9/11, 11 anniversary

Let's talk about Bruce and Pete and singing in a crowd.  We need more of it.  I don't have a great voice, I've never been a fan. Is this because of church?  I sucked. But then I watched this documentary on Pete Seeger, and I saw the light. Don't care. Sing out, sing along.  And yes, I'm still on the Springsteen theme, but at Wrigley we all sang together, often, loud, proudly, without shame. "Ohhh, ut, ooh, ooooh.  When I'm out on the street."  It was great. 

Today, back to Pete. Together now.  "We shall live in peace, we shall live in peace, we shall live in peace, someday." Go ahead, sing along.

Bruce at Wrigley

Walk to a Bruce concert?  Sure.  We thought it was going to rain, but it was perfect.

Three and 1/2 hours.  Awesome.  And Twist and Shout to end?

Show began at 8:23 p.m. local time (one hour past New Jersey)

Set list:

1. Prove It All Night (78 Intro)

2. My Love Will Not Let You Down

3. Out in the Street

4. Hungry Heart

5. We Take Care of Our Own

6. Wrecking Ball

7. Death to My Hometown (With Tom Morello) 
8. My City of Ruins (People Get Ready)

9. Spirit In The Night

10. Trapped

11. Jack of All Trades (With Tom Morello)

12. Atlantic City (With Eddie Vedder)

13. Lonesome Day

14. I'm Goin' Down

15. Darlington County

16. Shackled and Drawn

17. Waiting on a Sunny Day

18. None But the Brave (tour premiere)

19. Ghost of Tom Joad (With Tom Morello)

20. Badlands

21. Land of Hope and Dreams

Encores:
22. We Are Alive

23. Thunder Road

24. Born to Run

25. Dancing in the Dark

26. Jungleland

27. Tenth Avenue Freeze-out (with Eddie Vedder and Tom Morello)

28. Twist and Shout (with Eddie Vedder and Tom Morello)

Show over at: 11:50 p.m.

Chicago Triathlon 2012

My first big tri, and I was pretty pleased with my results.  32/70 for my age class, top 17% overall in the swim, north of average in the bike, and not so great in the run, but I'll take it.  Full photo album here.

Three Sisters at Steppenwolf

A very contemporary translations by Tracey Letts, and as always, superb acting.

Top This!

We finally got the a topper on the truck!  The first major outing was loading up the bikes and heading up the the North Branch trail.  Ms. S took one turn a little to quick, but otherwise, a nice inauguration.  And Superdawg at the end of the ride to celebrate.

Ms. S does a double nickel

A pretty low-key birthday celebration for Ms. S, but we did do double Takashi for the double nickle.  Dinner at Takashi's and then lunch at Slurping Turtle the following day.   Little House in the Big Woods, Stuart Little, The Borrowers we're among the birthday books. 

South Shore Triathlon

My first triathlon!  It was a pretty good day, but the water was really rough. (Rip tide warnings.)   Luckily this one is a run through the water slog.  I just wanted to finish without injury and smiling.  Done.

 

 

Dose Market and Hugo

Went to see Hugo 3d, and visited the Dose Market beforehand. Hugo was lovely, and we appreciated it 10x thanks to the informal film education from the WexPlex.

Margaret Jenkins Dance at Columbia Dance

Light Moves. A little to reliant on contact improv to create the choreography, perhaps?

"An Intimate Tempest"

We liked this more than would have thought from the Tribune review. Nice collaboration between Shakes and Redmoon. Beautiful puppets and a strong cast.

"Long Gone Lonesome" at the Hideout

Something different from Chicago Shakes. The story of Thomas Fraser, a fisherman and crofter from the remote island of Burra, Shetland. Obsessed with country and the blues, Thomas mastered the styles of his idols - like Jimmie Rodgers, Hank Williams and Big Bill Broonzy - and made their songs his own. A shy, retiring man, he avoided public performance. Instead, he gave away to family and friends tapes he lovingly recorded in the croft.


At the Hideout!

"Mr. Rickey Calls a Meeting" at Lookingglass

Wow. A spectacularly good cast. The story of Jackie Robinson being called into the big leagues. Perhaps not the strongest script, but a nice night out at Lookingglass.

Pina 3D

Now that's great use of 3D. Wonderful. Hope this helps her choreography reach a wide audience.

Penelope at Steppenwolf

Didn't love this as much as we wanted to. Perhaps the casting change threw some things off? Ian Barford was replaced by his understudy.

Book Club: House of Mirth

at Joan's.