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Woman Around Town: Robin Wright—Fearless Historian

Monday, June 27th, 2011
by Robin Weaver on Woman Around Town

Robin Wright has reported from more than a 140 countries on six continents for such prestigious publications as the Los Angeles Times, The Sunday Times

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Heavenly Father Takes One For The Team

Thursday, April 7th, 2011
by Michall Jeffers on Playing Around

Here’s what bothers me about The Book Of Mormon. The audience is just too ready to laugh. No matter what’s going to be presented on

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Biutiful—Javier Bardem as a Father Racing Against Time

Monday, January 31st, 2011
by Charlene Giannetti on Playing Around

Alejandro González Iñárritu’s film, Biutiful, exposes the underbelly of Barcelona, that part of the city inhabited by immigrants from Asia and Africa, who earn their

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Patricia Grace Stevens and Elena Agostinis:
Peoria Emporium—A Creative Collaboration

Wednesday, December 29th, 2010
by Alix Cohen on Woman Around Town

The multi-faceted Patricia Grace Stevens (above, left) studied at Indiana University where she majored in nursing, but found time to take jewelry design. She became

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Dr. Elisabeth Simms—Passion for the Dying

Monday, November 8th, 2010
by Charlene Giannetti on Woman Around Town

We are an aging population and in the coming decades end of life issues will be taking on more importance in the health care arena.

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HandCrafting Justice: Give the Gift of Hope

Monday, August 16th, 2010
by Teresa Baxter on Shopping Around

Imagine shopping for a personalized gift for that special someone while knowing that you were also empowering a woman from an impoverished country with your

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Woman Around Town:
Ramona Singer—The REAL Real Housewife

Monday, August 9th, 2010
by Carol Toscano on Woman Around Town

Real Housewife Ramona Singer recently returned from a four-country tour of Africa. She toured as part of a group supporting AfricaFoundation.org, whose mission is to

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The Ladies Talk—Memoirs from Former First Ladies

Saturday, June 12th, 2010
by Robin Weaver on Reading Around

Caroline Kennedy recently announced that her mother’s interviews in 1964 with Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Arthur Schlesinger will be released in September 2011 in commemoration of

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