October 29: BILL MAULDIN – A Fabric of Lies More Honest Than the Truth
by Bill Mauldin: October 29, 1921 – January 22, 2003 When my great-uncle Jack’s landing watercraft approached Omaha Beach on June 6, 1944, a superior officer …
Month: October 2014
October 24: RESERVOIR DOGS – An Open Letter to Everyone who stormed out of the Lincoln Theater in Chicago that night in December, 1992
Reservoir Dogs : Premiered October 23, 2012 Dear people who stormed out of the midnight showing of Reservoir Dogs at the Lincoln Theater in Chicago …
October 23: JOHNNIE’S LOUNGE – A Clean, Well-Lighted Place
Ivan “Johnnie” Vrbetic: 1922 – October 23, 2009 Chicago is a city with a proud pub tradition. Generations of Chicagoans hold firm to social traditions …
October 7: THE GIVING TREE – The Elusive Territory between Codependence and Selfishness
Shel Silverstein’s The Giving Tree: Published October 7, 1964 I introduced my wife to the band Lucero yesterday. Her response to their music was similar …