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Treasure hunt with Newberry’s Book Fair

admin — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 14:14:43 +0000

Even for a library, the Newberry Library on the city's Near North Side has been getting an awful lot of books delivered to its freight dock in the last couple of weeks more than 120,000. And as it opens its 26th annual book fair Thursday, it expects more than 100,000 to leave again by Sunday.

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Treasure hunt with Newberry's Book Fair

‘Transformers’ takes over Michigan Avenue

admin — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 23:46:52 +0000

Sporting all-black military gear on a hot summer morning, "Transformers 3" actor Josh Duhamel took a leisurely bicycle ride around Pioneer Court off Michigan Avenue on Friday while waiting for his next scene.

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'Transformers' takes over Michigan Avenue

Chicago Opera Company Begins to Recover From Recession

admin — Thu, 27 May 2010 13:23:57 +0000

The company saw a 12 percent drop in subscription ticket sales in the 2009-10 season and was forced to use roughly $2.7-million in reserve funds to balance its books for fiscal 2010.

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Chicago Opera Company Begins to Recover From Recession

Trampled By Turtles @ The Mint, 4/22/10

admin — Sat, 01 May 2010 20:11:05 +0000

The depressing joint on Pico and La Cienega Blvd known as The Mint rarely books bands that will rock your socks off. I blame the chairs. Any place that calls itself a music venue and has chairs and tables on the dance floor, is sure to be a subdued affair.

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Library Buys 14th-Century Book by Catholic Rebels

admin — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 19:15:41 +0000

A collection of rare 14th-century texts, some by a leading Roman Catholic dissident, has become part of the Newberry Library and will be available to the public.

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Cookbook love (Chicago Tribune)

admin — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 16:10:33 +0000

Last week, the James Beard Foundation announced its nominations for best cookbooks of 2009 . And while we're nodding our heads in approval of some, the true test of a great cookbook is one that remains on the shelf for good, dusted with flour and stained with smudges from years of trial, error and success.

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Cookbook love (Chicago Tribune)

Where the Wild Things Are (Phillyist)

admin — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 22:29:58 +0000

Photo courtesy Canary Promotions It is rare that Phillyist becomes so passionate about an event that we shift our tone from "Perhaps you'd like to check this out," to "GO! FOR THE LOVE OF GOD! GO NOW!" The Sendak in Spring Program at the Rosenbach Museum and Library this weekend is deserving of the upgrade in urgency. Continuing their year-round mission of passing on the love of literacy and ...

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Where the Wild Things Are (Phillyist)

Early American Jewish books to be auctioned (The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles)

admin — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 13:18:54 +0000

Several rare early American Jewish books will be auctioned in New York. Among the offerings at next month’s sale by Swann Auction Galleries is an early Jewish-American cookbook and the first Hebrew Bible printed on American soil.

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Early American Jewish books to be auctioned (The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles)

QUICK POLL (GlobeSt.com)

admin — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 14:40:37 +0000

NEW YORK CITY-In spite of a slight uptick in the fourth quarter, 2009 went down in the record books as the worst year for apartment sales volume.

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QUICK POLL (GlobeSt.com)

Equator Books in Venice to Close Up Shop Sunday (LAist)

admin — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 14:21:08 +0000

Photo by sadjeans via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr Venice's Equator Books has been a welcoming independent option for book lovers on Abbot Kinney for over five years, but now they have announced that this weekend they are closing their doors for good. In an announcement sent out by email and posted on their website, the bookstore's owners are asking their customers to come by and ...

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Equator Books in Venice to Close Up Shop Sunday (LAist)