Metaphors from hell, or in this case from Joe Cicero, executive director of the North River Commis-sion, in One City (November/ December 1988): “If the symphony and the opera are continually necessary to calm our savage breasts, why then aren’t neighborhood organizations similarly supported since it is they who provide the glue supporting our municipal […]
Tag: Vol. 18 No. 12
Issue of Jan. 5 – 11, 1989
Posted inNews & Politics
More on the War on Drugs
To the editors: Some of the arguments Eric Scigliano uses in his article on the legalization of drugs (Nov. 18) raise serious questions. He states, for instance, that the legalization of pot in Alaska has not produced more users. On the contrary, according to the head of Alaskans for DrugFree Youth of Juneau, “Alaskan children’s […]
Posted inNews & Politics
The Pink Platform
To the editors: As a community leader in the Lincoln Park community for the last fifteen years I was pleased to read your article, “Colors: sprucing up the CTA,” in the December 2, 1988 Neighborhood News section. I have been attempting to work with the CTA for the last five years to get the Fullerton […]
Posted inNews & Politics
The Gallivanting Gourmet
To the editors: I read with interest James Krohe, Jr.’s article “Media: Not Made for TV” in the issue of the week of December 9, 1988. I found it to be very well written and it certainly provides a terrific overview of the state of the documentary today on television. I just take exception to […]
Posted inArts & Culture
Something From Nothing
NOTHING SACRED Northlight Theatre THE GIFT OF THE MAGI and 1001 ARABIAN NIGHTS Actor’s Repertory Theatre at the Victory Gardens Theater The passion for destruction is also a creative passion. –anarchist philosopher Mikhail Bakunin The Northlight Theatre’s new computerized light board failed on the opening night of Nothing Sacred, and wouldn’t be fixed. So it […]
Posted inNews & Politics
Another Case Against Therapy
To the editors: Halleluia! Timothy Beneke’s superb article on Jeffrey Masson [December 2] is so truthful it should be reprinted in every major newspaper and magazine in the United States. Why? Let me explain. In January of 1962, I entered an ASC (altered state of consciousness) wherein my perception changed. I wound up in a […]
Posted inNews & Politics
The Sports Section
The most important play of last Monday’s Fiesta Bowl, in which Notre Dame and West Virginia battled for the national college football championship, took place in the third quarter. The Fighting Irish led 26-13, but the Mountaineers had just completed their first touchdown drive of the day and then intercepted Notre Dame quarterback Tony Rice […]
Posted inArts & Culture
Brightness
Souleymane Cisse’s extraordinarily beautiful and mesmerizing fantasy is set in the ancient Bambara culture of Mali (formerly French Sudan) long before it was invaded by Morocco in the 16th century. A young man (Issiaka Kane) sets out to discover the mysteries of nature (or komo, the science of the gods) with the help of his […]
Posted inNews & Politics
Mississippi Steaming
To the editors: I object strongly to Jonathan Rosenbaum’s review of Mississippi Burning (December 16, 1988). Criticizing the film for its undoubted shortcomings is one thing; declaring it “worthless” is quite another. Some of Rosenbaum’s criticisms are fair enough. The film ascribes far too noble aims to the FBI agent characters. Agreed. It ignores the […]
Posted inNews & Politics
Pot Poll
To the editors: I thoroughly enjoyed your article on the current drug law scene [“How to Win the War on Drugs,” November 18]. It was an unbiased view which turned my friends on, some who are musicians and some who aren’t. Objective views, pro and con, help your readers see the truth, which could set […]
Posted inArts & Culture
Chi Lives: Mack Sennett’s motorcycle stuntman
In 1915, Michael Figliulo, who now lives in Streamwood, was hired to work as a motorcycle stuntman in Chicago for Mack Sennett, the legendary creator of the Keystone Kops movies. At that time Sennett’s studio was headquartered in Hollywood, but because the young western town could not duplicate Chicago’s urban backdrops, many of his action […]
Posted inNews & Politics
Worse Than Worthless
To the editors: Jonathan Rosenbaum’s appropriately indignant review of Mississippi Burning (12/16/88) suggests the urgent need for a new film rating category. The present categories range from 4 stars (masterpiece) to no stars (worthless). But what of films which are worse than merely worthless? “Worthless” sounds too much like “neutral.” The implication is that seeing […]