Comment Archives: stories: Arts & Culture
Re: “Chi Lives: Alan Cahn, the druggist who can't say no”
My father, Alan Cahn, continues to be a charitable and amazing man.
Re: “Down Town”
Reading this well written article brought many memories of the town where I was born and raised. While I thought I was well informed about Cairo, I learn even more about it reading Turner's article. Thanks for sharing this with us.
Re: “Nicole LeGette's angst-free butoh”
I cannot wait for this performance!! Get your tickets online at www.fanfueled.com!!
Re: “All-female tap troupe Jorstap dances on the glass ceiling”
KB and Trisha, this is your grandma's friend Jessica. Article says she is doing choreography and dancing in this production. If you are in town, perhaps you can go, huh?
Re: “Blues Notes: a last blast for Big Twist”
Here I am 22 years after Big Twist's death listening to his recording of I'm Coming Home. What a great band that was.
Re: “Art Expo: Local Dealers Exhibit Their Discontent/More Summertime Blues for Concert Promoters?/Broadcast Museum's Lucrative Move/The Man Who Taught Madonna to Jitterbug”
You don't know someone until you live with them. Savino and his boyfriend bought the house across the street from mine then bullied me out of my home when I was going to add onto the back of it. I moved out, was so mad I sold my house to a Cop who wanted a two bedroom house in the neighborhood to add a second floor on top of and make money flipping it. Now Savino lives across the street from the neighborhood eyesore. Ask him what his neighbors think of him.
Re: “Reel Life: confronting the horror of Clive Barker”
For having studied Ed Gein, I don't think he paid attention to what he read. He grossly misspoke about Ed's crimes in the making of the movie "Psycho," as featured on the Psycho collector's edition disk. I've very disappointed in Clive because I really enjoy his books. He just needs to stick to fiction.
Re: “Barron, Wisconsin”
Good for Jeff's bar, now if only Rice lake would do the same
Re: “Joliet/Braidwood, IL”
My grandpa and grandma, Albert and Fredricka Hassert, owned the farm just north of the White Fence Farm. My grandpa was a friend of Stuyvesant Peabody. My aunts Pearl and Irene worked at "the Farm" for several years as waitresses and hostesses. My uncle Roy trained Peabody's horses, my uncle Howard worked on the landscaping around the restaurant, and my father, George, worked as a caretaker. After "the Farm" was sold for the first time, the quality of the food deteriorated. When Peabody owned the restaurant, it was primarily an ice-cream/hamburger restaurant. When Bob and Doris Hastert became the owners, they turned it into a premiere chicken restaurant. With our similar last names, there was some confusion, and I have been ask many times if I was related to the owners of the White Fence Farm. I worked at the restaurant from 1962 through 1968 in various capacities. --Earl Hassert
Re: “Mount Carroll, Illinois”
I believe you met to say the people look miniature in proportion to the animals on the mural. Just moved to this town, very interesting. Seems like a great place to live.
Re: “On Exhibit: Fred Johnson's banner career”
Thank you Richard, How awesome is that!!!!! Was watching a show called American Pickers. July, 2012. It is about two guys who go out all around the country and search thur big collections of just everything that has ever been and they came across 2 old banners painted by Fred Johnson. They got them for a couple of hundred dollars and found out later that they where worth, even in not really great shape.... 5 to 6,000 dollars each!!! And so started the search to learn more about all this. Thank you for sharing way back in 2011 and hope you stop by and see that even over a year later your comments where found and very much appreciated. If you ever return here, please tell us more. Did your Uncle have any photos of his painters or their work or of the building they painted in?
Tell us all about it, would love to know these special things that would otherwise be totally lost. Thanks again for all, LDR
Re: “Chi Lives: Ed Woehl goofs off with cameras”
I miss you old friend!
Re: “Elkhart, IN”
Excellent article, but now (2012) largely out of date concerning places to eat.
Re: “Best of Chicago 2012: Arts & Culture”
@Gwynn -- whups! Thanks: it is there now!
Re: “Best of Chicago 2012: Arts & Culture”
Where's Best Literary Event??
Re: “Best of Chicago 2012: Arts & Culture”
Larry Sawyer, congrats! Well-deserved!
Re: “Best of Chicago 2012: Arts & Culture”
So proud of my HIT THE WALL family!!!
Re: “Summer Guide: Fairs and festivals”
Or you could take a few minutes and put it in chronological order and make this functional for the user...
Re: “Behind the Joseph Holmes Collapse/Dance Coalition Board Downsizes/Seminary Co-op Heads North”
Greetings,
I just happened to be searching another subject when I discovered this news article. If not for my steadfast involvement, as well as my wife's and sister's involvement with The Joseph Holmes Dance Theater in the 70s, I would not have justification to write these words. However, I am more recently able to comment on a very tragic situation that has frequently brought me to tears in the past. Only those who were fortunate to have been a JHDT family member would understand the sorrow that I still feel over these many years. In my case, I was part of a family within a family, as Joseph would say. The real tragedy is not that the company collapsed; it's a business and those things happen, but for all of his accomplishments and the many lives that this genius touched, he is now only a blurb in a newspaper. I pay homage to Joseph Holmes for nurturing my strength, determination, and compassion because I have carried those virtues with me. There is no doubt that Joseph was a powerful influence in our lives, but I would be remiss if I didn't mention an equally powerful supporting cast like Mr. Goodman, Mrs. Ross, Ms. Streba, Ms. J. Perez. We all have our personal "Camelots" in our lives; this was mine. I can only hope that one day at least a small statue can be built, or a small street can be named in honor of Mr Joseph Holmes. He will forever be in my memory. RG