When Joseph Feingold left a Siberian labor camp after his six-year internment during the Holocaust, he found a black market and swapped a pack of American cigarettes for a violin. The instrument was his haven for more than 65 years, and now its legacy of solace will live on in the hands of young violinists in the poorest congressional...
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Gangsters, poets, madmen, priests: Author Ron Hansen brings adventure to Hillsdale
As he writes a novel, Ron Hansen posts his ideal “cast” of characters on his wall so he can remember what they look like. His ideal Robert Ford wasn’t cast for the film version of his historical fiction novel “The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford,” but he said Casey Affleck was a more sympathetic-looking Bob, anyway....
Art Institute of Chicago shows off for students
A girl of about eight who wore a hot pink cardigan — with bangs dyed to match — leaned back, lifted her iPhone, and snapped a photo of Cindy Sherman’s “Untitled #92,” a photograph of a frightened young woman in a school uniform, hair cropped short, face blanched, pupils contracted to pin points. “That’s beautiful,” her mom said. Later, her...
In search of John Mayer: Singer-songwriter continues to redefine himself in new tour and album
John Mayer begins his next tour, The Search for Everything, on March 31. To build the hype, the singer-songwriter has been releasing EP tracks four at a time until he will finally release his 14-track album this spring. It’s not really cool to like John Mayer, but we shamefaced fans are dying of excitement. Quietly, and to ourselves. It doesn’t...
