For Mayor Daley, the Hired Truck scandal is “possibly the same thing as with George Ryan,” said one alderman. Another aldreman agreed, adding, “The only thing you don’t have in this case, you don’t have any dead children.”
Tag: Vol. 33 No. 21
Issue of Feb. 19 – 25, 2004
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Ad Agency Missing in Action
With much respect for Kelly Shannon’s, Timothy White’s, and Aaron Freeman’s contributions to the latest Chicago Tribune advertising campaign, you had to know that there wouldn’t have been an ad campaign if there wasn’t an advertising agency behind it all [Hot Type, February 13]. It’s astonishing that you could write about something like this without […]
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City File
As others see us. From the Economist magazine’s December 30 profile contrasting the congressional districts of Nancy Pelosi and Dennis Hastert: “In Illinois a broad girth is a sign of health. In San Francisco even the chefs are thin.” “When I went to grammar school at Edmund Burke School [at 54th Street and King Drive], […]
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In Print: Martin Marty and the lively life of Luther
In the preface to Martin Luther, the latest of his more than 50 books, theologian Martin Marty defines his role as biographer as neither “a hanging judge or a flack.” But he admits that his portrait of the 16th-century German priest may not find favor with all of the flock. “There are a lot of […]
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Datebook
FEBRUARY 20 FRIDAY Isobel Neal closed her River North gallery in 1996, after ten years showcasing African-American artists. But the artists she represented kept on working, so when she was asked to curate a show for the Noyes Art Gallery this year, it gave her a chance to put some of their new work–like Preston […]
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From Bad to Verse; Music in Memory of Ted Shen
Are some “tough customers” in the Columbia College English department making life miserable for poetry guru Paul Hoover?
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The Political Conn; In Memory of Chris Saathoff
The perpetual prankster wants you to know he really, really, seriously does hate George Bush.
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The Straight Dope
What’s the deal with Pygmies? I heard that the Europeans found some in the jungles when they went off exploring, but they also supposedly discovered people with one foot and men 80 feet high, so you can understand my doubt. What I want to know is: Are they real? And are they just humans that […]
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No Danger of the . . . Spiritual Thing
NO DANGER OF THE . . . SPIRITUAL THING, Curious Theatre Branch. Late in life Samuel Beckett fought to oversee the way his works were produced, aiming for a kind of purity. And Curious Theatre Branch plays this ensemble-directed collection of three one-acts more or less straight, wisely resisting personalization of any type. “No Danger […]
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Walter Martin and Paloma Munoz
Instead of standard kitschy winter vistas, Walter Martin and Paloma Munoz’s 18 snow globes at Rhona Hoffman present scenes fraught with peril. Sometimes the threat comes from winter itself. Snow has nearly buried the house in Traveler 86, and a man reaches out of an attic window to try to retrieve a woman who’s fallen […]
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Calendar
Friday 2/20 – Thursday 2/26 FEBRUARY 20 FRIDAY For three and a half years Bridgette Wilson and Jim Magas have helped keep underground electronic music lovers clean at their Wicker Park boutique Weekend Records and Soap–the only place in town where you could pick up some handmade bubble bath along with a Peaches CD or […]
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Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris
JACQUES BREL IS ALIVE AND WELL AND LIVING IN PARIS, Brown Couch Theatre Company, at National Pastime Theater. It’s a tad disconcerting to see young performers throw themselves into Jacques Brel’s anthems of disillusionment. More bitter than sweet, his songs celebrate weathered survivors, wronged lovers, and battered souls, from soldiers furious with the killing game […]
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Dog Bites Man
Man says “Good boy!” Teaching pets to attack might keep them from attacking.
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Confuse-a-Candidate
In Chicago holding on to your office can be as simple as getting a good lawyer to mess with the other guy.