Mary Schmich and I will be helping to lead the "Caroling at Cloud Gate" singalong Friday from 6-7 p.m. in Millennium Park. Many of our friends from the Old Town Schol of Folk Music will join us.
There's no admission charge, and complementary hot coffee and cider will be served.
[...]Midnight's the deadline for this year's Songs of Good Cheer contest, which Mary Schmich described this way:
This year we’re asking the clever and trivia-minded to create one or more questions related to holiday music. The questions should be multiple choice, preferably with four answers. The question should be amusing, maybe mildly informative, [...]Mary Schmich was not with us today but John Williams and I soldiered on without her and tried to double-team the unseen Leslie Keiling who really should have her own show, even though she'd seldom offer an opinion with which I'd agree:
Mary Schmich of the Tribune did a column Friday about the friendship between a Lincoln Park woman and an Uptown street person, the late Wanda Jean Taylor. It's moving and compassionate, and shows the beauty and trials that occur when two very different people open themselves' [...]
