I wish I could make watching “Charm” at Mosaic Theater a mandatory assignment. “Charm” is a play written in unflinching, witty and heartbreakingly quick exchanges by Philip Dawkins, a Chicago native. The playwright’s ear for dialogue and nuance would be obvious even if the cast did not do the lines justice. This is not the […]
Coming back from the Southeast Library on Friday, I noticed that the workers at the Hine development were removing the barriers keeping us from the sidewalk in front of the north building of that construction: The sidewalk was open again. I tweeted about it, mentioning that it was the first time that it had been […]
Joselito - a taste of Spain and the feel of home on Capitol Hill
Inauguration Day is nine days away and there is no escaping it unless you are wisely skipping town. My own plans to get out of here have been thwarted and so I’ll be battening down the hatches and staying put. Though I admit wishing I had actual hatches to batten down, because this would mean I’d […]