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Sat, 19 May 2012 00:16:45 -0700
At the new Pop-Hop Books & Print in Highland Park, a pair of print aficionados believes that others, like themselves, cling to the page in the age of ebooks. Like a bad love affair, they kept it a secret from their families as long as they could. Because in 2012, who can admit the thing they want more than anything in the world is to open a bookstore?
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Fri, 11 May 2012 15:00:19 -0700
Nine American and Polish scholars of science fiction and technology will convene in a daylong symposium on science fiction at the University of California, Riverside on May 17.
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Mon, 14 May 2012 21:30:00 -0700
Shaun Tan was a precocious little bugger, it's no surprise to learn. Not long after he could wield a pencil and paintbrush the Perth-born-and-bred author and illustrator revealed a talent for capturing the real world and a striking facility with fantasy that grew with each passing year.
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Thu, 17 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700
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Fri, 18 May 2012 09:10:38 -0700
# boxing Between the Victorian era and the Sixties, boxing was a regular and prominent feature of American life. Knowing something about the fights—being good with your hands, or maintaining an opinion about the welterweight division or fixed bouts or how to beat a southpaw—was a very common piece of equipment in the toolbox of American cultural competence, especially the section of it devoted ...
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Thu, 26 Apr 2012 04:37:08 -0700
In the coming months, at least seven University of Michigan professors will offer free online courses on such diverse topics as finance, electronic voting, computer vision, and fantasy and science fiction using a new web-based platform called Coursera.
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Thu, 03 May 2012 04:54:23 -0700
Musician plays with orchestra JOLIET — Dominique Archambeau, a sophomore at Joliet West High School, performed with the Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Allan Tinkham at Curtis Hall at the Fine Arts Building Chicago. Archambeau plays the viola and is in Chamber and Symphony Orchestra at school. Man honored for cancer advocacy CREST Hill — Sheldon Flowers of Crest Hill has ...
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Tue, 15 May 2012 15:35:26 -0700
Highlights include the return of "Upstairs Downstairs" plus Ken Burns's new documentary "The Dust Bowl."
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Mon, 14 May 2012 23:03:47 -0700
I heard recently from Carolyn Danckaert, one of the founders of a new site called A Mighty Girl. Danckaert and her husband Aaron Smith built a website collecting books and movies that featured strong girl characters, and it's a great resource for anyone looking for something to share with their kids. I did a short Q&A with Danckaert about the site.
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Tue, 01 May 2012 14:28:32 -0700
The UC San Diego Libraries have been selected by the U.S. National Library of Medicine to host “Harry Potter’s World: Renaissance Science, Magic, and Medicine,” a traveling exhibit that sheds light on the Renaissance traditions featured in the Harry Potter canon.
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