The Weekly Bookmark
   March 03, 1996 - Vol 2, No. 12
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          On My End - Note from the Editor
          Cultural and Countercultural Chicago - Part 2 of 2
          Supporters of the Weekly Bookmark
          Out There - Places to Visit
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          Meet The Staff - Contact Info
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   On My End
   Matt Alberts weekly@webcom.com

          The Weekly Bookmark is a bit late this week due to major system
          failures. I lost the home machine Wednesday morning and finally
          have it up and running today. So, as I promised, I am sending
          out the Weekend Edition with Marian Hank's article on Chicago
          (part 2). I will also be sending out another issue tomorrow
          evening to make up for the time lost.

          Enjoy this issue of the Weekly Bookmark!
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   Cultural and Countercultural Chicago
   Marian Hank justhank@mcs.com

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          Downtown you'll find Louis Sullivan's Auditorium Theatre and uptown
          you'll find the Green Mill Jazz Club. Spend an evening at the Lyric
          Opera or hear definitive Chicago blues on Halsted Street. Chicago
          museums house some of the most respected collections in the world
          and avant-garde art, music and fashion are so commonplace in Wicker
          Park that they are almost mainstream.

          By Day

          Living in Chicago is like living in a 3-D picture book for
          great architecture. If you live here or come to visit virtually
          or physically, please be sure to stop at the Chicago
          Architectural Foundation site, which will help you appreciate
          the scope of the city's architectural heritage. Please also
          stop at the Chicago Historical Society where "you can see the
          city's history unfold in all its glorious dimensions. Chicago's
          high culture and its everyday life. Our groundbreaking
          architecture and our brawny politics. The industries that made
          the city what it is -- from railroads, meat packing, and steel
          . . . to tootsie rolls, bicycles, and lava lamps." I mean how
          can I help but love living in a city responsible for both
          skyscrapers and some of the world's grooviest sixties
          memorabilia.

          For me, one of life's great pleasures is taking a trip to the
          library or a museum. The Chicago Public Library is featured on
          the web and other local collections are featured on the Chica
          go Area Libraries searchable page. A personal favorite as a
          museum and as a website is the Field Museum of Natural History.
          Be sure to take the Virtual Tour of some of their fine exhibits
          while you are there. If you're a lover of the stars, then
          you'll enjoy the Adler Planetarium The Chelsey Bonestell pages
          feature a virtual tour of his paintings from the 1940s and 50s-
          "a time during which far reaching astronomers dreamed of
          voyaging through space to distant moons and planets."

          The Museum of Science and Industry Web offers information about
          a number of exhibits, including Coleen Moore's Fairy Castle (a
          childhood favorite of mine) and the Artifacts from Our
          Curator's Closets page is worth a peek. While we're touring the
          science and natural history museums, a quick stop at the
          Chicago Academy of Sciences homepage is in order.

          One of our more unique offerings is the Museum of Broadcast
          Communications. The Television Exhibit Gallery has some
          incredible quick time movies that you can download and other
          sections of the web are beginning to archive some of the
          incredible audio-visual resources that are in the museums
          collections. This site is growing into a rare treat for
          audiophiles and early television fanatics.

          I've lost myself for hours in the collections at the famous Art
          Institute of Chicago which houses some very well known
          including A Sunday on La Grande Jatte. The Oriental Institute
          Museum is a true Chicago treasure and the Smart Museum of Art
          has a very detailed web site. Try the Randolph Street Gallery
          and the Museum of Contemporary Art if your tastes run toward
          modern art.

          And By Night

          If you're not to worn out from all that museum hopping, you may
          want to explore some of the the great performance venues
          Chicago has to offer. The city is blessed with a wealth of
          local talent so one is never at a loss for somewhere to go for
          a night on the town.

          This is a great place for theatre and you'll find the most
          information compiled at the Chicago Theatre Homepage which
          includes a page of links to Chicago theatre companies that have
          found homes on the web. Following the links on that page will
          give you a wonderful sampling of the diverse offerings of
          Chicago area theatres. If you like stand-up or improvisation,
          then a stop at the Chicago Comedy Web is also in order.

          Chicago is a city that holds many musical delights for both
          those that love to sit in Grant Park and listen to the
          orchestra and those whose cultural taste runs more for towards
          catching a good band while enjoying a brew. Speaking of which,
          let's visit two wonderful websites that truly performs a useful
          service, The Chicago Shows List. Here you will find a pretty
          comprehensive listing of local bands --mostly rock-- playing at
          local venues (sorted by date and location.) If you prefer
          classical music, then the Chicago Concert Search is the spot
          you'll want to visit.

