December 06, 2004

I Rock in Iraq

Friend of GB Alicia Frantz is creating a care package for her brother, who is currently stationed in Iraq. In keeping with her orientation toward audio, she's sending him a bunch of minidisks, including one containing messages from random people back home. She's soliciting contributions: record a short message in .mp3, .aiff or .wav format and either email it to her or tell her where online she can grab it at aliciafrantz<at>gmail.com, or in the comments of this entry. The deadline is tomorrow (Tuesday) afternoon.

- ah | 6.12.04 ~ Weblogs

Poetry Not Heavy

Just because it's humorous doesn't mean it's not art: Light Quarterly, a journal of light verse, got some attention from the Reader's Hot Type column this week.

- ah | 6.12.04 ~ Print/Magazines

Check out Free WiFi

Chicago Public Library now offers patrons free wireless internet access, becoming the first major urban library system to do so. You can check out necessary computer settings, and find the nearest CPL branch online.

- ash | 6.12.04 ~ In the News

Hormel's Bias Against Chicago

While not quite worthy of a protest, I'm a little miffed: Even though SPAMalot, the musical, is opening in Chicago, Hormel Foods is giving ticket holders to the New York show a free can of Honey Grail SPAM (well, the first 100 anyway). Who in your opinion is more likely to eat and create buzz about SPAM - a Chicagoan or a New Yorker?

- bs | 6.12.04 ~ Eating/Drinking

Chicago Blogmap gets its own domain

Chicago Blogmap, one of two online collections of Chicago area blogger links that categorizes its entries by stops on the CTA train lines (the other one being Chicago Bloggers), has moved to its own domain, chicagoblogmap.com, after being hosted at Paul Goyette's site for well over a year. Adjust your bookmarks.

- jma | 6.12.04 ~ Weblogs

A Wedding at the Lyric Opera

In yesterday's Sun-Times, Roger Ebert published an essay on the rehearsal of an opera version of Robert Altman's 1978 film A Wedding. The film, shot on location in Lake Forest, told the story of two rich families getting together for a wedding, one old-money family from Lake Forest and one nouveau-riche family from Louisville, Kentucky. Robert Altman had a hand in the libretto of the opera version, which premieres Saturday night at the Lyric Opera of Chicago. More info has been posted at Slowdown.

- jma | 6.12.04 ~ Arts/Architecture

Shop, Drink, and Be Merry

Wow! There are places to shop outside of Michigan Ave.! Metromix offers a helpful little guide to navigating some of those neighborhood shops. And, because holiday shopping begets holiday drinking, recommendations on where to get frosty beverages follow each store description.

- vcb | 6.12.04 ~ City Life/Cultural

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