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Alejandro Sanz El Alma Al Aire (WEA) On "Alma Al Aire," Alejandro Sanz offers an addictive hit single, "Quisiera Ser," which encapsulates all his charms and limitations. A singer with...

Twenty years after AIDS was first recognized as an illness, new research shows young gay men with little memory of the disease's full horror are engaging in unsafe sex and...

Name: Peter Andreadis Job: Sound coordinator at HotHouse, 31 E. Balbo Ave. Years on job: 2 1/2 Pay: $12 per hour per show, $8 per hour for administrative duties Q....

Name: Ben Hampton Job: Doorman and manager, Checkerboard Lounge Years on the job: 29 Q. What are you checking at the door, besides ID's? A. Well, that's it, actually. I...

Name: James Jones, 36 Job: security guard Years on job: 15 years as a security guard; he's been at the Arts Club of Chicago since September. Pay: $9.50 an hour...

Name: Kirk Vuillemot Job: Conservator, Art Institute of Chicago Q. What exactly do you do? A. We do a variety of things. We do preparations for loans that go out...

Name: Dmitri Abramov Job: Valet at Atlantique restaurant Years on job: 2 Pay: About $10 an hour Q. This restaurant's in a pretty packed residential area with very little parking....

Name: Alice Maguire Job: property master, Goodman Theatre Q. What exactly do you do? A. I manage the properties department, which provides stage props for all Goodman productions. What that...

MORNING - It's only fitting that, on the 40th anniversary of Margaret Burroughs starting the Ebony Museum of African American History, she should get a retrospective of her life and...

Name: Rob Funderburk Job: painter and theater poster artist Station 3 studio. Q. You really produced 120 different posters for Affinity Theater? A. That's right. Each poster has an original...