Marianne Mather
Editor at Chicago Tribune
Lover of all things visual. And cats. Chicago Tribune editor. Co-author of “He Had It Coming: 4 Murderous Women + the Reporter Who Immortalized Their Stories”
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1 day ago |
chicagotribune.com | Marianne Mather
Life was moving fast for “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” writer/director/producer John Hughes when he wrote the film’s script. It took him just four days to complete it. “How did I come to write ‘Ferris?’ Well, let’s see,” Hughes said. “There was a writer’s strike coming up in a week and my agent called and warned me, so I thought, ‘Geez, John, you better write something,’ and so I got this sentence … out of the ozone.
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1 week ago |
chicagotribune.com | Marianne Mather
Chicago loves a good animal story. Whether it’s the discovery of a massive snapping turtle nicknamed Chonkasaurus, or pondering the lifespan of an Australian lungfish named Granddad, who arrived at the Shedd Aquarium for the 1933 World’s Fair and was estimated to be 109 years old when it died in February 2017. For older generations, animals were mostly viewed in cages at local zoos.
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1 week ago |
chicagotribune.com | Marianne Mather
“Chicago The Musical” debuted on Broadway 50 years ago. Directed by Chicago native Bob Fosse and starring Gwen Verdon, Chita Rivera and Jerry Orbach, the tale of an unfaithful wife who murders her lover then works the judicial system to secure her freedom was set against the backdrop of Prohibition and the Jazz Age. Though critics — including the Tribune’s Don Kirk — largely panned the production, its story has staying power.
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2 weeks ago |
chicagotribune.com | Marianne Mather
Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on May 17, according to the Tribune’s archives. Is an important event missing from this date? Email us. Weather records (from the National Weather Service, Chicago)High temperature: 94 degrees (1962)Low temperature: 36 degrees (2002)Precipitation: 3.11 inches (2020)Snowfall: None1900: L. Frank Baum’s “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz” was published. Baum wrote the book when he lived on Chicago’s West Side.
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2 weeks ago |
yahoo.com | Marianne Mather
Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on May 17, according to the Tribune’s archives. Is an important event missing from this date? Email us. Weather records (from the National Weather Service, Chicago)High temperature: 94 degrees (1962)Low temperature: 36 degrees (2002)Precipitation: 3.11 inches (2020)Snowfall: None1900: L. Frank Baum’s “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz” was published. Baum wrote the book when he lived on Chicago’s West Side.
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