THURSDAY, MAY 31 7 Murderer’s Row showcase at Black Orchid, Piper’s Alley, 230 W. North, hosted by Tim Cavanaugh, with Kathleen Madigan, Bil Dwyer, Rene Hicks, Larry Reeb, Brett Leake, Carl LaBove and Andy Kindler. 7:30 Fresh Mugs “B” showcase at Coyle’s Tippling House hosted by Stephen Kruiser. Neil Hamburger Extravaganza at Lincoln Restaurant hosted […]
Tag: Vol. 30 No. 35
Issue of May. 31 – Jun. 6, 2001
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Why Pick on a Winner?
Why Pick on a Winner? To the editor: My thanks to Linda Lutton for writing such a balanced account of Daniel Boone Elementary School and its embattled principal, Mr. Paul Zavitkovsky (“Too Good for His Own Good,” May 25). As a parent with a child at Boone School, I have watched the unfolding of events […]
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Camping and Diving in the Indiana Dunes
Indiana Dunes At 45 miles Indiana’s shoreline is the skimpiest of any state along Lake Michigan, and by the early 20th century industry was threatening to take over the entire stretch. The state’s sand dunes managed to avoid being flattened by steel mills only after Stephen Mather, director of the newly formed National Park Service, […]
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The Straight Dope
Why are the “seven deadly sins” so deadly? You got your gluttony, envy, greed, etc. Those things, while not admirable, will not kill you. I mean, there’s no commandment in the Bible against pigging out. Of course your lust kind of fits in with the neighbor’s wife commandment, but still, what’s the deal with anger? […]
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Good to Go
Long femurs? Tilted pelvis? Not a problem for custom bike frame builder Dennis Kilfoy
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Simple Living in Cazenovia, Wisconsin
Cazenovia, Wisconsin Cazenovia is a burg that used to be bustling, when the railroad ran through it in the early part of the last century. Located on small, man-made Lee Lake in the midst of rolling green hills 75 miles northwest of Madison, Caz, as it’s called, was founded in the mid-19th century. Many of […]
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Calendar
JUNE 1 FRIDAY Frank Lloyd Wright once said of his birthplace, Richland Center, Wisconsin, “Every time I come back here it is with the feeling there is nothing anywhere better than this.” The town returns the favor by celebrating the architect’s June birthday during Richland Center Heritage Days, which are today and tomorrow and include […]
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Side Trips: The Long Road to Gina’s Pies
Along the Elroy-Sparta bike trail, the country’s oldest rails-to-trails conversion, city tourists wax poetic about the simple life, retired couples turn their old homesteads into bed-and-breakfasts, and drivers offer rides to tuckered bikers for a fee. As the trail hits the outskirts of Wilton, a small village whose biggest attraction just a few years ago […]
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The Unauthorized Decatur, Illinois
Decatur, Illinois Understand one thing before you go to Decatur: it’s a company town. True, there are four or five companies instead of just one, and some are owned by distant investors who have even less interest in Decatur than you do. Nevertheless, in this place it’s much harder than usual to ignore the power […]
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Chicago Gospel Festival
Friday GOSPEL YOUTH TENT 4:00 open mike with various artists Petrillo Music Shell 5:30 Bank One Gospel Choir 6:00 Clay, Cleve & the Pilgrim Jubilees 7:00 Lee Williams & the Spiritual QCs 7:50 Original Soul Stirrers 8:35 Canton Spirituals Saturday early/day stage NOON Phebe Hines 12:35 U.S. Postal Performance Cluster Choir 1:05 Mas Que Vencedores […]
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Lost Innocents
When kidnapping threw our small town into a tailspin, I felt an odd guilt because I knew my own life was suspect.
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Jason Graae
JASON GRAAE Born in Chicago and raised in its burbs, Jason Graae (pronounced “grah”) has built his reputation on the coasts–he was in Falsettos on Broadway and played Houdini in the LA production of Ragtime–and on disc, where his supple tenor has brought to life various classic Broadway scores, including the Gershwins’ Strike Up the […]
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A Mud Wrestler’s Guide to Madison, Wisconsin
Madison, WI BARS Madison’s classic mud wrestling bar, the PARADISE LOUNGE (119 W. Main, 608-256-2263), is infiltrated sporadically by clots of trendy students and roots rock weirdos, but once the wrestlers and bikers stomp in the jukebox gets filibustered with Dead Kennedys and Black Sabbath songs. Expect extremely cheap and noxious drinks, fistfights over pool, […]
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TRG Music Listings
Rock, Pop, etc. concerts TOM ANDERSEN Fri 6/1 and Sat 6/2, 8 PM, Metropolis Performing Arts Centre, 111 W. Campbell, Arlington Heights. 847-577-2121. ANTJE Free performance. Thu 6/7, 7:30 PM, Starbucks Coffee, 4553 N. Lincoln. 773-878-5609. NICHOLAS BARRON Free performance. Thu 6/7, 7:30 PM, Starbucks Coffee, 932 N. Rush. 312-951-5436. BIG WU, YONDER MOUNTAIN STRING […]
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Acis and Galatea
Last fall the Chicago Opera Theater scored a critical and box-office success with a stylish staging of Monteverdi’s Orfeo, so it’s wrapping up this season with a revival of another Baroque opera, Handel’s pastoral Acis and Galatea. The current production uses a sterling 10-piece period-instrument orchestra, anchored by violist da gamba Mary Springfels and her […]