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Tag: Vol. 19 No. 41
Issue of Jul. 26 – Aug. 1, 1990
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An Ecological Vision
MONET IN THE 90s at the Art Institute of Chicago On my first visit to the Art Institute’s exhibition of Claude Monet’s 1890s “series” paintings, two teenage girls stood looking at one of the pictures, a particularly radiant sunset landscape. One remarked to the other, “Oh, wow, I didn’t even know they had colors like […]
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Kenny Neal
Louisiana-born guitarist Kenny Neal is one of the most exciting of the bold new generation of musicians who’ve been redefining the boundaries of blues expression in the 80s and 90s. Son of Baton Rouge harp legend Raful Neal, Kenny has incorporated his father’s deep blues feeling and clarity of expression and fired it up with […]
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Some Candy
SOME CANDY Cardiff Giant at Cabaret Voltaire Cardiff Giant obviously love doing comedy improv, which is evident in the respectful way they approach their material. Performing improvisationally is deadly difficult, and most companies I’ve seen resort to easy sight gags or one-liners. The performers always seem bent on trying to be clever, and all I […]
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Sleepy LaBeef
Call it roadhouse music, honky-tonk, rockabilly, or what you please–I’d just as soon call it traditional rock ‘n’ roll, and I’m convinced that right now Sleepy LaBeef is its foremost purveyor. Maybe you haven’t heard of him (and frankly I’m at a loss to explain why he’s not a hundred times more well known), but […]
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History: Annals of Tiananmen
B. is a graduate student in one of the social sciences at the University of Chicago; he came here from China and plans to go back. He doesn’t want his name published, but he’s happy to tell how the idea of establishing the Tian An Men Archives in Chicago first sprang up, in early June […]
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Introduction to capitalism: suburban mentors work with west-side minorities in joint economic ventures
A visitor to this near-west-side neighborhood won’t be long deceived by the colorful sign at 2454 W. Harrison: “B and E Country Store: Specializing in Country Ham and Loose Chitterlings.” The door and windows are shuttered, testimony to a steady economic deterioration in the neighborhood that gives some streets an eerie ghost-town atmosphere. But inside, […]
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The Sports Section
When your city plays host to the All-Star Game, it becomes the capital of baseball for a few days. And, like any capital, it becomes a willing victim of pomp and pageantry, of events inflated to overshadow their utter lack of importance. The All-Star Game just played at Wrigley Field offered nothing profound and nothing […]
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Theater-Industry Retreat: A Hot Time at Alpine Valley/Bailiwick Expanding?/A Dazzling New Restaurant Experience
Do your dining experiences lack color? Dave Olen and Dan Rosenberg, graduates of the Heartthrob Enterprises school of restaurant management, have a high concept for you.
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Obsession
OBSESSION Lil’ Productions and First Stage Theatre at Synergy Center Playwright William Reilly has a great sense of humor–if he only knew it. His gothic beach musical Obsession could be a camp classic–if it wanted to be. It combines elements of The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Vampire Lesbians of Sodom, and Friday the 13th. It’s […]
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News of the Weird
Lead Story Orange County (California) Superior Court clerks discovered last fall that they had failed to complete the paperwork to make nearly 500 pre-1985 divorce judgments final, thus leaving the parties legally married. The worst-case scenario for one husband occurred in Phoenix in April when an appeals court ruled that Bonita Lynch was entitled to […]
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Dan Davies & the Uppers International Highlife Band
One of the burningest dance bands in town right now, the Uppers International Highlife Band plays highlife, a bright, jazzy Ghanaian style that has established itself as one of the world’s great dance musics. The Uppers, as they’re locally known, really hit the club circuit only last year, after two years of mostly private performances–weddings, […]
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Ruby Oliver Goes to Hollywood
Meet Ruby L. Oliver, feature filmmaker. One Sunday afternoon last July, Oliver was pacing back and forth outside the auditorium of the Film Center. Inside, her first feature was making its debut as the centerpiece of the Blacklight Film Festival, an annual local forum for black film artists. The critics had been enthusiastic about Leola […]
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Godfather and Son
THE FRESHMAN *** (A must-see) Directed and written by Andrew Bergman With Matthew Broderick, Marlon Brando, Bruno Kirby, Penelope Ann Miller, Frank Whaley, Maximilian Schell, and Bert Parks. “The overwhelming attractiveness of the screwball comedies involved more than the wonderful personnel. It had to do with the effort they made at reconciling the irreconcilable. They […]