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Author Archives: Susan DeGrane
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Ha Ha’s Last Laugh
All morning Jack was wringing his hands over the ashes. When would she bring the ashes? Was she coming with the ashes? Would she be crying or cursing the ashes? On and on. I told him to just sit. Have another cup of coffee. Then I asked, Was the boat ready? Was Billy OK to […]
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Pet Project
Can the Squirrel Lovers’ Club convince the world that the little guys belong right up there with dogs and cats?
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Calendar
Friday 2/8 – Thursday 2/14 8 FRIDAY Bill Fick’s large linoleum prints of grotesque, multilegged creatures making lewd gestures and brandishing weapons share wall space with Dana De Ano’s drawings of hybrid, stunted animals and people from fairy tales and coloring books at Gallery 312, 312 N. May, where Ordinary Icons opens tonight with a […]
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Pet Project
Can the Squirrel Lovers’ Club convince the world that the little guys belong right up there with dogs and cats?
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Calendar
Friday 2/1 – Thursday 2/7 1 FRIDAY Tonight, patrons of the Funky Buddha Lounge can see both rare video footage from the 60s and 70s–including a clip of Fox 32 weatherman Harry Volkman reciting poetry–and live improvisation by Gus Giordano Jazz Dance Chicago when San Francisco-based Luv n’ Haight Records celebrates the release of Johnny […]
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Our Lady of Prognostication
One Friday morning in late November, Sister Jean Kenny sat in the attendance office at Von Steuben high school, phoning in her weekly segment on WLIT. “The Lions could pose a formidable challenge,” she said. “They have a lot of losses, but those were close losses. If the Bears win, it could be a tight […]
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The Grass Carp
The fish was nearly as big as the man who caught it, and rode like a dead body in the car trunk. Earlier that afternoon, a crowd had gathered at the Marquette Park lagoon to watch Elijah Evans struggle with the grass carp. When the fight ended, several men urged Elijah to have the fish […]
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All You Have to Do Is Chew
Top ten new products, selected by Prepared Foods Magazine
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Chi Lives: Michael Shannon’s creep shows
The wallpaper is still drying on the “cheap furnished room” set at A Red Orchid Theatre. The space is a construction zone, with scraps of drywall, chunks of lumber, a handheld power saw, a hammer, and many screwdrivers scattered about. Toward the back of the theater a phone rings, and Michael Shannon leaps up from […]
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“We Were a Flying Bomb”
South-sider Fred Olivi recalls the day he flew to Nagasaki.