Sunday, July 24, 2011

Record Heat Engulfs Half The USA; Climate-Deniers Half-Baked And Headed For Toast...

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/07/23/record-breaking-heatwave-smothers-eastern-us/

When our mothers asked us if we were trying to heat the whole neighborhood leaving doors open in Winter, they weren't kidding.

Since the Climate-Deniers tend to be the same flat-Earth brain-wizzards that are holding up the debt ceiling, maybe the Earth will finally get a break in 2012.

Sweet breezes,

Dan

Thursday, July 21, 2011

The Superman 2050 Adventure...

...and an adventure it is.

The performance I attended was in Link's Hall at the corner of Sheffield and Clark in Wrigleyville. Have you ever tried parking in Wrigleyville?

Link's Hall is a classic old brick building in the middle of everything. It's was a sultry 95 degrees out, and people are walking, biking, driving, riding scooters and motorcycles, dining on sidewalk patios under party lights. It was lovely chaos in the streets, and I was extremely lucky to find side-lot parking for $5.00 per hour just two blocks away and ten minutes before show time.

Did I say Link's Hall was old? As in so old it was 85 degrees plus inside? I have to hand it to the performers, because this show is all pantomime dance!

That's right, eight people on a four-by-ten foot platform three feet up transport you right into a better world using only tights-clad bodies in motion and voice. The only prop was a single pair of glasses.

I was flatly and joyfully amazed. The energy and cleverness was superb. The contrast between stark stage setting and brilliant imagination was surreal.

The show is being done in partnership with the Midwest High-Speed Railroad Association. (http://www.midwesthsr.org) MHSR Spokesperson Madelein opened and closed the performance, to great applause on both ends.

This was the production taping of the show tonight. It will be available on DVD through Theater Unspeakable soon. Superman 2050 is touring the Midwest exclusively via passenger rail, and has dates all over the region scheduled. There will also be a performance upcoming at Second City.

Hats off to Superman 2050 for promoting a better world through superior dance!

All the best,

Dan

Midwest High Speed Rail Association:
http://www.midwesthsr.org

Link's Hall: http://www.linkshall.org/index.shtml

Theater Unspeakable: http://un-speak-able.com/wp/ 
(Theater Unspeakable on Twitter:  http://twitter.com/2050Superman )


Second City: http://www.secondcity.com/





Superman: 2050

Wednesday, July 20, 2011

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Tuesday, July 19, 2011

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Thursday, July 14, 2011

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Wednesday, July 13, 2011

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Saturday, July 09, 2011

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Midwest High Speed Rail: T & I Committee Announcement


From: Rick Harnish <Rick.Harnish@MidwestHSR.org>
Sent: July 08, 2011 5:41 PM
Subject: T & I Committee Announcement

Midwest High Speed Rail Association (logo)


 

Supporter,

Yesterday, Congressman Mica (R-FL), Chair of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, held an event to outline his proposal to reauthorize the surface transportation program.  Unfortunately, the Democratic members of the committee did not attend.  They held their own event at which they focused on the low dollar amount of the proposal.

Both events highlighted the dysfunctional state of our current transportation infrastructure program. It is clear that our country's transportation system needs to change. Gas tax revenue is decreasing while highway construction costs are increasing. Current programs and financing structures are no longer sustainable and we need to start more aggressively pursing alternatives.

This creates an opening for high-speed and intercity passenger rail to move forward. Many of the long-held assumptions about the transportation program are going to be challenged.  That gives us the opportunity to offer HSIPR as a real solution.

There is an immediate threat to be dealt with, however.  The Energy & Water Development Appropriations Bill will be moving to the House floor next week.  It contains language to rescind all the unspent HSIPR stimulus money.  The much needed rehab of the Chicago - Detroit Amtrak line will not move forward if this language remains in the final bill. In fact train speeds will drop to 25 mph over much of the route.  The currently planned replacement of Amtrak's outdated Midwestern fleet will also not occur.

That is why the Midwest High Speed Rail Association is working with other rail and transportation advocacy groups across the country to coordinate a National Call-In Day Monday, July 11th. Please check your inboxes on Monday for more instructions on how to reach out to your elected officials, asking them to fund high-speed and intercity passenger rail and protect already allocated funds. It is our hope that thousands of people will call and email their elected congressional officials, demonstrating the wide-spread support that exists for high-speed and intercity passenger rail!

You can get a jump on the process by clicking here.

To read more analysis and discussion details from the Mica event, visit our blog.


Rick Harnish

Executive Director

Midwest High Speed Rail Association
4765 N. Lincoln Ave.

Chicago, IL 60625

773-334-6758




Join us at MidwestHSR.org

Wednesday, July 06, 2011

Support Superman 2050 Tour in association with MHSRA

-----Original Message-----
From: Madeline Grennan <madeline@MidwestHSR.org>
Sent: July 06, 2011 4:25 PM

As a fun outreach project for the summer, MHSRA is working with Chicago theater group Theater Un-Speak-Able to promote a Midwest Tour of Superman 2050.

Superman 2050 is an innovative show about Superman, set in a world where Midwest cities are connected by a network of bullet trains! The show has just finished a run at Second City's Donny's Skybox Theatre and received great reviews. Now it's going on tour and the Midwest High Speed Rail Association is going along. As the Manager of Education and Outreach for the Association, I will be there every step of the way as a source of information about high-speed rail and how people we meet can help to make high-speed rail a reality.

Tour Details:
When - July 20th-25th
Where - Milwaukee, Minneapolis, St. Paul, Chicago
How - by Riding Trains!

Throughout the entire tour, the group will travel exclusively by train. In each city, they are hoping to perform at a train station as well as in a theater venue. A list of venues and times will be released soon. Along for the ride will also be a documentary filmmaker who will catalog every step along the way. At the end of the trip, he will edit together a documentary film that will tell the story of the current state of travel in the Midwest and just how important it is that we start pursuing high-speed rail as a region.

But we need your help!

WHAT YOU CAN DO:

1. Attend a show! (venues and times to be released soon)

2. Help support the tour and MHSRA's efforts to spread the word about high-speed rail. Theater Un-Speak-Able needs to raise money to make the tour happen. Go to their Kickstarter page [ http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/zacbs/superman-2050-midwest-tour-high-speed-rail-documen ] to help them reach their goal. You can donate as little as $1 (If everyone who receives this email donated just $1, they would reach their goal 8 times over!) They are also giving away a whole bunch of exclusive rewards (including show memorabilia, an exclusive comic series, and theater tickets!) for those who chose to help. Check it all out here [ http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/zacbs/superman-2050-midwest-tour-high-speed-rail-documen ].

3. Please help spread the word about the tour!

Finally, For those of you in Chicago, Superman 2050 will be back at Second City this fall for a second run at Donny's Skybox. Shows will be Fridays at 7:30pm from September 30th to October 21st.


Sincerely,

Madeline Grennan
Manager of Education and Outreach
Midwest High Speed Rail Association
4765 N. Lincoln Ave.
Chicago, IL 60625
773-334-6758 Join us at http://www.midwesthsr.org

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A hydrogen-powered road trip in the Mercedes-Benz F-Cell
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