Dear Chicago Reader: I am writing in response to comments made by Bill Wyman in his August 25, 1995, Hitsville column regarding Jerry Garcia’s private life. It seems that Mr. Wyman needs to rely on inflammatory conjecture and editorialism to cover for his shortcomings as a critical journalist. It doesn’t take much in the way […]
Tag: Vol. 24 No. 48
Issue of Sep. 7 – 13, 1995
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Nights of the Blue Rider
Other festivals run one weekend, maybe two or three; but this one, hosted by the Pilsen area’s Blue Rider Theatre, runs three months–September 10 through December 17, with shows Fridays-Saturdays at 8 PM and Sundays at 7 PM, as well as children’s matinees on selected Saturdays and Sundays at 3 PM. Most evenings feature two […]
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House of Crosses
Two Latino guys in their early 20s, one heavyset, the other thin, are sitting on a stoop, staring at the two-story house across the street. “The old man that lives there, kids used to come by and throw sticks at him,” says the big guy. “At least that’s what I heard. They said the house […]
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A Day in the Life of Bill
Dear Reader: I just moved to Chicago two weeks ago. As I usually do when I move to a new place, I picked up some local publications in order to figure out which I like and which I do not prefer. Also, to decide between writers with whom I generally agree and those with whom […]
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The Straight Dope
DUCK! In regard to your column about the lack of danger from falling bullets [May 5], I enclose a recent article from the Los Angeles Times about the problem of falling bullets in LA around New Year’s and the Fourth of July. The article says there are numerous fatalities from such bullets. –Gordon Brooks, Los […]
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The Recognized Artist Seal of Approval/InGlass’s Radio Playhouse/London Suite: 25 Percent Off
Neophyte gallery owner Jennifer Footlik: Ed Paschke bought her idea–will collectors buy it too?
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Who Is Peter Margasak?
Re: Schwa Review [Spot Check] 8-4-95 Not knowing who Peter Margasak’s supposed to be, my only regret is not having his obviously brilliant ear for voices. It’s just too bad that when listening to Schwa, he couldn’t hear Beverly over the sound of his ass slamming shut. I would highly recommend to him the use […]
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The City File
“Our broccoli will not look like the widgety California broccoli ’til cooler fall weather arrives,” Kimberely Rector advises Chicago subscribers to the Angelic Organics community-supported farm in Boone County, in Farm News (August 5). “Unless you have gardened yourself, unless you have become used to the vagaries of weather, become used to the variations in […]
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Endless Summer
Donna Summer Ravinia, August 9 In the summer of 1979, Steve Dahl hosted the notorious “Disco Demolition,” in which thousands of white rockers converged on the outfield of Comiskey Park and blew up a huge box of vinyl dance records. Despite efforts by riot police to remove the crowd, drunken revelers remained on the field, […]
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Jerry Was a Married Guy
Dear Reader: Bill Wyman’s August 25 “Jerry Garcia RIP” [Hitsville] was one of the snottiest, most mean-spirited columns I have ever read. Why Wyman feels the need to “rip” into a deceased musician is something perhaps he understands, but I feel compelled to comment on his lack of judgment. Yes, it is true that every […]
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Around the Coyote
Taking its name from the Tower Building at the intersection of North, Damen, and Milwaukee, which once housed the Coyote Gallery, this annual Wicker Park event includes a sizable theater and performance component–and this year’s is bigger than ever, boasts coordinator Jonathan Pitts. Running September 7 through 10, the sixth annual Around the Coyote features […]
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Elvicula
Saint Sebastian Players, at Saint Bonaventure Church. The premise of this late-night show–Elvis, brought back from the dead, turns out to be a vampire–might, in the hands of a troupe of brilliant comedians, be passably amusing. But as performed by this ensemble of “not ready for non-Equity” players, Jonathan Hagloch’s Elvicula is a long evening […]
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Liberty
“I really don’t know if this is a good idea,” Mathew Wilson confessed to me a few weeks ago: he and Eduardo Martinez-Almaral were gearing up for their second seven-day, 24-hour-a-day performance collaboration at the Blue Rider. Last year, armed only with two hours of prepared material and a few simple props (including an electric […]
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Filed & Street
The reason we look forward to changes of season in Chicago is that the weather in each season is so awful that any change sounds like an improvement. I find myself looking forward to hearing about wind-chill indexes rather than heat indexes. Out in the forest preserves the leaves on all the trees are looking […]