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“Edward Owens, a Dunbar senior makes a sketch of a schoolmate” from the Chicago Defender May 24, 1966. I haven’t looked at the microfilm to see if that quality is any better.

More snow on the ground here in Hilton Head than Chicago.

Regular Old Movies That Were New To Me That I Liked A Bunch
1. There's Always Tomorrow (Douglas Sirk)
2. The Crazies (George A. Romero)
3. The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend (Preston Sturges)
4. Goodbye in the Mirror (Storm de Hirsch)
5. Kid Galahad (Phil Karlson)

Old Stuff I'm Ashamed I Haven't Seen Before Now
1. If You Stand with Your Back to the Slowing of the Speed of Light in Water (Julie Murray)
2. Mutiny (Abigail Child)
3. 29: 'Merci, Merci' (Will Hindle)
4. Shulie (Elisabeth Subrin)
5. Trekkerriff (Will Hindle)

Best new stuff seen this year:
1. pomeriggio (Ira Vicari)
2. Ashes by Name is Man (Ewelina Rosinska)
3. L’ailier (Alexandra Karelina)
4. Color Negative (Sara Sowell)
5. Patient (Lori Felker)

Best Chicago-made films seen this year:
1. Play & Chicago Girls & Table & The Masturector Set & Plastic Screen Film (Ruth Andrews nee Klassen)
2. The Annunciation (Diana Barrie)
3. Dances #1-8 (Shirley Erbacher)
4. Modern Water Propulsion (Andy Matsui)
5. The Autopsy (Royanne Rosenberg)

2024 Favorite Musicals
1. Illinoise (Chi)
2. Falsettos (Chi)
3. Merrily We Roll Along (NYC)
4. La Cage aux Folles (Pasadena)
5. Once Upon a Mattress (NYC)
6. Pacific Overtures (LA)
7. Teeth (NYC)
8. Brass Teapot (Chi)
9. The Connector (NYC)
10. A Little Night Music (Evanston)

Ayer, hoy y mañana: Exploring Spanish Language Newspapers in Chicago Join us for a moderated discussion featuring local journalists who have contributed essential news and information in Chicago’s second most common language. Panelists will include Jesus Del Toro (edit...

My next program at the library. Come on by.