So the word "cabaret" keeps popping into my life these days. The great Ann Hampton Callaway told me to "do some Cabaret - that's how I started." That was last year. And now I have been asked to emcee and perform with the Chicago Cabaret Project on their Voltaire Cabaret nights on Tuesdays in December at Hydrate - a gay club in town that has a lovely back room with a nice cabaret stage. …
Describe the funniest, cleverest and/or most memorable Halloween Costume you ever saw!
I saw a huge (tall & muscular) barefoot black man in a diaper (with baby bonnet and bottle) running around the Green Dolphin Street night club on Boom Boom Room night. I asked him who he was... he pulled out a photo of Madonna, pointed at it and said in a baby voice: "MA-MA" It was right after Madonna had adopted her little baby from Malawi. I almost died laughing! Please share some of your most memorable Halloween costume memories! …
Child Prodigy
You've seen them: pre-pubescent youths graduating with top marks from MIT or Harvard; sitting in the guest's seat chatting with David Letterman; playing violin with some symphony orchestra; being annoyingly cute and precocious. Well, I met one. She is seven year old Emily Bear, a piano virtuoso in training, with a resume that is outta sight. …
New Day
always good for a laugh: the M&M's in Times Square. And a weird one!! I fell asleep with Let The Right One In on DVD and I woke up feeling a bit weird. Lesson: Never fall asleep with an artsy Vampire movie on in the background - in Swedish! Well, tomorrow is the big day - House of Blues gig. …
“Sita Sings The Blues” is playing in Chicago – GO SEE IT!!
Sita Sings The Blues was one of the films I saw at Ebertfest. You can watch it for free on your computer at Sita Sings The Blues.Com OR/AND you can see it on the big screen at the Gene Siskel Film Center today thru May 7. DO NOT MISS this wonderfully unique animated feature on the big screen!! You will not be disappointed!!! Simply click on the links (highlighted in gray print) Everyone else keep an eye out for showings in your town or just follow the link!! For more images …