How did it get to be September already? Gosh, the summer has simply flown. The Chicago Jazz Fest starts tonight (well, actually, last night with the Jazz Club Tour), and I'm planning to hit tomorrow night's concert, as well as the day and evening events on Saturday and Sunday. Rain is predicted, so I will take my umbrella - to ward off sun and ( Read more... )

Tell me about it!

I have this problem, too. There are these piles of utterly gorgeous papers in my house, and, every time I have a binding project, I have to find one that I can bear to take scissors and cut into.

that's what comes of not having posted anything of substance since last month!

Shocking.

So, what have I been up to?

I went to a program at the Goodman Theatre, part of the Horton Foote Festival, called Anatomy of a Trial: To Kill a Mockingbird, The Scottsboro Boys and the Jena 6, and felt the need to shoot my mouth off during the Q&A. ( ( Read more... )

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( Remember YagoBCN? )

Sad news yesterday. Giuseppe di Stefano has died. (New York Times obit. I was never fortunate enough to hear him live, but his Cavaradossi to Callas' Tosca and Gobbi's Scarpia is probably the best opera recording ever. I listen to it often ( Read more... )

It really was a busy week. I've told you about the plays, and Miss Manners. Here's the rest ( Read more... )

Yesterday was the opening day of Silk Road Chicago at the Art Institute. This is a collaboration between the Art Institute, the Chicago Symphony, and Yo-Yo Ma's Silk Road Project. It will go on for the next year, and feature all kinds of great programs. I'd originally planned to get to the museum in time for a 10:30 performance by the Silk Road ( Read more... )

I went to the opening reception of the "One Book, Many Interpretations" show at the Special Collections Division at the Harold Washington Library Center this evening. Honey, let me tell you, they were pouring wine like it was water. "Um, I don't really need the whole bottle in that plastic cup", but the bartender kept on pouring. At least they ( Read more... )

I hauled a box of books over to the Hyde Park Co-operative Society for their annual book sale. Every year on Columbus Day weekend, hordes descend, among them myself, and acquire books. All for a good cause (the Co-op) and any leftovers are donated to other non-profits ( Read more... )

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