Fire up the grill and white belts and shoes–it’s the last weekend of summer people…what are you doing?
Headed to the Fringe Festival? Maybe the North Coast Festival (maybe to see some FatBoySlim? (he’s headlining Saturday night; so is Common)) Or will it be Jazz Fest? Or India Arie (or Mary Mary or Bootsy Collins!) at the African Festival of the Arts? Camping in the north woods? Something altogether different like Harvest Chicago Contemporary Dance Festival?
What’s going on out there for the last weekend in August?
I would normally post a few links to exciting goings on, but I didn’t even want to tempt myself since I’ll be in full-on course planning/syllabus finalizing all weekend.
You?
HW Social Chair, Jen Armendarez is encouraging all the right sorts of socializing over at the Emerald this afternoon/early evening–all are welcome. I’ll be in the woods gobbling and yelping at the squirrels and drowning some worms in between grading finals, but I know there’s a lot going on besides grading–great movies, great music, and it’s craft beer week!
What will you be doing?
Nothing else matters. Maybe you’re doing something fun, though. Tell someone else. I’ll be sipping Mint Juleps and taking more than a common man’s interest, as the gambler’s like to say, in the most exciting two minutes in sports.
What have you got? Other than grading, of course….
What do you have going on in this last week of April?
Maybe headed out to the woods for Morels? Maybe heading out tonight to see Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman (authors of Nurture Shock) talk about their book on child development research? Maybe something else?
Since Whiskey Fest is sold out tonight, I’m hoping that the highlight of my week might be a trip off to Starved Rock for a wee bit (with grading on my porch in between banjo sessions the rest of the week).
What about you?
Was there a meeting today?
If so, and you were able to attend, whadaya know peeps?
So, one year later…
What are your thoughts regarding The Lounge? Is it workin’ for ya?
Is there anything you’d change? Anything you’d leave the same?
Update: As you can see, after that interview with PhiloDave, I fell asleep on the El as if it were a blizzard-bound bus on Lake Shore Drive. My apologies. Y’all saw this post get created, sos you’ve had a chance to ponder the questions. If I know PhiloDave the teacher, he takes assessment very seriously. Give him some feedback.
Roses are red, violets are blue
If you’ve got a thought
Let’s hear it from you
(I can’t believe there were no takers on that poem earlier this week. Oh, well…)
It’s Thursday afternoon, which means the long President’s Day weekend is practically here.
What does your Saturday night look like? Going to see the Gipsy Kings at the Chicago Theatre? Maybe Ladysmith Black Mombazo up in Lincoln Square? Heading somewhere else? What have you got?
It’s Thursday afternoon, which means that week 4 is drawing to a close, and we are (nearly) halfway to the halfway point of the semester.
Anybody going to see Morris Dees, co founder of the Southern Poverty Law Center, out at Elmhurst College? Or maybe going to Garfield Park Conservatory for Sweet Saturday (I went last week–it was great, especially for kids; lots of activities)? Or maybe getting in the mood for Valentine’s Day with a trip to the theater?
What’s going on out there?
It’s Thursday, people, which means I want to know what you are doing this weekend so I might steal an idea or two…
Marta will be watching Barcelona try to break their own clubs “unbeaten record” from 1973-74, we already know that, but what about everyone else?
So, other than grading, what are you going to be doing this weekend?
D0 your best to tempt the rest of us losers into the sorts of behavior we have decried for 16 weeks…
Plenty of awesome options this weekend…to wit: The Chicago Bluegrass & Blues Festival.
Want another option? How about a local appearance by a FEEEEEEE-nominal (that means “Don’t Miss Them” singing group, Sweet Honey in the Rock (Saturday night at Dominican University and Sunday night at Christ Universal Temple on the South Side).
Busy this weekend, but looking to kill some time next week? No problem. Check out The Black Playwright’s Festival hosted by Jackie Taylor’s Black Ensemble Theater.
And if you can’t do any of that, for mercy’s sake, tell us what you are doing that’s so doggone important and great so we can do it, too!
The weekend is upon us. Anybody going to the 3rd Annual Battle of the Jug Bands?
What else is going on?
The Harold Lounge 