Jul 19 Special Olympics Enlisting Able-Bodied Youth to Reduce Bias U.S. tennis star Andy Roddick works with Special Olympics competitor James Reiter in a tennis clinic on Sunday in Nebraska. (Photo courtesy Special Olympics/Caroline Kilday, University of Nebraska) I can confirm there was at least one place in America… Continue reading
Jul 19 Critic DeRogatis: Pitchfork Stands for ‘Local Music Community at Its Best’ Note: This is the third and final installment of dispatches by Chicago Public Radio music critic Jim DeRogatis from the 2010 Pitchfork Music Festival. Click here for Part 1,… Continue reading
Jul 18 Pitchfork Day 2: ‘Yawnfork’ The first part of day two at the Pitchfork Music Festival has continued in the sleepy spirit of Friday, with nothing as yet to energize a sold-out crowd of 18,000 baking in the 92-degree heat. Continue reading
Jul 17 Pitchfork Music Festival, From the Windy City & WBEZ We're working with "Sound Opinions" host and Vocalo blogger Jim DeRogatis this weekend to bring you the best (and worst) of the Chicago's Pitchfork Music Festival 2010. Day 1: Robyn, Broken Social Scene, Modest Mouse and more. Continue reading
Jul 16 Shields and Brooks on Jobs, Palin and Deeper Meaning of Old Spice Ads By Hari Sreenivasan Even after the Senate's passage of a landmark financial reform bill, Mark Shields and David Brooks tell us about how difficult a sell Democrats and the administration face with voters as the midterm elections draw closer yet unemployment remains… Continue reading
Jul 16 Conversation: ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ Turns 50 By Tom LeGro This week marks the 50th anniversary of Harper Lee's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, "To Kill a Mockingbird." Lee's classic, read today in classrooms throughout the country, has sold more than 30 million copies and made a lasting impact on many writers… Continue reading
Jul 16 Lissy Rosemont Writes Songs at My Dining Room Table By Mike Melia Front-woman of the Junior League Band, Lissy Rosemont is set to release her third full-length album, "Jelly Roll," this week with a concert at Washington, D.C.'s Rock N Roll Hotel. Lissy is singer, guitarist, pianist, banjo player...and the author's fiancee. Continue reading
Jul 15 Celebrating the Marriage of Art and Technology at the Creators Project By Molly Finnegan A partnership between Vice Magazine and Intel, the Creators Project was launched on June 26th in New York, bringing established and emerging artists from around the world together to explore the use of technology in art. Continue reading