Amadeus and Tricia

Double bill day.

Amadeus at Chicago Shakes and Tricia Brown at the Dance Center.

Dinner with Mr. N

I had dinner with an old college friend, Mr. New, who is hanging out (and hanging in there) in the hedge fund world.

Opera Dinner with the Kiwis

We had a fun dinner with friends on the occasion of family and friends of Ms. MNM visiting from Australia. Apparently, I look like an Aussie TV personality.

Dinner with Tricia Brown

We had a lovely dinner with the choreographer Tricia Brown who was in town for her company's performance at the Dance Center















"On the program at The Dance Center is PRESENT TENSE (2003), featuring breathtaking lifts and raucous partnering that is distinctly Trisha Brown. Foray Forêt (1990) is a collaboration with Robert Rauschenberg in which dancers leap into the air, nearly colliding with one another in a breathtaking sequence dubbed “turnstile,” featuring live accompaniment by a local marching band playing outside the theatre walls. Also on the program is If you couldn’t see me (1994), a haunting and seductive solo, and Accumulation (1971), a study of gestural repetition."

Edward II at Chicago Shakespeare

From Time Out Chicago's review:

"Marlowe’s the only playwright listed in the program. But even casual observers of Chicago theater know that when the director is Graney, an “adapted by” credit is implied. Graney’s textual tweaks have been a Hypocrites hallmark for years, though some of his trials have lacked clarity of purpose. But his bold cutting of Marlowe’s tale of Edward’s tumultuous reign and eventual downfall shows us that the director’s messing around has been building to something. The muscular result is a stunning achievement.

Graney stages the action in the “promenade” style he’s experimented with in such Hypocrites productions as Mud and Miss Julie. Yet Todd Rosenthal’s smartly gritty set allows a geographical fluidity that ensures the audience is part of the action rather than simply wandering observers, making Edward II feel deliciously dangerous."

Work Trip to DC

Not my usual territory, but did a quick trip to DC for work.

Nobel Prize Day: Krugman

Got up early, just in case, but this year's Nobel Prize in Economics went to the New York Times's Paul Krugman.

Hyde Park Day

We spend the day in Hyde Park. First for Chicago Humanities Festival lectures by Gary Becker and Ian Foster and then wen to Caroline or Change at the Court.

Visiting Committee

The Visiting Committee to the Social Sciences Division were in town for their annual fall meeting. Needless to say, many of the economists canceled.

House Opening: Dave DaVinci

Went to the "opening night" of Dave DaVinci Saves the Universe at the House in the new Chopin Theatre digs.

Book Club: Everything is Illuminated

Ms. B-H hosted the book club: Everything is Illuminated.

Cubs, 3 and out

Dodgers sweep the Cubs and I spend a good deal of time removing all the post-season date holds from my calendar...