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Arts & Culture, Feature Aug 27, 2014
Slideshow Video
How a mysterious box of photos sent an Evanston couple halfway around the world

For a quarter century, Jerri Zbiral and Alan Teller have been trying to figure out the identity of the photographer responsible for a treasure trove of images from 1940s India.
- By Aimee Levitt
- Tags: Feature, photographs, photography, Jerri Zbiral, Alan Teller, state sales, India, Irving Leiden, 10th PTU, 1945, anthropology, World War II, Okinawa, Evanston, Lake Forest College, Gwynn Milbeck Stupar, U.S. Army, West Bengal, 10th Photographic Technical Unit, Army Air Corps, cameras, Speed Graphic, Library of Congress, Maxwell Air Force Base, archives, University of Chicago, photography archives, University of Chicago, University of Chicago Library, Jim Nye, Ralph Nicholas, Marta Nicholas, American Institute of Indian Studies, AIIS, Karanagarh Temple, Schneider Gallery, art, sculpture, Fulbright Program, grants, Kolkata, University of Iowa, Philp Lutgendorf, Sanjeet Chowdhury, Amritah Sen, Alakananda Nag, photographers, history, Bengal, Subhas Chandra Bose, Indian National Congress, Mahatma Gandhi, Indian independence, Prabir Purkayastha, Bengal Famine of 1943, racism, minorities, Salur, Kharagpur, Asid Agarwal, SJ Ghosh, Salua Air Force Base, Salua, IIT, Illinois Institute of Technology, Gurkhas, Facebook, Balaji Temple, priests, Lewis Paltz, David Paltz, film, Texas, exhibits, video, paintings, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama, auctions, Nandeswar temple, jungle, Swarna Chitrakar, story scrolls, painting, Slideshow, Video

Columns & Opinion, On Politics Mar 11, 2014
How much will Chicago's new digital manufacturing institute end up costing taxpayers?

President Obama and Mayor Emanuel tout a $70 million grant for a site that already received $10 million in public subsidies.
- By Ben Joravsky
- Tags: Ben Joravsky on Politics, DMDII, Digital Manufacturing and Design Innovation Institute, Rahm Emanuel, Pat Quinn, Dick Durbin, Caralynn Nowinski, UI Labs, U.S. Department of Defense, grants, taxes, federal taxes, subsidies, digital manufacturing, Lightweight and Modern Metals Manufacturing Institute, National Additive Manufacturing Innovation Institute, Youngstown, Ohio, Canton, Michigan, Raleigh, North Carolina, Next Generation Power Electronics Manufacturing Innovation Institute, Raleigh News & Observer, Pat McCrory, research consortiums, manufacturing, Chicago Tribune, John Byrne, TIFs, tax increment financing, Goose Island, Republic Windows and Doors, Manny Flores

Columns & Opinion, On Culture Nov 11, 2013
One year in, the Chicago Cultural Plan is already receiving plaudits

But that doesn't mean it's not window dressing.
- By Deanna Isaacs
- Tags: On Culture, Metropolitan Planning Council, MPC, Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events, DCASE, Daniel Burnham Award, Chicago Cultural Plan, planning, Daniel Burnham, Plan for Chicago, consulting, outsourcing, Michelle Boone, chicagoculturalplan.org, websites, grants, Cultural Grants Program, Restaurant Week, Rahm's Readers, Chicago Public Library, CPL, arts grants, DCA, Department of Cultural Affairs, summer reading programs, Arts Alliance Illinois, arts, culture, Rahm Emanuel, Ra Joy, Michael Dorf, Harold Washington, stewardship committee

Best of Chicago, City Life Jun 19, 2013
Critics' Picks
Best Community Organization

Southwest Organizing Project
- By Steve Bogira
- Tags: City Life, SWOP, Southwest Organizing Project, CeaseFire, MacArthur Foundation, grants, neighborhoods, vacant properties, schools, parents, Chicago Lawn, foreclosures, Critics' Picks

Blogs, Bleader May 31, 2012
The case of the nebulous NATO grant funds

And again: Chicago still hasn't received any federal money for NATO summit
- By Mick Dumke
- Tags: Politics, Clout City, News, Chicago Police Department, City Council, city of Chicago, Congress, federal grants, Fraternal Order of Police, Freedom of Information Act, grants, host committee, National Special Security Event, NATO, NATO summit, parking meter deal, parking meter lease deal, parking meters, protests, Rahm Emanuel, Richard M. Daley, tax increment financing, Terry Hillard, TIFs, transparency

