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A collection of news and information related to Lorraine Hansberry published by Tribune Company sources.
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A talk with man who could become principal of gay high school
There were no gay kids in my high school. Not a one. Every single one of us in our red-and-gray uniforms was as straight as a ruler's edge. Years later, of course, we learned that wasn't true. Oh, so she was gay? And him too? I learned the fact about one...Tags: Gays and Lesbians, Harold Washington, Little Village, Minority Groups, Suicide
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Past selections
Spring 2008: "The Long Goodbye" by Raymond Chandler. Fall 2007: "The Crucible" by Arthur Miller Spring 2007: "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin Fall 2006: "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri Spring 2006: "One Day in the Life of...Tags: Arthur Miller, Elie Wiesel, James Baldwin, Willa Cather, Jane Austen
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One Book pick has 'The Right Stuff'
Chicago Tribune reporter"The Right Stuff" by author-journalist Tom Wolfe is the 15th selection of the "One Book, One Chicago" citywide book club series, library officials announced at a news conference Thursday afternoon. The movie version of the book will also be featured in...Tags: Arthur Miller, Illinois, Grant Park, Elie Wiesel, James Baldwin
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Sean Combs' 'Raisin' d'etre
Sean Combs, a.k.a. Diddy, P. Diddy, Puff Daddy and Puffy, has conquered the worlds of rap music, record producing and clothing design.
More recently he's staked a claim on the world of acting. Case in point: He appeared on Broadway in the Tony Award-...Tags: Broadway, Sanaa Lathan, Halle Berry, Jon Favreau, Music Theater
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New York City real estate: St. Albans, Queens
Special to amNewYorkSt. Albans is a quiet middle-class neighborhood in eastern Queens, but just beneath lies a level of culture, politics and heritage that not all New York neighborhoods can boast. Once home to some of the greats of jazz and sports – Count Basie, Jackie...Tags: Homes, Forests, NAACP, John Coltrane, Jackie Robinson
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Movies
BASIC CABLE "A Raisin in the Sun" *** 4:45 p.m., TCM As part of a marathon honoring Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Turner Classic Movies airs this amazing 1961 adaptation of Lorraine Hansberry's stage play. Proud and promising Walter Lee Younger (Sidney...Tags: Movies, Martin Luther King Jr., Sidney Poitier, Louis Gossett Jr.
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This 'Raisin in the Sun' remains fruitful
It's sobering to think that ABC's TV-movie adaptation of Lorraine Hansberry's "A Raisin in the Sun" (7 p.m. Monday WLS-Ch. 7) might not have been made without the drawing power of Sean Combs. In this version of the classic 1959 play, the hip-hop mogul...Tags: Phylicia Rashad, Sanaa Lathan, Family
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Some new episodes, series to air despite strike
Tribune television criticThe Writers Guild of America strike has brought television production to a halt. But for the next month or two, fans of scripted TV can check out several new midseason shows. Returning series such as "Lost" also will roll out at least a few new episodes....Tags: Manhattan (New York City), Anjelica Huston, Simon Cowell, Drug Trafficking, Candace Bushnell
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Diverse crowd descending on Sundance
Sundance will bring a reliable cast of characters when it opens Thursday. Actor Sam Rockwell will hobnob at the Riverhorse restaurant in Park City. Festival chief Robert Redford will endorse indie film at the Eccles theater. Dealmaker John Sloss will...Tags: Robert Redford, Maria Bello, Festive Event, Angelina Jolie, Steven Spielberg
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Small town, large impact
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterThe Sundance Film Festival is always the most paradoxical of events, and this year's edition is shaping up as no exception. This most important of American film festivals opens Thursday night in an enthusiastic town -- Park City, Utah -- that is...Tags: Festive Event, Utah, Film Festivals, Roman Polanski, Movies
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ABC's 'Raisin' Finally Sees the Sun
Zap2It.comThe world of television will be in for a rare sighting of one of its most endangered species later this season: a pair of somewhat prestigious made-for-TV movies on a broadcast network not called CBS. ABC, which develops telefilms only sporadically these...Tags: Academy Awards, Sanaa Lathan, Nature, Conservation, Ellen Burstyn
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Casting for the stage should be color-blind
Special to The TimesThere's a wonderful old theater story about Laurence Olivier in the 1960s — he was playing in "Othello" and receiving generally glowing notices opposite Frank Findlay and a young actress by the name of Maggie Smith. One night, however, as he stormed...Tags: Slavery, August Wilson, Neil LaBute, Denzel Washington, CBS Corp.
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