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10 Most-Challenged Books Of 2007
"Adventures of Huckleberry Finn," published in 1885, was the fifth most-challenged book of 2007, according to this list compiled by the American Library Association's Office for Intellectual Freedom: 1. "And Tango Makes Three" by Justin Richardson/...Tags: Population, Demographics, Mark Twain, Maya Angelou, Censorship
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TODAY'S PICKS
THE COLOR PURPLE (8 p.m., WE) (Drama, 1985) - A black Southern woman (Whoopi Goldberg) struggles to find her identity after years of abuse. Based on the book by Alice Walker. PRESEASON FOOTBALL (6:30 p.m., CBS/2) - Jets at Philadelphia Eagles...Tags: New York Jets, Whoopi Goldberg, New York Giants, New England Patriots, Philadelphia Eagles
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Will Michelle Obama unite nation's feminists?
Washington BureauWASHINGTON — Gina McCauley's blog on African-American women in pop culture has never attracted this kind of attention. The 3-year-old site has a mostly African-American audience. But she launched a new Michelle Obama Watch blog in June to monitor...Tags: University of Maryland, Cindy McCain, Civil Rights, Columbia University, Sojourner Truth
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A feminist house divided?
Today's question: What are the divisions in contemporary feminist movements? What can we expect in the future? Click here to read previous installments from this week's Dust-Up. For feminist organizations, it's change or die Point: Katha Pollitt The...Tags: Book, New York, Books and Magazines, United Nations, Schools
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'The Color Purple' will soon drop final curtain
"The Color Purple" will close Feb. 24 on Broadway after a run of more than two years. The musical, based on Alice Walker's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, will have played 910 performances by the time the final curtain falls at the Broadway Theatre. The...Tags: Television, Quincy Jones, Oprah Winfrey, Theater, Music Theater
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Calendar
ONGOING REMEMBERING KING // The Reginald F. Lewis Maryland Museum of African American History and Culture, 830 E. Pratt St., is showcasing From the Ashes of a Dream: Race and Revitalization Since MLK, a reflection on the 40th anniversary of the death...Tags: Society, Pikesville, Music, Mary J Blige, Baltimore Museum of Art
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Authors don't always profit with film deals
TRIBUNE NEWSPAPERS: Los Angeles TimesBy all rights, Deborah Gregory should be sitting pretty: As a first-time author, she wrote the Cheetah Girls novels, a bubbly 16-book series that became hugely popular with American tweens and teens. And she appeared to hit an even bigger jackpot when she...Tags: Television, Marketing, Movies, Paramount, Consumer Electronics Industry
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ON THE TRAIL
John McCain returned to his high school in Alexandria, Va., yesterday to reminisce about a teacher who inspired him and stress his support for weeding out the good from the bad in today's classroom instructors. The stop was part of the presumptive GOP...Tags: Republican Party, Pennsylvania, John McCain, Clinton (Easton, Pennsylvania), Political Candidates
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People to People: June 23, 2007
THIS WEEK ON PEOPLE TO PEOPLE.... Alice Walker's unforgettable story, 'The Color Purple,' has been adapted for the stage! If you live in Chicago you have probably seen or heard about Oprah Winfrey's wildly popular production of the musical. On this weeks...Tags: Oprah Winfrey, Theater, Music Theater, Music
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Get your green ready for 'Color Purple' tickets
Tribune theater criticWith thoughts now turning to Miss Celie, Harpo and spring in Chicago, the in-box is full of questions about the Chicago production of the Broadway musical "The Color Purple," slated to arrive at the Cadillac Palace Theatre on April 17. If you're...Tags: Sales, Steven Spielberg, New York, Celebrity, Oprah Winfrey
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'The Color Purple' arrives: Confident and in full bloom
Tribune theater criticThe Broadway musical version of Alice Walker's great novel "The Color Purple" arrives in sweet home Chicago in the most confident of hues. And a confident sense of creative purpose--in this case, make that spiritual purpose--is the theater's most powerful...Tags: New York, Oprah Winfrey, Palace Theater, Theater, Music Theater
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