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Chicago Fire Heads Home; Hopes to Return Next Year

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The Major League Soccer Chicago Fire is heading north after spending about two weeks training in Ave Maria. Players and coaches said they loved their time in Ave Maria and hoped training in town would be part of their annual routine. Above, the team presented a jersey to Ave Maria University founder Tom Monaghan outside the oratory. (photo by Michael Mastandrea)

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Hot Rods and Jazz in Ave Maria Town Center

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La Piazza sparkled with reflections from chrome and high-gloss metalic paint on hot rods and muscle cars as members of the West Coast Muscle Car Club displayed their prized posessions Saturday. Above, the Dixieland Jazz Band plays behind a custom Model T.
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New AMU President's Priorities: Growth, Quality, Faith

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Jim Towey said he plans to spend time in Ave Maria every week as he prepares to assume the role of CEO and president of Ave Maria University July 1. He spoke with The Ave Herald about his plans, priorities and what influenced his decision to take the job. Above, Mr. Towey (l) with AMU history professor Dr. Geoffrey Hass at a faculty reception. (photo courtesy AMU)

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An Outdoor Movie Night in the Town Center

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About 100 students, faculty and town residents enjoyed watching the classic Frank Capra film It Happened One Night outside The Bean of Ave Maria on a balmy night Thursday. Above, scholar and critic Dr. Morris Dickstein delivering a talk on Frank Capra after the screening, a presentation of the AMU Film Society.

Works of Frank Capra Subject of Special Film Presentation

onenightaScholar and critic Dr. Morris Dickstein will speak Thursday night, Feb. 24, on the subject of Frank Capra - from Comedy to Community after a special screening of the 1934 comedy It Happened One Night outside The Bean of Ave Maria. Dr. Dickstein, whose most recent book is Dancing in the Dark - a Cultural History of the Great Depression, discusses film in the Depression on the AMU film society blog here. The film will be shown at 6:30 p.m. Admission is free and all are welcome.

 

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