http://blogs.e-rockford.com/askgeo GO columnist Georgette Braun is curious about a lot of things. She'll answer your questions, pose some of her own, and comment on everything from entertainment to life and death. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:28:46 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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 ... http://blogs.e-rockford.com/askgeo/2009/11/19/omg-good-thing-i-dont-go-to-movie-theaters-very-much/ Faith Center, 4721 S. Main St., Rockford, will host a free dinner Wednesday, Nov. 25, for about 400 people. Dinner will be served from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m., and reservations are required. Register at thankfulfriendsdinner.com or call 815-964-8000. You may attend the event without having dinner from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. There ... http://blogs.e-rockford.com/askgeo/2009/11/19/faith-center-hosts-free-thanksgiving-dinner-for-400/ 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 ... http://blogs.e-rockford.com/askgeo/2009/11/18/should-pot-be-legal-cheech-chong-think-so/ 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 ... http://blogs.e-rockford.com/askgeo/2009/11/18/rockford-college-professors-donation-in-bonus-scenes-for-lena-extreme-makeover/ Until Dec. 1, you can nominate local musicians for Rockford Area Music Industry Awards in categories that include rock, Latino, Christian, jazz, gospel and more by going to the group's Web site here.You can vote online from Jan. 1 to March 20 to choose winners, but only RAMI members can ... http://blogs.e-rockford.com/askgeo/2009/11/18/local-music-awards-nomination-deadline-dec-1/ Did you learn to swim later in life? Are you in your 30s and decided to give up your job as a lawyer to make cookies for a living? What have you done after deciding it’s never too late to start something new? Post your comments here and read about ... http://blogs.e-rockford.com/askgeo/2009/11/16/if-mary-e-larson-can-go-outside-her-comfort-zone-so-can-we/ 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.) http://blogs.e-rockford.com/askgeo/2009/11/16/why-i-appeared-as-catwoman/ Joe Jencks was a member of Kantorei, The Singing Boys of Rockford, Dorothy Page Turner's Black Theater Ensemble and performed at shows put on by Charlotte's Web for the Performing Arts in Rockford. On Saturday, the American folk song singer and guitarist who graduated from Boylan High School in Rockford in ... http://blogs.e-rockford.com/askgeo/2009/11/16/former-rockfordian-plays-at-carnegie-hall-venue/ Caledonia photographer Sherry Pritz of Pritz Photography donated art work for the home of the Stott family of Lena, who were featured Sunday night on "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition." Pritz's work captured images of the Nachusa Grasslands in Ogle County and complemented the "country" theme designers pursued for the Stott home. The ... http://blogs.e-rockford.com/askgeo/2009/11/16/caledonia-artist-donates-works-for-extreme-home/ Country singing sensation Taylor Swift, 19, is the "hottest ticket in music," and could take the top prize at tonight's CMA awards, so says a headline on this Associated Press story. Swift appeared at the MetroCentre in Rockford two years ago, opening for Brad Paisley. (See Register Star story HERE.) I ... http://blogs.e-rockford.com/askgeo/2009/11/11/taylor-swift-could-take-top-cma-award-tonight-wonder-if-metrocentre-could-get-her-back-now/