I won’t be blogging through Dec. 28; I’ll be on vacation …
Add comment December 18th, 2009
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Evergreen Ball nets Art Museum about $80,000
Add comment December 17th, 2009
The Rockford Art Museum’s Evergreen Ball on Dec. 5 at the museum netted a bit more than the $80,000 the ball made the museum last year.
About 200 people attended this year.
My daily nostalgic drive home has petered out
4 comments November 23rd, 2009
My commute home from the News Tower in Rockford to Loves Park has been dinged.
For months, I was getting a nostalgic charge out of seeing the Squirt painting on a building at Route 251 and River Lane. But a few weeks ago, it disappeared. Siding is all that’s in its place now.
KATIE BACKMAN | ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR (April 25) The Parkside Uniforms building, 5502 N. Second St., Loves Park,was demolished in March. A Squirt advertisement is painted on the adjacent building. Nearby business owners say they think the advertisement dates back to the 1950s. Bob Champion, owner of the building, said he has to reside the building.
OMG, good thing I don’t go to movie theaters very much
Add comment November 19th, 2009
A medium-size popcorn and medium soft drink at the nation’s largest movie chains pack the nutritional equivalent of three Quarter Pounders topped with 12 pats of butter, according to a review released Wednesday by the consumer advocacy group Center for Science in the Public Interest. Read this Chicago Tribune story for more.
Should pot be legal? Cheech & Chong think so
10 comments November 18th, 2009
Comedy duo Richard “Cheech” Marin and Tommy Chong will appear at 8 p.m. Saturday, March 27, at the Coronado Performing Arts Center. Tickets go on sale at 4:20 p.m., a time associated with cannabis, on Friday at coronadopac.org, 815-968-0595 and the box office at 314 N. Main St., Rockford. They cost $50 or $35.
For this tour, “Cheech and Chong: Get It Legal,” the duo has partnered with the Marijuana Policy Project. Chong’s wife and comedy partner Shelby Chong will open, and DJ Joey Mojo will perform.
Should marijuana use be legal?
Rockford College professor’s donation in bonus scenes for Lena Extreme Makeover
Add comment November 18th, 2009
Chemistry professor Deborah Breiter of Rockford College was slated to be included in “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” last Sunday about the Stott family from Lena, but her scene did not make the final cut.
You can see her segment from the show’s online bonus scenes here. Crews filmed her during their taping of the construction of the Stott home in September. She is shown donating lab glassware to family members and demonstrating a fun experiment, making ice cream with liquid nitrogen in the lab.
Why I appeared as Catwoman
2 comments November 16th, 2009
In case you were wondering, I donned a Catwoman costume last Friday, the 13th, for a black-cat-themed luncheon fashion show, Puttin’ on the Glitz (other photos here), to benefit SwedishAmerican’s Regional Cancer Center.
(Me and Kevin Haas, KHaas Theory writer, who also was in the show.)
Stressed out? What’s your fix?
1 comment November 6th, 2009
The first story I’ve written for our new GO Relax section that will run Saturdays in the newspaper deals with, well, ways to relax. Some laugh about it, others smell the roses (or rose oil, anyway), and the list goes on.
Tell here in comments about your stress-busters.
Shinedown, Papa Roach, Halestorm at MetroCentre Dec. 15
1 comment November 2nd, 2009
Hard rockers Shinedown, Papa Roach and Halestorm will play at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 15, at the MetroCentre, 300 Elm St., Rockford.
Tickets cost $32.50 and go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday, Nov. 6, at metrocentre.com, 815-968-5222 and the MetroCentre box office.
Shinedown is known for hits “Save Me,” “Devour,” “Second Chance” and “Sound of Madness.” Papa Roach’s hits include “Last Resort” and “Lifeline.” Halestorm, led by siblings Elizabeth and Arejay Hale, has had one hit: “I Get Off.” A fourth band may be added.
