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The Benefit Concert for Chicago Literary Hall of Fame at the Sanfilippo Estate performed by Jelani Eddington
May.05.2010
The Inaugural Class of the Chicago Literary Hall of Fame include Nelson Algren, Saul Bellow, Gwendolyn Brooks, Lorraine Hansberry, Studs Terkel and Richard Wright.
The Benefit Concert for Chicago Literary Hall of Fame at the Sanfilippo Estate, May 1, was a magnificent event. Thanks to the President of the Chicago Authors Association, Randy Richardson, CWA board member Donald G. Evans, and the benefit committee members, Colette Carlucii, Lise Dominque, JoAnn Fastoff, Dave Impey, Laura Dion-Jones, Valya Lupescu, Karla Magnan...
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Vegetables
May.26.2009
Proper nutrition is one of the key weapons in the cancer patient’s fight for life that is in the hands of the afflicted themselves. By listening to one’s inner voice or subconscious, the patient can intuitively find the necessary elements of nutrition or necessary herbs. This resembles the way wild animals can find the right remedy by themselves.  The use of...
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Vitamins
May.26.2009
The question of nutrition occupies a special place both in self-healing and in the process of treatment. Its significance is impossible to exaggerate; it is one of the major factors in the treatment of all diseases, without exception. Proper nutrition is one of the key weapons in the cancer patient’s fight for life that is in the hands of the afflicted...
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Fox Medicine
May.26.2009
In special cases such as cancer-related illnesses, I insist that patients pray with true repentance to God, the Creator of the Universe, with requests for forgiveness for all reckless deeds committed either by one’s parents or ancestors. And why should we have to pay for the mistakes of our ancestors with such terrible suffering? Why the law of Karma works in...
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Queen Night
May.21.2009
I decided to write this article after being inspired by a small unit of Veterans of Vietnam War that participated in the Meijer Muziekparade. It was a last day of Tulips Time Festival with a Meijer Muziekparade. The Orchestra Parade (or Muziekparade) in Holland made a remarkable impression on me and my friends even more than our visit to the Nelis’ Dutch Village...
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“The Feast of Esther"
Apr.20.2009
Observing Jan Lievens’s objective portraits, I realized why he was so popular and in demand in the circle of respectable patrons of his talent in his nature city of Liden, London, Antwerp, Amsterdam, Hague and Berlin. Lievens’s yearly portraits were courageously honest in painting the expressions of posers. His later painted portraits became more polished and...
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Apr.20.2009
Two decades after the impoverished Jan Lievens's death, the popularity of his work decreased, and most of his paintings were kept in a church courts, royal families, and private collections. However, for some unknown reason, many of his works were claimed to be painted by Rembrandt or other painters. It is believed that this may have been due to his family’s...
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Jan Lievens (Dutch, 1607-1674). Still Life with Books, ca. 1627-28.
Apr.20.2009
Lievens (1607-1674) and Rembrandt (1606 –1669) were born and raised in the same city and were students of the same art master, Pieter Lastman. They lived not too far away from each other, shared the same studio, used the same art supplies and models, and sometimes even painted each to avoid paying to sitters. They were clearly close and influenced one another's...
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Jan Lievens is Out of Rembrandt's Shadow
Apr.20.2009
  Painter and draftsman Jan Lievens (1607-1674) was born in Leiden, The Netherlands. At eight years of age, he was apprenticed to a local Dutch painter and then to the Amsterdam teacher Pieter Lastman (1583-1633).  At the young age of twelve, Lievens embarked on his own illustrious career. Some of his early works are included in this exhibition, and they are...
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Beautiful Orchids
Apr.13.2009
The Orchid Show and Sale was my first experience, so buying the Phalaenopsis was a first-time effort. The next time I go, I plan on having my knowledgeable friend help me choose a rare variety. But for a first-time future collector of orchids, I felt great about my choice. Ever the curious investigator, I learned some basics about orchids and their interesting...