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...DIED. Iva Toguri D'Aquino, 90, Japanese-American jailed, amid post-World War II anti-Japanese prejudice, as the seductive, traitorous radio host Tokyo Rose; in Chicago. In fact, there was no Tokyo Rose-the name was given by U.S. troops to any English-speaking female on Radio Japan, the propaganda outlet where D'Aquino was forced to work after being stranded during a visit to Tokyo by the bombing of Pearl Harbor. With references to listeners as "our friends-I mean, our enemies" and off-air efforts to aid American POWs, she made clear her loyalty...
...Douglass before this matter sullies Harvard’s reputation completely? If this cannot be done, then I suggest that President Bok organize a totally independent second inquiry, with a panel drawn from scientists with no affiliation to either Harvard or the U.S. water fluoridation program. SAMUEL S. EPSTEIN Chicago, IL September 19, 2006 The writer is professor emeritus of environmental and occupational medicine at the University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health and chairman of the Cancer Prevention Coalition...
...Founded by Maestro Paul Freeman, the Chicago Sinfonietta - the most racially diverse orchestra in the country, according to a recent survey - has long struck a chord with fans of innovative classical music. "We've done some pretty wacky things," says executive director Jim Hirsch. "You haven't heard anything until you've heard thirty steel drums banging simultaneously with an orchestra." Hirsch says the Sinfonietta had also hosted concerts with bagpipes, and once featured an Indonesian gamelan orchestra, using gongs and mallet-struck instruments. Two years ago, the Sinfonietta collaborated with alternative rock band Poi Dog Pondering in a "remix...
...AUDIO: Hear a ring tone medley that is joined by the Chicago Sinfonietta performing Beethoven. The project was conceived by Maestro Paul Freeman, left
...their free samples in tiny cups, so this reviewer took much-needed naps during lame acts like Tapes ’n Tapes, Chin Up Chin Up, and The National.However, those aforementioned naps were merely charge-up sessions for some of the most joyous thrashing and tastiest grooving that Chicago had seen since the ’68 riots.The four biggest highlights were easy to pick out, and anyone with a brain stem should try and catch each when they next come through the Boston area code.Number one, by far, were recently-reunited-after-forty-years Brazilian legends Os Mutantes.They...