Carl Sandburg

Meat cutters of Kabul hack at carcasses and praise Obama

2012-11-07 10:24:30

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Norman Corwin dies at 101; radio's 'poet laureate'

2011-10-19 00:00:00

Norman Corwin, the legendary writer, director and producer of original radio plays for CBS during the golden age of radio in the 1930s and '40s when he was revered as the "poet of the airwaves," has died. He was 101. Corwin, a journalist, playwright,...

Paul Coates, Feb. 17, 1961

2011-02-17 16:33:08

Celebrating a 50th anniversary with Watts Towers

2009-10-09 04:34:36

Celebration will mark 50 years since Watts Towers won a tug of war for survival

2009-10-08 16:32:35

Paul M. Zall dies at 87; Huntington Library scholar examined lives of early American leaders

2010-01-04 00:00:00

Paul M. Zall, a research scholar at the Huntington Library in San Marino and a professor at Cal State L.A. who examined the lives and humor of early American presidents and leaders, often using their own words, has died. He was 87. Zall died Dec. 16 of...

Susan Reed dies at 84; singer and harpist-zitherist

2010-05-01 00:00:00

Susan Reed, a singer and harpist-zitherist who was a star of the post- World War II folk music scene, died Sunday. She was 84. Reed died of natural causes at a nursing home in Greenport, N.Y., said publicist Dale Olson. By age 19, Reed was such a...

R.I.P. STOP

2006-02-19 00:00:00

What hath God wrought? Late last month, after more than 150 years, Western Union discontinued all telegram and commercial messaging services. Not just STOP but full stop. The news traveled fast—the company posted the notice on its website—but...

Lukas Foss, versatile and prolific American composer, dies at 86

2009-02-03 00:00:00

Lukas Foss, the polyglot American composer, conductor and pianist who directed half a dozen Ojai Music Festivals, led marathon concerts at the Hollywood Bowl and succeeded Arnold Schoenberg as head of composition at UCLA, has died. He was 86. Foss died...

'The Lincoln Anthology' edited by Harold Holzer, 'The Best American History Essays on Lincoln' edited by Sean Wilentz, Ronald C. White's biography 'A. Lincoln' and others

2009-02-01 00:00:00

It was Tuesday, May 30, 1922, the day of the dedication of the solemn and splendid memorial to Abraham Lincoln in Washington, and the ceremony on the Mall featured speeches by President Warren Harding and Chief Justice William Howard Taft. The most...

Chicago's new sparkle

1998-09-13 00:00:00

"The time has come to bring order out of chaos incident to rapid growth," wrote the architect Daniel H. Burnham. The year was 1909. The place, Chicago. The occasion, the unveiling of Burnham's sweeping, visionary plan to change the face of the city on the...

Class of finalists

2013-05-17 22:35:00

CHICAGO Deanna Pirpiris, Chicago, Taft High School NORTH & WEST SUBURBS Courtney Ackerman, Wilmette, New Trier Township High School Leila Ayoub, Arlington Heights, Buffalo Grove High School Emily Bartusiak, Lake Forest, Woodlands Academy of...

With his sights set on State, Carl Sandburg tennis player Eric Pontow hopes to place in the top 12 in the state at season's end.

2013-05-10 08:40:15

Morgan Manzke was voted All-State as a junior for Carl Sandburg's soccer team.

2013-04-29 11:30:48

Nicholas Malliaras of Carl Sandburg High School

2013-04-03 12:32:02