A look back at arts in '05 in Columbia
It was a typical low-key affair for The Blue Note, with only about 3,000 spectators packing Ninth Street in September for the final Ninth Street Summerfest concert of the year featuring Wilco in a performance to celebrate the 25th anniversary of The Blue Note.

NICHE: A WEEKLY PEEK AT AN EMERGING ARTIST
Colin Webb
By SETH ASHLEY of the Tribune’s staff
There’s a giant scar on Colin Webb’s right ankle that signifies his final days of skateboarding and the beginning of his career as a photographer.

RHYME AND REASON

WEB WINNERS

Potter creator starts final book

Hoagy history safe for now

Federline goes online

MUSIC

Diversity rules
By CHUCK MYERS of Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service
This year, Mariah Carey resuscitated her career with a return to the upper reaches of the Billboard charts.

CHART TOPPERS

LIVE MUSIC

PERFORMING ARTS

The show must go on
By MICHAEL KUCHWARA of The Associated Press
NEW YORK - It was a year when the American theater lost two of its giants - Arthur Miller and August Wilson.

‘Color Purple’ star travels her own long road
By ERIN McCLAM of The Associated Press
NEW YORK - It was nearing Sept. 11, 2002, and a group of artists was cobbling together "Brave New World," a three-day set of plays, songs and other performances to mark the first anniversary of the terrorist attacks.

ON STAGE

BOOKS

It was a weird in 2005 - that’s a fact
By RON BERTHEL of The Associated Press
The world can be a very weird place. And some of its weirdest aspects are proudly displayed in two recent books.

COVER TO COVER
“The Hitler Book: The Secret Dossier Prepared for Stalin From the Interrogation of Hitler’s Personal Aides” edited by Henrik Eberle and Matthias Uhl. (Public Affairs, 370 pages)
By NORMAN BROWN of The Associated Press
Adolf Hitler has been the subject of more than 1,000 biographies aside from countless other writings, said Henrik Eberle and Matthias Uhl, editors of "The Hitler Book."

BEST SELLERS

VISUAL ARTS

DOWNEY'S FINE LINE
Gallery Man alter ego eases artists’ confusion
By JAMES DOWNEY
In the coming months, I’m going to be doing a series on how different local artists have tried to market their work and the successes and failures they’ve experienced. As background for this from the perspective of a former gallery owner, I thought I’d go over some of the questions I’ve had on this subject and let my alter ego, Gallery Man, answer them.

Ring in the old
By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN of The Associated Press
BOSTON - It was minus-26 degrees - the dead of winter in Mongolia - when Jerry Friedman stepped off a plane in Ulan Bator and resumed his search for the oldest people on Earth.

Rockwell captures simpler time in St. Charles exhibition
By BETSY TAYLOR of The Associated Press
ST. CHARLES - A former train car factory turned into an arts center is showing works by Norman Rockwell, a master at capturing small-town American life.

California focuses on trimming freedoms of so-called ‘stalkerazzi’
By MICHAEL MARTINEZ of the Chicago Tribune
LOS ANGELES - Steve Brodersen is the most feared hunter in all of show biz.

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