          There is no argument that Chicago is one of the best places in
          the world to hear top artists. The Blues in Chicago pages will
          help you find the best blues around and Big John's Jazz
          Happenings covers all the clubs and artists playing jazz around
          town.

          I haven't covered everything Chicago has to offer, but I hope
          that this tour has given you a taste of the wonderful diversity
          of this city. We'll have to leave the gangster era and the
          grand political structure of Chicago for another article
          sometime. For now, it is Friday Night here in Chicago, and for
          some strange reason I feel very inspired to go out and
          experience some of the things I've been exploring in a less
          virtual manner.
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   Out There

      Art and Literature
        Archaeology Magazine
                Archaeology Magazine's web site includes the covers,
                contents, newsbriefs, and abstracts of current and recent
                back issues, plus a page of links to the best archaeology
                pages on the web. We hope soon to launch an online
                edition with its own feature stories and the hottest
                archaeological news, updated daily.
                URL: http://www.he.net/~archaeol/
                Submitted By: Andrew Slayman, Archaeology Magazine

        Essays on the Craft of Dramatic Writing!
                This web site offers step by step instruction on how to
                create and write dramatic stories. A number of essays on
                the site are used by teachers or screenwriting courses,
                including Charles Deemer, webmaster of the screenwriters
                home page.
                URL: http://www.teleport.com/~bjscript/index.htm
                Submitted By: Bill Johnson

      Computers
        Lawrence Goetz's Shareware
                Shareware for MS Windows I've made, plus my favorite
                places to go on the internet.
                URL: http://pages.prodigy.com/NY/NYC/goetz/goetz.html
                Submitted By: Lawrence Goetz

      Education
        Socorro ISD
                These are the web pages for the Socorro Independent
                School Disrtict El Paso, Texas.
                URL: http://socorro.k12.tx.us
                Submitted By: John Tomas

      Entertainment
        The Official I HATE Tommy Hillfiger Page
                All about why I hATe Tommy clothing......!
                URL: http://hamh213.smsu.edu/~brad/hatehill
                Submitted By: brad damico

      Government
        Lamar Watch
                Lamar Watch, updated daily by The Knoxville
                News-Sentinel, covers the presidential campaign of
                Tennessee's Lamar Alexander. Includes stories and
                editorial cartoons from The Knoxville News-Sentinel, wire
                stories, related links and more.
                URL: http://www.knoxnews.com/lamar.html
                Submitted By: Jack Lail

      Internet
        CTWebOpp: Let Us SHOCK Your Web Site!!
                Come and see an example of Macromedia's SHOCKWAVE
                animation in action at our web site, and imagine your web
                site getting SHOCKED too!! Get in on the cutting edge of
                web technology! We have the expertise to plan, design and
                create a new or improved web site for you.
                URL: http://www.webcom.com/webopp/welcome.html
                Submitted By: Karen Dealy

        all4one Search Machine
                See Simultaneous Results from Yahoo, Lycos, Webcrawler
                and Alta Vista, side by side in 4 Netscape 'Frames'. A
                completely UNIQUE way to search the web.
                URL: http://easypage.com/all4one/
                Submitted By: John E. Haag

      Recreation
        WomenSports
                WomenSports is a one-stop site for information about
                female athletes and issues that affect them. We cover
                such sports as basketball, tennis, golf, and events such
                as the Olympics.
                URL: http://www.womensports.com
                Submitted By: Thalia L. Hooker

        ThE SkATe PaGe
                A page all about agressive in-line skating. Has pictures,
                product reviews, and other tidbits!
                URL: http://hamh213.smsu.edu/~brad/skate
                Submitted By: Brad Damico

      Regional
        South Florida Search Directory
                A new search Directory for South Florida
                URL: http://www.wwbcity.com/sfs.htm
                Submitted By: Carl Neusch

        World Wide Business City
                A regional site offering pages and classifieds .. fully
                searchable.
                URL: http://www.wwbcity.com
                Submitted By: Christina Dalton

      Society and Culture
        The Truth Of Jesus Christ
                This site is for those seeking the truth regarding Jesus
                Christ based on the Scriptures.
                URL: http://www.tripod.com/~Jesusfreak
                Submitted By: Abelardo Jon Arias
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