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December 2001
CURRENT ISSUE
FEATURES
Mixed
message
by Daniel C. Vock
What
impression of the capital city does Springfield want to convey?
Officials haven't asked that question in decades. The results
are all too visible.
Imagine
Illinois
photos by Larry Kanfer
Art
reflects the landscape and the people.
Dream
deferred
by Maureen F. McKinney
A little Illinois town goes all out to honor a politician who passed through, but has been slow to recognize the writers who called it home.
Art
and community
by Curtis Lawrence
An
affordable artist colony for half a century, Chicago's Wicker
Park neighborhood is on the rise. But as the rents go up, the
artists are moving out.
History
for the bottom up
by Aaron Chambers
Using Chicago as a microcosm, Studs Terkel has helped define America, with all its divisions and unions.
GUEST
ESSAY
The
art of revitalization
by Hilary A. Frost-Kumpf
CONVERSATION
WITH THE PUBLISHER by Ed Wojcicki
Civility
in campaigns may be tested here again
EDITOR'S
NOTEBOOK by Peggy Boyer Long
An Illinois photographer captures the beauty of the Midwest's landscape
STATE
OF THE STATE by Aaron Chambers
Art
is helping kids cope with the September 11 tragedy
BRIEFLY
- PLAY
ON —
Smaller symphonies create strategies for survival
- Illinois'
smaller museums keep an eye on Springfield
- Humanities
grant helps the mathematical arts
- U
of C professor wins award — Robert Pippin
- ROLL
ON — Art tells the story of life along the river
- Illinois
journalists win national awards
- Arts
across Illinois
- UPDATE
— John Wesley Powell
PEOPLE
- QUESTION
AND ANSWER—Larry Shiner
A
VIEW FROM THE SUBURBSby Madeleine Doubek
Art and culture abound
POLITICS
by Charles N. Wheeler III
GOP
turns to popular culture
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