Arts and other junk: September 2007 Archives

This will come as a surprise, but Swami loves insults, taunts and jabs. But he hates the dull tedious fumbling that passes for word play these days. Where has the art gone? As Abraham Lincoln once noted of a political foe: "He can compress the most words into the smallest idea of any man I know." And more …

After considering the Gamma rays emanating from his crystal ball, The Swami has some other thoughts about how the Genesee Theatre is being run. And by the way, couldn’t they just call it Theater and leave off the artsy pretensions? For these and other answers, read on dear readers …

Dear Old Swami, now that David Rovine has left his job running the Genesee Theatre in Waukegan, what does that mean for the place? Is it a big loss or will things go ahead? Or is the city going to start over with the management company that runs the place? Signed, Curiously Inquistiive.