Tuesday, February 1, 2011
As blizzard warning begins, Chicago warned: Brace yourself
As the leading edge of the massive snowstorm set to hit Chicago arrived in the area, the National Weather Service's long-anticipated blizzard warning went into effect.
Broadway Vet Christina Applegate Gives Birth to Baby Girl
Actress Christina Applegate, a Best Actress Tony nominee for playing the title role in the 2005 Broadway revival of Sweet Charity, gave birth to her first child, Sadie Grace LeNoble, on January 27 in Los Angeles. According to her spokesperson, “Mother and daughter are doing great.”
The 39-year-old Applegate has been engaged since Valentine’s Day 2010 to 41-year-old musician Martyn LeNoble, her boyfriend of almost three years. A breast cancer survivor, the actress most recently starred in the TV series Samantha Who? and will be featured in the upcoming big-screen comedy Hall Pass, starring Owen Wilson and Jason Sudeikis.
Source: http://www.broadway.com/buzz/155095/broadway-vet-christina-applegate-gives-birth-to-baby-girl/
Take an Opening Night Ride with Off-Broadway's The Milk Train Doesn?t Stop Here Anymore
It was full steam ahead on opening night of Roundabout Theatre Company's off-Broadway revival of Tennessee Williams' The Milk Train Doesn’t Here Anymore, which bowed at the Laura Pels Theatre on January 30. Oscar winner Olympia Dukakis leads the cast in the mammoth role of Flora Goforth, a wealthy widow who has retired to a secluded Italian mountaintop to write her memoirs, until her solitude is interrupted by an unexpected and handsome visitor. Maggie Lacey, Darren Pettie and Edward Hibbert join Dukakis in this tale, by turns comic and tragic, of a woman approaching the end of a very adventurous life. Click through to celebrate with the talented cast of this Williams classic!
2nd body found in torched Schiller Park tavern
Four days after the owner of a Schiller Park tavern was found beaten to death inside his burned-out business, authorities have found a second body there, officials said.
Morning Art: Tomas Vu
Flatland, by Tomas Vu, part of When After Comes Before, a show of work with Phillip Chen on display through 2/12 at Columbia College's Averill and Bernard Leviton A+D Gallery, 619 S. Wabash, 312-369-8687.
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Source: http://www.chicagoreader.com/TheBlog/archives/2011/01/31/morning-art-tomas-vu
Missing pregnant teen is found
A person who saw a missing person flyer about a pregnant 16-year-old teen missing for three weeks notified police who found the girl on Sunday.
2nd body found in torched Schiller Park tavern
Four days after the owner of a Schiller Park tavern was found beaten to death inside his burned-out business, authorities have found a second body there, officials said.
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