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Off-Topic: With apologies to Sesame Street…
Cloudy day, keeping the sun away. Hard to play, when outside is damp and dark. It’s just another day, over here in Albany Park. . Cannot play, everything’s drab and gray. Cranky neighbors here pass dogs that bark, It’s a sad November day, over here in Albany Park. . It’s a matted carpet sky, The ground is wet, but... »
Travel challenge for Chicago tomorrow
Chicagoans: a journey to your theatre may be delayed by many feet. 90,000 of them, in motion. Tomorrow, Sunday, October 11th, is the Chicago Marathon, which winds it way from the Loop up on LaSalle, Sheridan and Cannon Drive just past Diversey on the north side, then back south on Broadway, Clark, and Wells back... »
“improper maintenance, operation, and ill-fitting parts”…
...add up to an eventual breakdown. The bigger the thing your theatre cheaps out on, the bigger the potential consequences. An accident at Russia’s largest hydroelectric power plant back in August killed 75 employees after part of an overstressed turbine broke off, flying into the air at high speed. The huge part careened through more... »
Off-Topic, Chicago: Neighborhood Nutrition Centers
Many of you may know Les Kniskern from his days as Associate Production Manager at the Goodman Theatre, from his Stage Manager work, or just from him being an all-around good guy. Now, Les is working on a new project designed to help bring healthier food into areas under-served by grocery stores, and frequently... »
Off topic: WTF
Few of you would be shocked to learn that I was no fan of President G.W. Bush. Whatever your feelings on if he lied initially on the reasons we went into Iraq (which, if you watch the footage of Presidential and Senatorial remarks made in the first month or so after 9/11/01, shows that... »
Hudson & Gaines
