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4th time - what could be better than that?
In this historical Cold War drama, Hanks
plays American lawyer, James Donovan,
who is recruited by the CIA to help negotiate the release of U2 spy-plane pilot,
Francis Gary Powers, who was shot down
by the Soviet Union in 1960.
Convicted of espionage by the
Russians and accused by some Americans
of being a traitor, Powers was interrogated
for months and forced to issue a "voluntary confession" for his part in U.S. espionage. He was sentenced to 10 years in
prison and hard labor, but was released
after two years in a prisoner exchange for
Soviet spy Rudolph Abel. The U2 incident
caused a major set back in U.S-Soviet
peace negotiations. The trailer for the film
chillingly portrays a time in our history
when people were legitimately afraid that
the world would end in nuclear war, the
Russians were the bad guys, and spies
were secretly traded over German bridges.
This real life story plays out like, well, a
movie!
CRIMSON PEAK
Directed by Guillermo del Toro
October 16th
Rated R
According to the film's official website,
the plot of Guillermo del Toro's new
supernatural mystery goes something like
this: "When her heart is stolen by a seductive stranger (Tom Hiddleston), a young
woman (Mia Wasikowska) is swept away
to a house atop a mountain layered in
blood-red clay: a place filled with secrets
that will haunt her forever. Between desire
and darkness, between mystery and madness, lies the truth behind Crimson Peak.”
This film has it all – gothic romance, a
terrifying and isolated mansion, visually
stunning costumes and set designs, twisted family secrets, and did we mention
ghosts? Add in Jessica Chastain as the
creepy sister and Charlie Hunnam as the
shy doctor in love with the young wife and
you've got a tale to rival an Edgar Allan
Poe novel. Sounds like a perfect
Halloween date night movie.
condition of the "forgotten borough" on the
soon to be released single "Yo Staten
Island." The tune combines blues with a
rap by local MC Bro Banger into a genre
Michael called Blues-hop. "You have to get
younger people interested in the blues.
Blues-hop is a good thing because it gets
the younger black generation interested in
the blues. Hip hop is basically the modern
day blues."
As far as the Chicago Blues Hall of
Fame, Michael hopes it inspires more
inclusivity and less competition in the
blues community. "This is a grassroots hall
of fame, it's not like Memphis (The Blues
Foundation Awards). It could be a book, it
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and pure tone in her CD, Rock This House
Live!
(The
Sirens
Records).
Accompanied by the Chicago Boogie
Ensemble, Katherine lays out a flawless
template for classic blues, ripping
through Bessie Smith's "I Need A Little
Sugar in My Bowl," delivering wry
expression on Sippie Wallace's "You Got
To Know How," presenting an original
interpretation of Mama Yancey's "Make
Me A Pallet on the Floor,"and topping it
off with Lil Green's "Romance in The
Dark."
Although Katherine originally wanted to be an opera singer, studying classical voice and voice literature at the
could be a blues poet. It's nice to get recognition when you're alive. Some people
have problems with the way I do things.
They think that if you're not great, if you're
not Willie Mays or Mickey Mantel, then
you don't deserve it. My criteria is they're a
local artist, playing all the time and passionate about what they do. I hope to give
everybody inspiration to continue to do
what they do in keeping the blues alive."
The Chicago Blues Foundation Awards
take place Sunday, October 4, at Buddy Guy's
Legends, 700 S. Wabash, at 2PM. Tickets are
$20. 2015 inductees include Sam Lay, Jody
Williams, Jimmy Burns, Donald Kinsey,
Deitra Farr, Sheryl Youngblood, Melvin Smith,
Mama Rosa, Tony Manguillo and Amberly
Stokes of Rosa's Lounge and Windy City Blues
Society
riences marked her as destined to be a
blues singer. "I wanted to be an opera
singer like my cousins and play piano
like my aunts, "she said. All of that training shows up in her music but it's the
blues in her heart that comes through.
Once reprimanded in the church choir,
for sounding too bluesy, the spirit of
Bessie, Ma Rainey, and Ethel seem to follow her. "I'm proud of the classic blues
women because they knew what was
going on politically and they were clever
enough to deliver messages in their
movements and their dress, as well as
their music. The women were the ones
who gave the people the messages to
help them navigate Jim Crow. Our history is embedded in the blues.”
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