Dancing Upstairs, Downstairs at Turner Hall
Debra Loewen's Wildspace Dance Company performs in the gym and the ballroom Friday and Saturday.
Sep 16th, 2009 by Tom Strini
McDonalds Giving Away Free Burgers and Transit Passes
McDonalds is launching a program to give away 75,000 free transit rides and an equivalent number of Angus Third Pounders. The program will be run in Atlanta, Baltimore, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, and Washington D.C.
Sep 16th, 2009 by Jeramey Jannene
Week 1 — Jolly, Rodgers Raise Victory Flag
Divisionaries recaps a thrilling Packers victory, dishes some juicy football gossip and predicts the relatively immediate future of the NFC North.
Sep 16th, 2009 by Divisionaries
Theisen, Beaumarchais, Rossini and Mozart
The Skylight will stage both "Figaro" operas as a cycle this season, starting Sept. 18 with "The Barber of Seville."
Sep 16th, 2009 by Tom Strini
A short tribute to a Gen-X icon
Or, what happens to thirtysomethings when their version of John Wayne passes away
Sep 15th, 2009 by Brian Jacobson
Chicago schools show no improvement
Chicago school reform may not be the panacea the Obama administration would like to think it is.
Sep 15th, 2009 by Ted Bobrow
A rising tide brings everybody up
Mark interviews Ryan Plato and Carlo Besasie, the filmmakers behind "The Violinist," 2007's "The Cherry Tree" and much, much more. Discussed: anti-vocational filmmaking; the illusory holy grail of feature films; idioms.
Sep 15th, 2009 by Amy Elliott
S. 2nd Street Complete Streets Effort Moves Forward!
This past Friday a public meeting was held to discuss the reconstruction of S. 2nd Street in Walker's Point from National Ave. north to the train tracks.
Sep 15th, 2009 by Dave Reid
City’s troubling decision to sit out sick leave appeal
Mayor Barrett earned kudos for intervening on behalf of a woman shouting for help. But his decision not to defend the city's sick leave ordinance leaves him on the sidelines of an important fight.
Sep 15th, 2009 by Ted Bobrow
The Moderne Likely to Receive Public Financing
The Moderne, the long awaited project on the corner of 3rd and Juneau, is moving ahead. The City, through RACM, is aiming to provide $10,000,000 in financial assistance to the project. A deal that is very likely to be approved. The building is to be largely an apartment building with first floor retail and a few condos at the top three floors. Originally intended to be 80 condos, the project is now 154 apartments and 33 condos spread over 30 floors.
Sep 15th, 2009 by Jeramey Jannene
Highlights from 9/15 to 9/21
Skylight highlights a show about a Useless Precaution, the Symphony does Lady Ella and Satchmo, Wildspace gets vertical at Turner Hall and a little thing called Global Union take place this week.
Sep 15th, 2009 by Brian Jacobson
Graduation Day
Call-center extraordinaire Molly finds that change can be a good thing, even at the end of the day.
Sep 14th, 2009 by Molly Swenson
