The Great Twitterank Panic of (11/12)/08, as Reported From the Front Lines of My Desk
Tag: Vol. 38 No. 7
Issue of Nov. 6 – 12, 2008
Walter Salas-Humara gets literary
Silos leader Walter Salas-Humara plays Martyrs’ on Thursday in support of his collaboration with novelist Jonathan Lethem.
Here’s the truth: “You’ve got to have a budget”
They may be arguing about the 2009 budget, but Mayor Daley and the City Council agree on one thing: we’re hosed.
Letts makes a deal
Harvey Weinstein has bought the screen rights to Tracy Letts’s August: Osage County.
Tribune lays off John Crewdson, others
The Tribune Company slashes its Washington operation, laying off Pulitzer winner John Crewdson and several others.
That’s one word for it
Jesse Jackson Jr. and his extended network ramp up a campaign to get him appointed to Barack Obama’s position in the U.S. Senate.
Take me to your leader
Barack who? Hollywood’s been giving us black presidents for years.
11/12 — Free screening of “Duck Season”
Tonight: Free screening of “Duck Season” at the Instituto Cervantes
The Obama classifieds
Applying for a job with the Obama administration? Check the Plum Book.
Charbucks in trouble
Cutting back on Starbucks? You can do better, with local coffee companies, for less.