October 16, 2003

Try to sit, he’ll tax your seat

Mayor Daley's budget proposal makes drivers of large SUVs pay $15 more for their city stickers. Parking fines would also go up, and a .25 percent restaurant tax would add a nickel to a $20 tab. Read the official overview. Related: area bike shops and cooking classes. [Trib. login: gapers/gapers]

- ls | 16.10.03 ~ Politics/Activism

Sisyphus and Tantalus

Sisyphus has been a figure who has never ceased to fascinate us. As an image of resignation to inevitable failure, he has served as a metaphor for everything from the Greek underworld to the philosophy of French Existentialism. Tantalus' fate is no less evocative - who among us hasn't been tantalized before? As particular as our own individual torments seem, we can take comfort in the fact that dissapointment and recovering from it are something we all experience.

- ag | 16.10.03 ~ Sports/Recreation

GoogObits

GoogObits are Google-enhanced obituaries, written by local poet Daniel X. O'Neil.

- ah | 16.10.03 ~ Weblogs

Science Fiction Double Feature

The musical stage version of the Rocky Horror Picture Show debuts tonight at the Chicago Center for the Performing Arts, with none other than Mancow Muller, Q101's morning shock jock, as The Narrator. If that wasn't strange enough, Jerry Springer replaces him on November 20. The show runs through the end of November. It's hinted that other guest stars, local celebrities and surprise guests will pop up during the run.

- ah | 16.10.03 ~ Theatre/Dance

The Tomato Lady Talks

The Tomato Lady, a local expert and cultivator of 75 heirloom tomatoes in her small backyard, is giving a talk Saturday morning. At the Culinary Historians of Chicago meeting, Aggie Nehmzow will discuss organic farming of heirloom varieties of produce, biodiversity, community gardens, and teaching children about the importance of organic gardening. Saturday, October 18, 10-noon, at the Chicago Historical Society, 1601 N. Clark St. $10 for the public, $5 for students, free for Culinary Historians. To reserve a spot in the lecture, email rsvpchc[at]yahoo.com.

- jd | 16.10.03 ~ Eating/Drinking

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