The closest I ever came to participating in an anti-war protest, or a protest of any kind, for that matter, was an afternoon I spent standing at the entrance to my high school with about fifty other students. Some of us were holding signs, and were were all very quiet, since we were having a […]
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Our Panel of Experts Present their Awards for 1971
Mike Kutza Director, Chicago International Film Festival -best films 1. Sunday, Bloody Sunday (directed by John Schlesinger) 2. Garden of the Finzi continis (Vittorio deSica) 3. The Last Picture Show (Peter Bogdanovich) 4. Family Life (K. Zanussi) 5. Punishment Park (Peter Watkins) -worst films 1. The Last Movie (Dennis Hopper) 2. The Devils (Ken Russell) […]
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The Truth About Abortion Referral
If you were pregnant, alone, worried, and broke you might have the experience I did, when I answered an ad for “professional and safe abortions under $100 with most health plans.” After a longish hesitation, the woman at “Ethical Abortions” accepted my collect call. I explained that I had seen their ad in the Illini […]
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on the heels of the Gotham main event, Chicago rises to glory
I am, for all intents and purposes, a New Yorker, and I love movies. I like films, too, and so for the past several years, the New York Film Festival has been a must for me—as much for the glitter of Lincoln Center and the glamor of the people around as for the film programs, […]
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Seeds You Can Eat
Ever eaten an uncooked Lupini bean? What use could you make of 3 pounds of Foenugreek seeds? Do you plan to make your own gin, and need some Juniper berries for flavoring? All of these seeds, up to a total of 280 varieties of flours, herbs, grains, and nuts, are available at Conte-di-Savoia European Specialties, […]
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the Beauty and the beast | Combatting the sick call
The phone rings while I’m fixing dinner for a friend (male, of course. Do you fix dinner for female friends?) “Hi, I’m a friend of Margie Shultz, and she said if I was ever in Chicago … ”
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Kingston Mines | ‘Theatrics’ without Theater
As I walked through the entry way of the Kingston Mines Theater to a late night performance of Whores of Babylon, I found in reading the various enlarged reprints of articles and reviews of the production posted on the walls that (oh no!) I was in for an “experience in pure theater,” a “poly-scenic orchestration […]