“Now this could only happen to a guy like me and only happen in a town like this, and so I say to each of you most gratefully, as I throw each one of you a kiss, this is my kind of town, Chicago is, my kind of town Chicago is.”
(Apologies to Sammy Cahn and Jimmy Van Heusen)
Audience choice: It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.
Others that were mentioned a few times, amused us or seemed especially weird: “Dees are da days of our lifes. Da days dat we haff cheerzed our beerz to one anudder.” “We played Marco Polo in my nephew’s new rooftop pool yesterday. I knew it was going to be a beautiful day. We took turns spitting on Michigan Avenue.” “As conquistador, champion, the Napoleon of my time in the United States of America in the intestine of the vapid state of Illinois, I have learned many things. Suits and ties and nail polish, radishes and minks.”
Today in the Culture, April 8, 2021 | Opening Locks | Rising Mercury | Waxing Roth | Remembering Sahlins ART Gilberts Grant Cranbrook Academy of Art $30 Million Toward Diversity The Cranbrook Academy of Art outside of Detroit has received a $30 million donation from the Michigan-based billionaires Jennifer and Dan Gilbert, one of the largest ever made to a graduate-level arts program in the U.S., reports The Art Newspaper. "The funding will support the creation of full-tuition fellowships…
