News: Young People Must Assume Leadership Roles, Rep. Waters Says
Jymi Bolden Rep. Maxine Waters Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., one of Congress' best-known supporters of activist causes, says the United States must get young people involved as office-seekers or risk a future political meltdown. In Cincinnati on Oct. 11 to generate publicity for city council candidate Alicia Reece, Waters pointed to Reece, 28, as…
Diner: Try It … You’ll Like It
"What's arugula?" was my husband's first comment as we reviewed the menu for Vineyard Café, the newest addition to Hyde Park Square's restaurant row. "It's something different you might want to try," was my reply through clenched teeth, knowing the only way he would try arugula was if it was accidentally covered by a slice…
Music: Happiness Is …
Our Lady Peace Since forming in 1993, Our Lady Peace have opened for some of the monsters (and dinosaurs) of Rock — Page/Plant, Rolling Stones, Van Halen, Alanis Morrisette and now Creed. A case of always the warm-up, never the headliner? Maybe not; in their home country of Canada the band's third record, Happiness…
Cover Story: VERSE/CHORUS/VERSE
The second annual Popopolis music festival at the Southgate House on Saturday night celebrates Pop music, but what does that even mean any more? In its traditional sense, Pop music connoted exactly what its name suggested — Popular music. But even that description is a little broad. Popular music usually refers to music that's…
Round Here: ‘Round Here
John Fournier fridayJohn Fournier is something of an arts renaissance man in Chicago. Besides gigging with The John Fournier Group, the songwriter also garnered attention for an acclaimed multimedia theatrical piece put on at the Second City Theatre. Fournier's Fatty, based on the life of doomed comic Fatty Arbuckle, drew critical acclaim from the…
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Littleton's Lessons? Intolerance and Ignorance Can Kill From the moment I heard the name on the news, I recognized Littleton, Colo., but for months I couldn't remember the source. Then I found it — a 3-year-old article from USA Today, with an arrow pointing to a spot in the middle of a map of Colorado…
Cover Story: Unchained Melodies
Jon Hughes/photopresse.com The Simpletons: (l-r) Mark Diedrichs, Eric Diedrichs, Jamie Hurtubise and Nate Hickey If you've ever been to an average Rock band's rehearsals, you know what an odd and unique experience they can be. Between playing the songs over and over, there's usually a couple of breaks, some beers and a few off-color…
