A new exhibit of visual art by Jon Langford opens Friday; two weeks later he brings the Burlington Welsh Male Chorus to the gallery to sing songs illustrated by some of his paintings.
Tag: Vol. 40 No. 49
Issue of Sep. 1 – 7, 2011
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Books I won’t review, part three
“. . . is a simple primer with less than 100 pages of uniquely valuable information that has been missing in literature until now. In addition there is a 47 page index for those who want to learn beyond the simple primer. . . . It simplifies complexity to its essence.”
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Rahm Emanuel’s shifting views of the parking meter deal
Two-and-a-half years after it was consummated, the infamous parking-meter lease deal won’t go away—perhaps because there’s 72+ years left of it. Last week, for example, citizens submitted at least four questions about the city’s meter system or the deal itself during Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s two town hall meetings. The mayor called the use of meter […]
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@All-InSoxFan tweets last Sunday’s nail-biter
Irrepressible @All-InSoxFan tweeted updates during the White Sox-Tigers game Sunday, which he says was much closer than the 18-2 score suggests.
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Assault on saggy pants continues
Green Day front man Billie Joe Armstrong’s sartorial choices got him booted from a plane.
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An open apology to Sycamore, Illinois….
Got a call the other day from a faithful reader who pointed out that I made a mistake in last week’s column when I wrote that Sycamore is downstate….
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I guess there’s WTF, and then major-grade WTF
Sarah Palin continues to make no sense.
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How not to solicit business
I realize I’m in the cheap seats at Lyric, but whatever happened to “Ms”?