Robert Otto’s Marilyn Monroe collection includes clothing, jewelry, and a fat stash of never-before-published photographs. He can’t wait to share them with the world.
Tag: Vol. 32 No. 43
Issue of Jul. 24 – 30, 2003
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Datebook
JULY 25 FRIDAY Over the past few weeks folks from Chicago Critical Mass have been diligently papering walls and parked bicycles with flyers promoting tonight’s installment of the free monthly ride, which they’ve dubbed the 1,000 Rider Critical Mass. “It’s the strongest push we’ve ever made to get more people to show up,” says a […]
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Abraham’s Calling
Abraham’s Calling, TriArts, Inc., at Wellington Avenue United Church of Christ, Baird Hall Theatre. This earnest opera-cum-Sunday-school-pageant fails on every level: intellectual, dramatic, even musical. Maybe it’s possible to understand conflict in the Middle East as the result of disputes over Abraham’s sacrifice of his son (Jews say it was Isaac, Muslims Ishmael), but that […]
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Face the Mucus
If you’re hawking a loogie in Andersonville, watch your back.
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The Straight Dope
Marshall McLuhan was a media darling in the late 60s and early 70s. I aced quite a few college papers by explaining the world in terms of his theories about communication. It sure seems to me that his ideas are evident in the impact that the Internet and computers have had on society. But I […]
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Capleton
Experts disagree about the root causes of Jamaica’s crushing poverty: some hold that the nation’s economy has been undermined by ruinous import-export policies dictated by first-world creditors; others contend that the growing number of sodomites among the populace has incurred the wrath of Jah. I wish I could say roots-dancehall superstar Capleton really rips the […]
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Memorial MIA
Moved into storage for the Wacker Drive rehab. a cherished fountain honoring Vietnam veterans has yet to reappear and plans for its future are sketchy. Has the city lost track of the past?
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Calendar
Friday 7/25 – Thursday 7/31 JULY 25 FRIDAY Over the past few weeks folks from Chicago Critical Mass have been diligently papering walls and parked bicycles with flyers promoting tonight’s installment of the free monthly ride, which they’ve dubbed the 1,000 Rider Critical Mass. “It’s the strongest push we’ve ever made to get more people […]