Concern for the Great Fred Anderson
Some of the best, most fearless, primal music I have ever witnessed was at the Velvet Lounge.
So, according to you, I killed 4 people because of my disdains for ambiguity and compromise? I read a lot of stupid things written about me, but this one takes the cake.
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Wouldn’t a more pressing question be to ask why the Reader assigned someone to review this show, out of the dozens and dozens and dozens of shows going on in town right now?
Re: “The Armies Are Gathering,” by Ben Joravsky, June 17
Not only are parents aware of how TIF monies work and are spent, so are CPS students. During the three extended Division periods the the Board of Ed insisted students participate in several weeks ago to help “solve the educational budget crisis,” my students and I spent those three days reading your columns and discussing TIF monies. They’re pretty mad too. You see, our school is Jones College Prep HS at the corner of State and Harrison. We have some of the brightest kids in the city here.
