848; 05 Chicago Blues Festival; 06 Three to See; 01 Departing University of Chicago President Don Randel; 02 Al Ginis Summer Book Bag; 03 Water for Elephants; 04 American Sideshow
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- 848
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- 05 Chicago Blues Festival
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- 06 Three to See
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- 02 Al Ginis Summer Book Bag
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- 03 Water for Elephants
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- 04 American Sideshow
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- WBEZ
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- WBEZ (Chicago, Illinois)
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- 05 We give a nod to the 23rd Annual Chicago Blues Festival starting Thursday, June 8, 2006, with a tune from local blues artist Shirley Johnson. She performs Sunday, June 11, 2006, from 12:30-1:45 pm on the Gibson Crossroads Stage. The Chicago Blues Festival takes place from Thursday, June 8-Sunday, 11, 2006, from 11 am-9:30 pm in Grant Park. Music Button: Shirley Johnson, As The Years Go Passing By, from the CD Michael Coleman & the Delmark AllStars: Blues Brunch at the Mart (Delmark)
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- 06 Chicago Public Radio Arts Editor Edward Lifson shares his three not-to-be-missed cultural events for the next week. Ensemble Espanols American Spanish Dance Festival: 30th Anniversary Celebration kicks off Thursday, June 8, 2006, at 6 pm at the Chicago Cultural Center. The Kevin Hamilton: Department of RhythmanalysisDuPage Alert System runs through August 5, 2006, at the Gahlberg Gallery in the McAninch Arts Center at the College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn. Jackie Allen's CD release party for Tangled takes place Friday, June 9, 2006, from 9 pm-1 am and Saturday, June 10, 2006, from 8 pm-midnight at the Green Mill in Chicago.
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- 01 Don RandelDeparting President, University of Chicago Don Randel shakes graduates hands as president of the school for the last time. But before he does, he sits down with us to talk about his 6-year tenure as the head of a major university. Music Button: Kraak & Smaak, Keep On Searching, from the CD Boogie Angst (Quango Records)
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- 02 Resident philosopher Al Gini shares his picks for summer reading in his semiannual book bag segment. Philosophy Made Simple by Robert Hellenga (2006) The Brooklyn Follies by Paul Auster (2006) The Lighthouse by P.D. James (2006) In Cold Blood by Truman Capote (1965) Beasts of No Nation by Uzodinma Iweala (2005) Kindred: 25th Anniversary Edition by Octavia Butler (2004) Slow Man by JM Coetzee (2005) The Week You Weren't Here by Charles Blackstone (2004) Ghost Town by Patrick McGrath (2005) John Stuart Mill: A Biography by Nicholas Capaldi (2004) Music Button: Csololom, Falmbee Montalbanaise, from the CD Dog Daze (Arhoolie Records)
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- 03 Sara GruenAuthor, Water for Elephants Local author Sara Gruen tells us about her novel Water for Elephants (Algonquin Books, 2006), which tells the story of a mans life in the circus. Music Button: Oranj Symphonette, Baby Elephant Gunn, from the CD Plays Mancini (Gramavision)
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- 04 Marc HartzmanAuthor Gianofer Fields talks with Marc Hartzman, author of the book American Sideshow: An Encyclopedia of History's Most Wondrous and Curiously Strange Performers (Tarcher, 2005) about the lives of those who made their living just outside the Big Top. Music Button: Shadowy Men from a Shadowy Planet, Aunts Invasion, from the CD Dim The Lights Chill The Ham (Cargo Records)
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Distributor: WBEZ
Producing Organization: WBEZ
Production Unit: 848
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Chicago Public Radio (WBEZ-FM) and Vocalo.org
Identifier: 50576 (WBEZ)
Format: Data CD: CD-R
Generation: Master
Duration: 01:00:00?
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- Chicago: “848; 05 Chicago Blues Festival; 06 Three to See; 01 Departing University of Chicago President Don Randel; 02 Al Ginis Summer Book Bag; 03 Water for Elephants; 04 American Sideshow,” WBEZ, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC, accessed May 28, 2025, http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-50-59c5b5pw.
- MLA: “848; 05 Chicago Blues Festival; 06 Three to See; 01 Departing University of Chicago President Don Randel; 02 Al Ginis Summer Book Bag; 03 Water for Elephants; 04 American Sideshow.” WBEZ, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Web. May 28, 2025. <http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-50-59c5b5pw>.
- APA: 848; 05 Chicago Blues Festival; 06 Three to See; 01 Departing University of Chicago President Don Randel; 02 Al Ginis Summer Book Bag; 03 Water for Elephants; 04 American Sideshow. Boston, MA: WBEZ, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Retrieved from http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-50-59c5b5pw