Monday, June 27, 2011
"A Prairie Home Companion" hits Ravinia; City Council to discuss Highland Park Theatre.
Garrison Keillor brought "A Prairie Home Companion" to Ravinia Saturday for a live recording of the radio show. Check out our write up of the performance and our photo gallery. Ever notice that streetwalkers pound the pavement all over Highland Park? Patch columnists Betsy and Sal know why. Check out their latest column to see what's up with the city's sidewalks -- and what John Wayne has to do with it. The City Council will discuss what to do with the Highland Park Theatre tonight at its regularly scheduled meeting. Mayor Nancy Rotering and a few councilmen recently toured the movie theater, and they may decide whether or not the city-owned theater should be sold. The meeting begins at 7:30 p.m. at City Hall. Members of the Republican …
Saturday, June 25, 2011
Walking the sidewalks can be a dangerous endeavor.
Ever notice that streetwalkers pound the pavement all over Highland Park? We know why. Walking for exercise is an activity that is practically mandatory if you are a North Shore Gal. We not only applaud this, we partake in the sport ourselves. But walking on sidewalks in our fair city can be a dangerous endeavor. For starters, let’s acknowledge the rules of engagement: walking is a social sport. Sure, occasionally you’ll see an itinerate ambulator, moving at a clip sans group. Overwhelmingly, however, we walkers tend to congregate in pairs and clusters, generating conversations and footsteps with equal vigor. And that’s when the sidewalks fail us. We recognize that our city’s sidewalks can prove to be uneven terrain – but most good walkers…
Sunday, January 23, 2011
Performances show true craftsmanship in this classic Western throwback.
December was Jeff Bridges' month. Almost one year after winning his first Oscar for Crazy Heart and less than one week after he appeared in dual roles in the flimsy but eye-catching Tron: Legacy, the Dude returns with an eye-patch in the Coen Brothers breezy, entertaining new Western True Grit. The brothers and Bridges haven't worked together since his iconic performance in 1998's The Big Lebowski. This time around, Bridges plays equal parts gruff and funny in the mostly solid but somewhat arbitrary True Grit. Returning to big-name casting after A Serious Man, the latest from Joel and Ethan Coen is an adaptation of the 1969 film of the same title that starred John Wayne (allegedly, this new film is more loyal to the Charles Portis novel …
Betsy Brint
6:28 pm on Sunday, June 26, 2011
I am pleased to report that the corner shown in the photo has been trimmed up nicely and is now walker friendly! Thank you kind neighbor. more ›