Between the Goodman Theatre in the Loop and the stages of Broadway in New York, I've seen most of August Wilson's 10-play tour de force spanning the African-American experience in the 20th century.
The first two or three times I tried to pronounce the name of the Ellen Stone Belic Institute for the Study of Women and Gender in the Arts and Media at Columbia College without using notes, I couldn't pull it off.
When I heard South Carolina Rep. Joe Wilson shout "You lie,'' at President Obama in the middle of his health-care reform speech, I had a flashback, with a blinding strobe that nearly knocked me off the sofa.
It's a good thing Keith Magee is a man of faith. His job is to help raise $13 million in the next year and a half to open a museum dedicated to the history and the people of public housing.
The other day I met my kid sister Diane at her place in Lincoln Park for our weekly get-together. She jumped in the car and gave me a hug. I handed her a carton of cigarettes, and we headed for her favorite fast-food joint.
