Force
In less than two years, U.S. Border Patrol agents have killed 18 Mexicans along the border — including eight people throwing rocks. Now the Department of Homeland Security is examining its policy on deadly force along the border.» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
Piney Gir: From The Muppets To ‘Geronimo’
What do you do if you’re an aspiring drummer and someone steals your drum set? If you’re Piney Gir, you become a singer. The art-rock performer pays homage to an iconic Native American while channeling ’60s pop music on her newest album.» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
New ‘Tune,’ Same Key From Cartoonist Derek Kirk Kim
The author of the widely acclaimed Same Difference returns with a new graphic novel. An engaging tale of disaffected 20-somethings, Tune will feel familiar to fans of Kim’s earlier work. Maybe a little too familiar — until the aliens arrive.» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
A Refugee’s Multilayered Experience In ‘Ru’
Kim Thuy based her award-winning novel Ru on her own experiences as a refugee from war-torn Vietnam. She says the word “ru” has a poetic double meaning: In archaic French, it means a rill or stream, but in Vietnamese, it means a lullaby to soothe a child.» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
Experiments That Keep Going And Going And Going
Some scientific research can’t be completed in days or months — projects can take years, or even decades or centuries. This poses a challenge for scientists who must make plans for experiments that often outlive the experimenter.» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
‘Dallas’ Villain Larry Hagman Dies At 81
Hagman played J.R. Ewing on television’s long-running prime-time soap opera Dallas. His family said in a statement that he died Friday afternoon of complications from a battle with cancer.» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
Just Another Day In Damascus
If one word could describe everyday life for Syrians in the country’s capital, it is “waiting”: waiting to learn who has died, or to replace a bomb-shattered window, or to pass through a checkpoint. There’s menace and dread, too, of thuggish militiamen and the unrelenting bombings and shellings.» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
