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On the left a black man facing right in a white shirt and tie looking at a woman his hands in front of him with fingers clasped like he's praying and the white woman with long brown hair to the left is looking up at him with arms folded wearing a pick shirt. They are standing in front of a window looking over a nighttime city scene

High-stakes gambler is more admirable than likable

Richard Ades

Like the title character Jessica Chastain portrayed in last year’s Miss Sloane, the…

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Black album cover with gray thin stripes in the middle there's a black man's face with a bowler hat on at the top it says Original Master Recording then below it says Willie Dixon, I am the Blues

Lamentations while searching for gold in a pile of vinyl

John Petric

Can a record collection have a soul and does it reveal the man who owned it?

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The outside doorway of a Hollywood casino

From West Side Golden Age…to money sucking monster

Free Press Staff

We’ve heard this story too many times before, but it’s worth repeating in Columbus because the…

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Head and shoulders image of man with black curly hair with his mouth open next to the words Bob Bites Back

Bob Bites Back: 20 years ago today, Sergeant Schweickart taught the band to play

Twenty years ago, the Columbus Free Press came back into print backed by donations from…

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