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Justice wasn't served in E2 sentencings

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 04:00 CST

This week, a Cook County judge sentenced Dwain Kyles and Calvin Hollins to two years in prison for "indirect criminal contempt."

Hasan's motives not hard to discern

CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 04:00 CST

It's both amusing and educational to observe a consensus when it suddenly starts to give way at all points without yielding an inch.

He never stops giving thanks for gift of life

DON TERRY — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 04:00 CST

Every Thanksgiving, before the turkey gets carved and the sweet potato pie is pulled out of the oven, I make a thankful-for list in my head.

Big Brother aids in Scott case

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 04:00 CST

It looks like Chicago's camera network is all over the place.

'South Pacific' a triumph in Lincoln Center staging here

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 04:00 CST

The timing could not be more ideal. The Lincoln Center Theatre revival of Rodgers and Hammerstein's masterful musical "South Pacific" is making its brief national touring stop at the Rosemont Theatre at the very moment that President Obama is weighing the perilous pros and cons of sending tens of thousands of additional American troops into battle in Afghanistan.

'Vep' guys don't drag their heels

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 04:00 CST

Think of it as a triathlon for two actors in drag. And then imagine "Rebecca" fused with bits of "Dracula" and "Frankenstein" (with a nod to Caryl Churchill's "Cloud Nine," too), all played out as a traditional knock-about Victorian gothic horror melodrama.

Shame on the Rosemont Theater

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 04:00 CST

It must be said: The Rosemont Theatre does not deserve to host a show of the caliber of "South Pacific." True, no commercial theater in this city could replicate the mix of spaciousness and intimacy of New York's Lincoln Center's mainstage thrust-style space, where this grand revival was originally produced. But the Rosemont, with its barnlike interior, is a particularly unwelcoming place in which to see such a show. And its seating policies are abominable.