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Fixing the culture of fixing

Posted on June 30, 2014 (July 1, 2014) by rkcunningham
in Illinois / regional

At the risk of summoning Rod Blagojevich in a cloud of fire, brimstone, and cheap aftershave, our blog belatedly marks the third anniversary (June 27, 2011) of the former Illinois […]

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Tagged Fixing Illinois, J. Thomas Johnson, James D. Nowlan, politics

Sci Fi Friday: meet Gregory Benford

Posted on June 27, 2014 (June 26, 2014) by rkcunningham
in biography, literary studies, science fiction

The Modern Masters of Science Fiction series is devoted to books that survey the work of individual authors who continue to inspire and advance science fiction. Kurt Vonnegut once wrote […]

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Tagged George Slusser, Gregory Benford, Modern Master of Science Fiction

Return of the kind mother

Posted on June 6, 2014 (June 5, 2014) by rkcunningham
in art, biography, Illinois / regional

The pre-restoration Alma Mater. Today the famed statue makes its long-awaited return to the University of Illinois campus after a ten-month restoration treatment. Though completed in 1929, the Alma Mater […]

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Tagged Allen Stuart Weller, Henry Adams, Lorado Taft The Chicago Years, Robert G. LaFrance, sculpture

Happy birthday, Jimmy Rogers

Posted on June 3, 2014 (June 3, 2014) by rkcunningham
in biography, black studies, Chicago, music

Jimmy Rogers was born James A. Lane on this day in 1924. As Wayne Everett Goins notes in Blues All Day Long, his new biography of Rogers, the legendary guitarist […]

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Tagged blues, Jimmy Rogers, Muddy Waters, Wayne Everett Goins
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