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Home » Anne Ford

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Anne Ford, the Reader’s Studs Terkel, reveals her secrets: ‘It’s all being curious’

by Aimee Levitt June 8, 2018August 18, 2021

The author of 190 as-told-to profiles of Chicagoans on the column’s genesis, challenges, and satisfactions

Posted inNews & Politics

Changing abusive behavior gives domestic violence counselor hope

by Anne Ford May 16, 2018August 18, 2021

Luana Lienhart says 30 percent of her clients don’t realize they’re in abusive relationships.

Posted inBlogs

Daniel Weinberg loves Abraham Lincoln (and especially Abraham ‘Linclon’) more than you do

by Steve Heisler April 12, 2018August 18, 2021

A profile of the owner of the Abraham Lincoln Book Shop reveals the depths of his obsession with our 16th president.

Posted inBlogs

Meet Chicago’s contest queen: She enters up to 100 sweepstakes a day—and once won $100K

by Anne Ford April 2, 2018August 18, 2021

“It’s a bit like exercise: I enjoy it, but sometimes I’d rather skip it, but I do it anyway,” Cynthia Kendall says.

Posted inNews & Politics

Being a straight go-go dancer in gay nightclubs can be tricky, even dangerous

by Anne Ford January 29, 2018August 18, 2021

“I don’t even pretend to know what women go through on a daily basis, but I feel like I have a peek,” Ben Krane says.

Posted inNews & Politics

What humans can learn from bees, according to Chicago’s bicycling beekeeper

by Anne Ford October 25, 2017August 18, 2021

“Beekeeping teaches you to let go of the black-and-white world and participate in the natural world, which is not predictable,” says Bike a Bee founder Jana Kinsman.

Posted inNews & Politics

A longtime Playboy editor on working for Hugh Hefner

by Anne Ford October 25, 2017August 18, 2021

“It wasn’t about the models for me. The mystique of the world I was living in was the writers,” says Barbara Nellis.

Posted inNews & Politics

How Denzel Henderson overcame disability and depression to become a motivational speaker

by Anne Ford August 31, 2017August 18, 2021

“People are not out here living to their full potential,” Henderson says. “I only have the right side of my body and I’m still trying to do better.”

Posted inNews & Politics

An African-American female police officer on why more Chicago cops should look like her

by Anne Ford August 4, 2017August 18, 2021

“To improve the relationship between police and the youth, you have to start young,” officer Janice Wilson says.

Posted inNews & Politics

How to make up for a dogless childhood? Become a dog walker.

by Anne Ford June 5, 2017August 18, 2021

“I really don’t mind picking up poop,” Kara Kapelnikova says.

Posted inNews & Politics

How a Chicago company came to design the titles of some of Hollywood’s biggest movies

by Anne Ford June 2, 2017August 18, 2021

Sarofsky Corp. goes into top-secret “Marvel mode” while working on films such as Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2.

Posted inNews & Politics

‘When I was working murders, birding really calmed me down’

by Anne Ford April 21, 2017August 18, 2021

Retired Chicago police officer Luis Muñoz now does all his investigating at Montrose Point Bird Sanctuary.

Posted inNews & Politics

This doula supports moms—both physically and mentally

by Anne Ford April 10, 2017August 18, 2021

‘A lot of the pain of childbirth comes from fear,’ Nicole Woodcox Bolden says.

Posted inNews & Politics

How a dentalphobic dentist helps patients cope with fear of the tooth doctor

by Anne Ford March 24, 2017August 18, 2021

“We get more new patients who are unnerved than people who are calm and composed,” Marianne Schaefer says.

Posted inNews & Politics

How Art Sims became the radio entertainer known as Chat Daddy

by Anne Ford March 13, 2017August 18, 2021

Meet the man behind the microphone of the WVON entertainment talk show Real Talk, Real People.

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