Andrew Laties
By Andrew Laties
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Culture Eric Carle called this the strangest interpretation of ‘The Very Hungry Caterpillar’
On a busy Saturday, I was working the cash register at the Eric Carle Museum. I asked my customer, “Do you have a membership to the museum?” He was a friendly man with glasses and graying hair, “Yes, I do,” he said, “But I’ve never been to the museum before. I live in Minneapolis.” He…
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Culture Police brutality is real and deadly — I saw it up close
JULY 1980 It was a Sunday afternoon, and I was carrying my sax as I headed for an audition at a theater company on the South Side of Chicago. I figured if I got off the el at 35th Street, I’d be just a few blocks from my Indiana Avenue destination. I was in a…
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