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Cristi Kempf
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Avid reader, traveler & aging rock chick. Former journalist
(@chicagotribune.bsky.social, @chicago.suntimes.com, Vatican Radio) and current Chicagoan. #scleroderma Resist!
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My friends and colleagues Melissa Harris and Mary Schmich were on "Good Day Chicago" today to promote the launch of Division Street Revisited, the podcast based on Studs Terkel’s 1967 oral history “Division Street: America." Fascinating! Listen here: www.mharris.com/divisionstre...
Onset photo of "Good Day Chicago" host with Mary Schmich and Melissa Harris as they promote the new podcast, Division Street Revisited.
January 27, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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A favorite holiday tradition! Creating all the magic with my Neapolitan presepio figures, including the pizzeria with the light-up oven. Buone Feste! issimoissimo.com/italianissim...
A Neapolitan presepio figure of a pizza maker putting a pizza into the oven. The classic Nativity Scene with Mary, Joseph, Jesus, the Magi and stable animals. A Neapolitan presepio figure of a woman at a fresh orange and lemon juice stand with a man who has had too much holiday cheer asleep on a table in the foreground.
December 23, 2024 at 11:50 PM
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The Joffrey Ballet never disappoints. In #Chicago? Go to their magical "The Nutcracker" if you can. 🩰
"The Nutcracker" curtain at the Lyric Opera House in Chicago. The Joffrey Ballet's "Nutcracker" 2024 program featuring dancer Yumi Kanazawa.
December 15, 2024 at 4:14 PM
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Get out those puffy coats Chicago! Here comes the snow.
November 21, 2024 at 3:43 PM