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All Over the News: NWA Writers on Verse Journalism

Wed, 23 May 2012 17:31:00 -0500

This presentation, inspired by a series of guided writing workshops on verse journalism, will include discussion and sharing of writing by JOT writers from the Albany Park, Bee, Bezazian, Hall, King, and Mabel Manning Branch Libraries.

A Culture of Consumption: Poetry Reading

Wed, 23 May 2012 16:51:00 -0500

What do you think of when you think about "consumer culture"? A culture that promotes consumption and a mentality that more is better? An advertising industry that sells the idea happiness depends on possession and that what you are and what you have is never enough?

Illinois House passes gambling expansion bill

Wed, 23 May 2012 16:31:00 -0500

The Illinois House, in a 69-47 vote, passed a gambling expansion bill that would create new casinos and slot machines at the state's racetracks.

Mushrooms in the Chicago Region

Wed, 23 May 2012 16:09:00 -0500

A Chicago-area woodland may support as many as 300 species of macro-fungi (or mushrooms, brackets, and other readily visible fungi). They may be decomposers and recyclers of wood, leaf litter, and other organic matter, mycorrhizal symbionts with tree roots, or parasites.

Caught on video: Chicago after dark, 65 years ago

Wed, 23 May 2012 15:58:00 -0500

Here's another one of those old MGM Traveltalks movie shorts that surface on YouTube from time to time. This one looks Chicago nightlife in 1947, and features a host of locales and places, many of which are no longer with us.

The Story of Algerian Pastries and an Epiphany

Wed, 23 May 2012 15:43:00 -0500

While Rachel Finn was living in Paris, she tasted Algerian pastries for the first time and her life was changed forever. “It was, without question, love at first bite,” she recalls. “An obsession was born.

U.S. reaches pollution agreement at BP Indiana plant

Wed, 23 May 2012 15:00:00 -0500

The government has announced a settlement requiring BP North America Inc. to spend more than $400 million to reduce pollution at an Indiana refinery.

Teachers Union rallies over contract negotiations

Wed, 23 May 2012 14:52:00 -0500

The Chicago Teachers Union is planning what it’s calling a “historic” rally this afternoon. The union wants 4,000 teachers and other school employees to turn out.The rally takes place as the district and union are locked in negotiations over a contract.

The 3@3: The Ricketts, the Reader and the remaking of college football

Wed, 23 May 2012 14:31:00 -0500

Today on the 3@3, A.V. Club's Marcus Gilmer and Redeye's Ernest Wilkins talk with host Steve Edwards about the news of the day.The topics include:Steve Edwards: The deal is done. The Sun-Times is going to buy the Reader.

City: Absenteesim by Streets & Sanitation on decline

Wed, 23 May 2012 13:59:00 -0500

Mayor Emanuel and Streets and Sanitation Commissioner Thomas Byrne announced on Wednesday that the city’s sanitation department saw a 15-percent decrease in absenteeism.