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SCREEN SCENE: North Lawndale student film debuts at Peace on Earth Festival
"Gun violence affects me so much that I believe I will be the next person to die," says a teen girl in the short film "Will I Be Next?" The short, created by a class at North Lawndale College Prep High School, will be part of the first Peace on Earth...Tags: Society, Ceremonies, Festive Event, Dalai Lama, Sidney Poitier
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Fashion: Fall/winter men's collections turn to bow ties
FASHION COLUMNISTYou know what the problem is with bow ties? Rarely is anyone cool ever seen wearing them. Orville Redenbacher, Tucker Carlson, Dagwood Bumstead, Sen. Paul Simon, C. Everett Koop, Boo Boo Bear — nary a hep cat among them. You usually have to...Tags: Harry S Truman, George Clooney, Space Programs, Paul Simon, Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill
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'No Child' In A Class By Itself
Photos by JOHN WOIKE | The Hartford CourantNijala Sun wants you to know that her play "No Child …" is not about the "No Child Left Behind" legislation, which requires comprehensive testing in public schools. The play — which was an off-Broadway hit last year and opens Friday at...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Celebrity, New York, Hartford Stage, Roman Catholic
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'No Child ...' Gets Good Marks
SPECIAL TO THE COURANTTeaching high school students is "the hardest job in the whole wide world," says the janitor of the fictional Malcolm X Public High School in the Bronx, the setting of "No Child...," Nilaja Sun's compelling, contemporary comedy that opened at TheaterWorks...Tags: High Schools, Schools, Prisons, Employees, TheaterWorks
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An Excerpt From 'No Child...'
The speaker in this excerpt is 80-year-old Janitor Baron, the play's narrator: "Hear that? Silence. Beautiful silence, pure silence. The kind of silence that only comes from spending years in the back woods. We ain't in the back woods (though I'm...Tags: Work Rules Contract Issues, New York, Schools, Metal and Mineral, Employees
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Changing of the guard in black leadership?
emily.ngo@am-ny.comOutside the South Beach Cafe in Harlem, a mural emblazoned "Great African Americans" features the Rev. Jesse Jackson alongside Malcolm X, Frederick Douglass and other groundbreakers. Inside the neighborhood eatery, however, a hostess readily slams...Tags: Julian Bond, Elections, Charles B. Rangel, Frederick Douglass, Al Sharpton
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Mankind's vulnerable mural
Special to the Chicago TribuneA battered brick church whose facade is graced by an extraordinary mural stands at 617 W. Evergreen St., just west of Clybourn Avenue near Larrabee Street. Built in 1901 and successively home to Episcopalians, Italian-American Catholics and African-...Tags: Mississippi, Baptist, Chicago Park District, Religious Leaders, Ohio
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'Public Enemies' sticks to strict shooting schedule
Tribune NewspapersLOS ANGELES—When I saw producer Kevin Misher painfully limping into Chaya Brasserie for lunch this week, having just returned from spending months in Chicago producing "Public Enemies," the upcoming Michael Mann 1930s gangster movie, I have to admit...Tags: Johnny Depp, Muhammad Ali, Marion Cotillard, Movies, Martin Scorsese
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On this day in history
On Aug. 11, 1860, the nation's first successful silver mill began operation near Virginia City, Nev. In 1909 what is believed to be the first radio SOS sent by an American ship was transmitted from the liner Arapahoe after its engines were disabled off...Tags: Herb Brooks, Jerry Falwell, Road Accidents, Environmental Pollution, Town of East Hampton
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New York real estate: Washington Heights
Special to amNewYorkWashington Heights, an expansive, vibrant neighborhood characterized by its unique landscape, distinct enclaves and prominent Dominican community, occupies nearly all of the land in northern Manhattan. The inescapable crowds, blaring music and...Tags: Health and Safety at School, New York University, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Music Theater, Schools
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Bed-Stuy art gallery debuts big with BAST show
lauren.johnston@am-ny.comGet off the A train at Utica Avenue, turn left on Malcolm X Boulevard and look for the bright blue digital news ticker crawling across a brand new glass storefront: You've arrived at the Brooklynite Gallery, Bedford-Stuyvesant's art pioneer. "PREMIERE...Tags: Glenwood, Arts, Mill Basin
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Spike Lee hits Jackson on Obama remarks
Spike Lee says the Rev. Jesse Jackson's crudely phrased criticism of Barack Obama won't affect the Democrat's campaign, which the filmmaker expects to succeed at bringing "seismic" change to the world. "I don't think his (Jackson's) comments help...Tags: Kobe Bryant, ESPN, Elections, Political Candidates, Television
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