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Janine MacLachlan Janine MacLachlan is a food writer, farm groupie and author of "Farmers' Markets of the Heartland." Her writing and recipes have been featured in national magazines and Tribune newspapers. She has volunteered for Slow Food and Chicago's...Tags: Newspapers, Arable Farming, Periodicals, Colleges and Universities, News Media
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L.A. literary salon remembers noir at Musso & Frank
Jacket CopyThe restaurant Musso & Frank is where some of L.A.'s greatest writers drank; now it celebrates that legacy with a quarterly literary salon, complete with steak and cocktails.... -
Bookmark: Oh, the literary injustices
You know the feeling. You're looking at the best-seller list and a title catches your eye. "What?!" you sputter. "That piece of (expletive deleted) is a hit, while (insert title of favorite obscure novel) is a flop? Ah, the injustice!" Life is not fair....Tags: Thomas Gray, Entertainment, Cole Porter, James Thurber, Pulitzer Prize Awards
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'Sweet' Musician Sue Terry Shows Literate Side
The Hartford CourantSue Terry, a master multi-instrumentalist, has been crafting well-turned, brightly burnished musical phrases for years, spinning soulful solos that tell stories in dramatic, flowing narrative lines. Fluent in the jazz lexicon, her expressive music...Tags: Jodie Foster, Rudyard Kipling, Anthony Burgess, Music Industry, Gore Vidal
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14 offbeat gifts for writers
Jacket CopyDrinking accoutrements, coffee, pencils, apps: 14 offbeat gifts for writers.... -
Personal playlist: Fred Armisen
Pop & HissFew comedians are as intrinsically tied to rock 'n' roll as "Saturday Night Live's" Fred Armisen. Once a drummer in early '90s Chicago hardcore band Trenchmouth, his role on IFC's "Portlandia" often sees Armisen lampooning indie rock culture alongside... -
A Star is Born (Blu-ray)
THE FILM:
If you are one of the millions of people who fell in love with THE ARTIST this year, this is the movie you can thank for much of its story. A STAR IS BORN is one of the most famous and beloved films in the history of Hollywood. It has...Tags: James Mason, Janet Gaynor, Celebrities, Movies, George Eastman
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Francis N. Craig
Francis N. Craig, a retired Edgewood Arsenal scientist, died of respiratory failure Thursday at the Broadmead Retirement Community in Cockeysville. He was 100 and had previously lived in the Loreley section of Baltimore County near White Marsh.
His...Tags: Biology, Colleges and Universities, New York University, Health, Frederick (Frederick, Maryland)
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New York City's spots for book lovers
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterOn the third floor of a big, gray building at Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street, silver-haired docent Julie Chelminski recently stepped up to the middle of a hushed room and faced 15 spellbound tourists. "On the walls of this room there were 9,000 drawers,"...Tags: George S. Kaufman, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Ceremonies, Renzo Piano, New York
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A new bar taps L.A. literary history
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Poetic justice
A good anthology is like a dartboard in a crowded bar on a Saturday night. Everybody lines up to take their best shot. Everybody wants the chance to squint, aim and let fly. The more august and monumental and definitive-seeming the anthology —...Tags: Robert Frost, Marianne Moore, Gertrude Stein, Carl Sandburg, Wallace Stevens
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‘Public Speaking,’ ‘Collapse’ and stand-up comedies — a weekend of documentary watching.
Frankly My Dear - Orlando SentinelThe long Memorial Day holiday weekend was a chance to catch up on all sorts of films Ive been meaning to get to — documentaries, mainly (Though I did plow through the Andy Serkis star turn as rocker Ian Drury “Sex, Drugs & Rock'n Roll.”...
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