Music discovery has changed a lot in 50 years, but the Reader is still around—and so is Bonnie Koloc.
Tag: Studs Terkel
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Working does more than punch the clock
Theo Ubique’s staging celebrates the dignity of everyday labor.
Posted inArts & Culture
Ensemble is the first gossip-free oral history of Chicago theater
Mark Larson explains how he created his 700-page behemoth.
Posted inBlogs
Anne Ford, the Reader’s Studs Terkel, reveals her secrets: ‘It’s all being curious’
The author of 190 as-told-to profiles of Chicagoans on the column’s genesis, challenges, and satisfactions
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The Reader’s greatest—and now most obsolete—treasure
How people stored information in the good old analog days.
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Studs Terkel in letters (to the editor)
Studs was not only an oral historian, author, and radio legend but also an opinionated writer of letters to the editor.
Posted inColumns & Opinion
The Chicago Picasso isn’t the only public artwork worth celebrating
The Wall of Respect is gone, but its impact shouldn’t be forgotten.
Posted inMusic
George and Gerry Armstrong were Chicago’s first family of folk in the 50s and 60s
Folk-music power couple George and Gerry Armstrong helped launch the Old Town School and the University of Chicago Folk Festival.
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Adam Green’s Aladdin, the Reader’s Cocktail Challenge, and more things to do in Chicago this week
The Fifth Star Awards, “Every Building in Baghdad,” and more happenings from September 12-15.
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WFMT wants to Kickstart a vast online Studs Terkel archive
The radio network turns to Kickstarter to get an expanded Studs Terkel digital archive up and running.
Posted inNews & Politics
The Declaration of Independence is still important
An interview with political philosopher Danielle Allen about the Declaration of Independence
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Sandra Cisneros comes home
In her new memoir, A House of My Own, the 60-year-old author recounts more than 30 years’ worth of personal stories about the places she’s lived and the writing they inspired.
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Two more writers weigh in on the Greatest Ever Chicago Book
A few more thoughts on Working versus The Warmth of Other Suns
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Isabel Wilkerson is ‘so grateful’ for Greatest Chicago Book tourney victory
The author of The Warmth of Other Suns talks about her admiration for Studs Terkel and Working and offers her own list of great Chicago books.
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What is the Greatest Ever Chicago Book?
Studs Terkel’s Working takes on Isabel Wilkerson’s The Warmth of Other Suns in the Reader tournament’s championship bout.