Blogs, Bleader Apr 11, 2012
19 million promises, but still no money

The city of Chicago still hasn’t received any federal funds for the NATO summit
- By Mick Dumke
- Tags: Politics, Clout City, News, NATO, NATO summit, Occupy movement, protests, riots, Barack Obama, Rahm Emanuel, City Council, grants, federal grants, Congress, Lori Healey, National Special Security Event, transparency, Freedom of Information Act, city of Chicago, Department of Homeland Security, Jennifer Hoyle, host committee

Blogs, Bleader Feb 22, 2012
Chicago has yet to receive a dime from the feds for NATO and G8

The city has yet to receive any grant money to prepare for the summits in May
- By Mick Dumke
- Tags: Protest Week, Politics, Clout City, News, Variations on a Theme, G8, G8 summit, NATO, NATO summit, Occupy movement, protests, riots, Barack Obama, Rahm Emanuel, Gary Schenkel, City Council, grants, Office of Emergency Communications Management, OEMC, grants, federal grants, Urban Areas Security Initiative, Lori Healey, National Special Security Event, transparency, Freedom of Information Act

News & Politics, Politics Sep 23, 2010
The Wingnuts Had a Point

A gay Chicago filmmaker arrives at a Missouri film fest to find the state has pulled its funding under pressure from "patriots." Was it the subject matter?
- By Michael Miner
- Tags: Politics, film festivals, film, movies, documentaries, Missouri, federal stimulus funds, grants, Show Me Social Justice International Film Festival, Warrensburg, Missouri, Missouri Valley Community Action Agency, Peter Kinder, United for Missouri, Johnson County Patriots of the Republic, Jefferson City, Missouri, Missouri Department of Social Services, Pam LaFrenz, Ky Dickens, Denny Hoskins, University of Central Missouri, "Fish Out of Water", Kristen Kaza, homosexuality, The Bible, Warrensburg Daily Star-Journal, Jeff Merrick, funding, ARRA, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Rotary Club, Carl Bearden, Jeremy Mikolajczak, grass-roots conservatism, Michael Bersin, Jack Miles, public expenditures, social service funding, Tour of Missouri, recession

News & Politics, Miscellany Jan 6, 1994
A Poem for McDonald's

It's hard to be independent.
- By S.L. Wisenberg
- Tags: Miscellany, Feature, McDonald's, writing, poetry, art and commerce, Coffee Chicago, branding, Sara Lee, Guild Books, corporate sponsorship, Another Chicago Magazine, Onthebus, literary journals, Illinois Arts Council, National Endowment for the Arts, grants, writers, poets

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Slideshow Video
How a mysterious box of photos sent an Evanston couple halfway around the world

For a quarter century, Jerri Zbiral and Alan Teller have been trying to figure out the identity of the photographer responsible for a treasure trove of images from 1940s India.

How much will Chicago's new digital manufacturing institute end up costing taxpayers?

President Obama and Mayor Emanuel tout a $70 million grant for a site that already received $10 million in public subsidies.

One year in, the Chicago Cultural Plan is already receiving plaudits

But that doesn't mean it's not window dressing.

Critics' Picks
Best Community Organization

Southwest Organizing Project

The case of the nebulous NATO grant funds

And again: Chicago still hasn't received any federal money for NATO summit

19 million promises, but still no money

The city of Chicago still hasn’t received any federal funds for the NATO summit

Chicago has yet to receive a dime from the feds for NATO and G8

The city has yet to receive any grant money to prepare for the summits in May

The Wingnuts Had a Point

A gay Chicago filmmaker arrives at a Missouri film fest to find the state has pulled its funding under pressure from "patriots." Was it the subject matter?

A Poem for McDonald's

It's hard to be independent.

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For a quarter century, Jerri Zbiral and Alan Teller have been trying to figure out the identity of the photographer responsible for a treasure trove of images from 1940s India.

President Obama and Mayor Emanuel tout a $70 million grant for a site that already received $10 million in public subsidies.

But that doesn't mean it's not window dressing.

Southwest Organizing Project

And again: Chicago still hasn't received any federal money for NATO summit

The city of Chicago still hasn’t received any federal funds for the NATO summit

The city has yet to receive any grant money to prepare for the summits in May

A gay Chicago filmmaker arrives at a Missouri film fest to find the state has pulled its funding under pressure from "patriots." Was it the subject matter?

It's hard to be independent.

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