By Trill Suwah
School? For what? These children have already been left behind.
Posted on March 28, 2013
Omaha’s Most Famous Visual Artist Coming To Chicago
Better Than It Sounds
“Jun Kaneko, Omaha’s most famous visual artist, will have an outdoor exhibit in Chicago’s popular Millennium Park,” Omaha.com reports.
Kaneko’s Legends, Myths and Truths will run from April 12 to March 3.
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“As a pioneer in the field of monumental ceramic sculpture, Jun Kaneko has played with scale and proportion,” the city says in its news release.
“The installation Kaneko has created for Millennium Park . . . is representative of his past and present artistic practices. Works presented . . . feature Kaneko’s signature Dangos (meaning ’rounded form’ or ‘dumpling’ in Japanese). These ceramic steles, covered in a variety of vibrant shapes and patterns, allow viewers to examine their environment and focus on a sense of scale and place.”
Posted on March 27, 2013
Random Food Report: Nuremburger Principles, The 7X7 & Taco Tumult
Specialty Crop News: The EverCrisp Apple!
By The Illinois Department of Agriculture
The EverCrisp Apple is a new apple tree developed and released in 2012 by the Midwest Apple Improvement Association after more than a decade of careful cross-breeding.
This variety was cultivated and tested specifically for the climate and challenges faced by growers in the midwest portions of the United States.
In the spring of 1997, participating growers made their first crosses, with breeding parents chosen for their cropping reliability, disease resistance, and flavor/quality attributes. Breeding has continued each year since, and well over 50,000 seedlings have been distributed to members to grow, fruit, and evaluate.
In 2007 seedlings began fruiting and the first selections were identified for propagation and further evaluation. Tastings are held at the membership’s annual winter meetings. At these meetings members have been privileged to listen to a ‘who’s who’ of fruit breeders from around the world.
Posted on March 20, 2013
Meet The Pita Inn
Meet Calumet Fisheries
‘Smoking Fish Our Way Is A Disappearing Art’
For 65 years, Calumet Fisheries has been run by the Kotlick-Toll family.
Posted on March 18, 2013
Random Food Report: Wake, Bake, Steak, Shake
Plus: Meet The McGangBang
Mmmm.
1. Baloney Has A First Name.
My name is Deli Eliot and my co-Hotdogger Cookout Kelly and I are driving cross-country with the world famous Oscar Mayer Wienermobile vehicle! We are celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Wienermobile vehicle’s Hotdogger tradition and we have just arrived in the Chicago metro area. We will be in the area spreading miles of smiles at local Mariano’s grocery stores March 15th – 17th.
Posted on March 15, 2013
Chicagoetry: J.J. Tindall’s Dream
By J.J. Tindall
J.J. TINDALL’S DREAM
I just had
this dream:
I was in a city park,
walking south
down the east side
sidewalk.
There was a ragged
chain-link fence
around the park
which included crumbling cement
basketball courts
with weeds popping up throughout.
There were tall streetlights
at regular intervals
that were crumbling, too.
I climbed one of them to the top
at which point
the streetlight
slowly bent back downward
to the ground
and I landed softly
and safely, giggling.
I wanted
to do it again
but at the base
of the streetlight behind me stood
a middle-aged Black man, also giggling.
I took him to be
an authority figure
and was nervous.
He seemed cool about it, but
he also called me
“J.J.”
I’d never
seen him before
in my life!
Posted on March 14, 2013
Egg Day At The Milwaukee County Zoo
By The Milwaukee County Zoo
You’re invited to take part in a host of hoppin’ Easter activities at the Milwaukee County Zoo, Saturday, March 30, as Egg Day, sponsored by Welch’s and Pick ‘n Save, officially gets underway at 9 a.m.! Highlights include:
* U.S. Bank Gathering Place – 10 a.m. / Noon / 2 p.m.
Join us for the Bubble Wonders Show, as an expert “Bubblologist” creates amazing works of art with . . . BUBBLES! Bubble tricks include: “the bubble caterpillar,” “bubble volcano,” “electric dancing bubble,” and the popular “bubble merry-go-round!”
Posted on March 13, 2013
QT: End Of The Line
Editor’s Note
QT will no longer appear on the Beachwood. Thanks for reading.
Posted on March 13, 2013