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Tag: Vol. 26 No. 35
Issue of Jun. 5 – 11, 1997
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Suburban Standards
taedt.qxd Neal Pollack’s article about the street vendors [“The Pushcart War,” May 9] failed to mention the widespread opposition to the presence of these vendors in our community. Many long-term residents of the northwest side resent the fact that these vendors have invaded our community, and our voices have been ignored by the press. These […]
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City File
“Being on probation has been very stressful,” complains Colleen Dykas, a teacher at Jungman Elementary on the near southwest side, in Catalyst (May). “Our [assessment] team never returned, so we couldn’t ask what they meant by certain statements. For instance, one item said that the school had a sterile environment. Well, that could be good. […]
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Rubber Rationing
Why is the city tightening the Reimer Foundation’s supply of free condoms?
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Cleaning Up Corporate Acts
Headline To the editor, Harold Henderson’s tortured article on the EPA’s proposed tougher air quality standards (“Up in the Air,” April 25) attempts to be thought-provoking but in general drums the same tired beat as most mainstream press stories, which ultimately foster the feelings of futility and helplessness many Americans harbor for changing their lives, […]
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Chicago Jazz Ensemble
CHICAGO JAZZ ENSEMBLE The value of repertory bands in jazz remains open to debate: in re-creating performances that were often improvised by other musicians in the first place, such outfits run up against the sacred cows of authenticity and innovation. But no matter where you stand on the issue, the Chicago Jazz Ensemble has fully […]
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Who’s Going to Butch Camp?/Cabaret Catches On/ Art 1997 Chicago’s Rebound
Steven Gellman, Alessandro de Gaetano, and Tim Sabo survived five years of moviemaking boot camp.
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Vendor Support
Williams.qxd Dear Editor, Thanks for the fascinating story by Neal Pollack on street vendors (“The Pushcart War,” May 9). It brought me firmly down on the side of the street vendors who are fighting against another stupid city ordinance. Rather than outlawing pushcarts, the city should be encouraging them. It’s good to get people like […]
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The Straight Dope
I’ve been buying produce labeled “certified organic” because I’m concerned about pesticide and other chemical residues on and in my food. But now I’ve been told that certified organic food can be sprayed with chemicals too! What’s the story, Cecil? Is this certified organic thing a fraud? –Picky Eater, Chicago My friend, listen. Everything grown […]
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The Grand Duchess of Helmsley-Stein
THE GRAND DUCHESS OF HELMSLEY-STEIN In updating Jacques Offenbach’s delectable satire The Grand Duchess of Gerolstein, Chicago Opera Theater’s Carl Ratner has picked a rich contemporary target: Leona Helmsley. Like the title character in the original opera bouffe, she’s an impetuous despot–the “Queen of Mean”–who rules over a tiny principality, New York’s Palace Hotel. Her […]
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Lit and Litter
So you were expecting maybe books at a booksellers convention? Not a bad guess, but at BookExpo ’97, held last weekend at McCormick Place, it seemed books were about the last things on anybody’s mind. It was easier to track down a Bible word search, a set of bongo drums, or a Judy Garland charm […]
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Days of the Week
Friday 6/6 – Thursday 6/12 JUNE By Cara Jepsen 6 FRIDAY “New Urbanism” is what you get when developers invest in depressed areas by building expensive town houses with Euro kitchens, parking garages, and central air in the middle of slums. Meanwhile, property taxes in the area go up and long-term residents are forced to […]
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The Long Goodbye
My father wasn’t there, but it took us all a fwe days to figure it out; his eyes kept getting more and more clouded over until there was no way he could come back to life, ever, not with eyes leaving him like that.
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Love, Love, Love, and More Love
LOVE, LOVE, LOVE AND MORE LOVE, Infectious Productions, at Stage Left Theatre. The repetition of the title is more than matched by this evening’s three one-acts. Warmly wrought offerings written by local playwrights, they depict a straight, a gay, and a lesbian couple, all customers at the Love Cafe, run by a hard-boiled drag queen […]
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Guided By Voices
GUIDED BY VOICES When a band’s personnel radically changes, it usually heralds a brand-new direction. But when Guided by Voices leader Robert Pollard recruited Cleveland neo-glam rockers Cobra Verde to replace the shuffle of Dayton musicians who’d accompanied him on ten previous albums, the switch meant a return to his roots. In recent years GBV […]