The destruction of Vulcan, one of the most crucial planets in the “Star Trek” universe, should be at the core of J.J. Abrams’ “Trek” movies. It is the single development that most distinguishes the original series from Abrams’ reboot, an event so boldly imagined that it marks the filmmakers’ new, blank canvas with a hideous dark stain.
Roger was a titan in the film community, but he was also a beacon for the seriously disabled.
“Roger Ebert: A Celebration of Life”
Thursday, April 11, 7 p.m. Central Time
Chicago Theatre, 175 N. State St.
In lieu of flowers, send donations to The Ebert Foundation, att: Jane Borton c/o Northern Trust, 50 S. LaSalle St., Chicago, 60603. The foundation is a nonprofit that supports arts and education programs.
Deck Us All With Boston Charlie from IQ on Vimeo.
 
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Marie writes: some of you may recall seeing a custom-built “steampunk” microphone stand made for the group Three Days Grace, by sculptor Christopher Conte; there were pictures of it inside the #14 Newsletter.Born in Norway, Christopher Conte was raised and educated in New York, where he currently lives. After earning a Bachelors Degree in Fine Art, he began working in the prosthetics field making artificial limbs for amputees; which he did for 16 years as a Certified Prosthetist. At the same time, he worked in obscurity creating sculptures which reflected his love for biomechanics, anatomy and robotics. In June 2008, he left the field to begin his career as a full-time artist. And you can now view his work portfolio online…
The Sculpture of Christopher Conte
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A group of my losing entries, plus my one Winner, and the entry the cartoon editor said online that he liked but it didn’t quite clear the bar on New Yorker’s taste standards.
I’m working on a blog entry about the Old Town Ale House (“Chicago’s Best Dive Bar”–Tribune), its owner Tobi Mitchell, her husband Bruce Cameron Elliott, and their daughter Grace Littlefeather Elliott. I looked up to see my caregiver, Flora Doronila, uncommonly wrapped up in something she was watching on her iPad. “He is in love with a very young girl, Mr. Ebert. He freezes himself until she can grow older.”
SnagFilms.com descibes this film by Charles Hood: “Virgil is a thirty-year-old scientist developing technology to permanently preserve human organs for transplant. However, his obsession with his work takes a toll on his marriage. Virgil’s only distraction is Emma, a fourteen-year-old student in his wife’s high school art class. His sanity hangs in the balance as he struggles to suppress his taboo attraction to the girl. Virgil decides to use his experimental technology to freeze himself in order to align his age with the young girl’s. But his plan doesn’t turn out the way he’d hoped resulting in unexpected consequences for all involved. A fantastic sci-fi comedy, a perfect hybrid between Tom Hanks “Big” and Kevin Spacey’s “American Beauty.”
Go here for SnagFilms.
✔ “Two thumbs up” — Doronila.
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Bob Zuppke
7/02/1879 – 12/22/1957
University of Illinois football coach, 1913 – 1941
National titles 1914, 1919, 1923 and 1927
Big Ten Championships 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1919, 1921, 1923, 1927 and 1928
Inventor of the huddle
Inventor of the flea flicker
Coach of George Halas
Coach of Red Grange
“Freshmen, my advice is, don’t drink the linement.”
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Learn the lyrics for The Creep.
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Amazon.com Widgets
Internet Scout: Larry J. Kolb
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Jean Shepherd’s broadcast on WOR-AM New York, Christmas Eve 1974.Part OnePart TwoPart ThreePart FourPart Five
NRA Fights Legislation That Would Ban Gun Sales To Those Currently On Killing Sprees
I find Christopher Hitchens’ words here incredibly inspiring.
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Winner of the Independent Spirit Award of the 2011 Boston Independent Film Festival.
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A musical-visual dialog, a story driven by lost love between youth and adulthood. The trail of becoming full at the expense of a family’s love. The trouble to make the son improve on the father at the expense of both.
In layered metaphor LETTER TO BIJOU follows a young man whose father refuses to support his artistic ambitions. Broken by his own failures and sacrifices he forces his son to choose between the home and people he loves and the person he’s striving to be.
All learn quickly that you can never go back. But can the past, present and future be reconciled?
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