Chicago - Mar. 31, 2020

Must-See TV
Army Of Darkness
ElRey
5 p.m.
A discount-store employee is time-warped to a medieval castle, where he is the foretold savior who can dispel the evil there. Unfortunately, he screws up and releases an army of skeletons. (tvguide.com)

Weather Derby
Tribune: 51/37
Sun-Times: Ferro/McKinney
Weather Channel: 44/41
Ntl Weather Service: 54/43
BWM*: 82/12

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Today's Horoscope
Liberties will be taken.

Do We Sudoku?
No, but we do do moose stuff, and that can be anything you want it to be. Except Sudoku.

Losing Lottery Numbers
8, 25, 39

Daily Affirmation
I am open and receptive to new avenues of income. (louisehay.com)

Ellie
Knowing that a person may be unwittingly in danger of an assault imposes a moral duty to warn them.

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Psychodrama/Marshall Law

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The Weekend Desk Report

By Steve Rhodes

"From the time that Mr. Montgomery arrived in Chicago, two months ago, with a few corn pictures, Chicago art circles have been thrilled as they never were thrilled before."

That's your weekend read, from the downstate Bloomington Pantagraph.

Beachwood Photo Booth: Daily Double
A Chicago reflection.

The Week In Chicago Rock
Featuring: Hockey Dad, Buffy Saint-Marie, Glenn Hughes, Joanne Shaw Taylor, Rotten Sound, Eric Roberson, Flesh Panthers, Comm to Black, The Everscathed, Elephant Revival, Mandolin Orange, Omni, and Sweet Knives.

From the Beachwood sports desk . . .

TrackNotes: Touting The Travers
"Many fine horses have been beaten here," our very own Tom Chambers writes, "most notably, Man o' War, by Upset. It was so monumental, the word upset became part of the sporting lexicon."

Fantasy Fix Draft Guide Pt. 4: Throwing Deep
Guess who just missed.

Our Rio Roundup
Greed, doping, misogyny.

Beachwood Sports Radio: Guaranteed Grate
White Sox do the impossible: become even more unlikable. Plus: Cubs vs. the Calendar; Bears Lower Bar; Blackhawks Miss Target; and Reflections On Rio.

The Sound Opinions Weekend Listening Report: "What goes into writing a hit song? Sound Opinions takes a look at the world of professional songwriting, from The Righteous Brothers to Beyoncé. Jim and Greg talk with legendary Brill Building songwriters Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil about their decades-long career. Then they talk with Ryan Tedder about penning songs for Adele and Taylor Swift. Plus, a review of the long-awaited new album from Frank Ocean."

Weekend BeachBook

Weekend TweetWood

When your gov only recognizes the human rights of its own citizens it's basically a backward way of saying everyone else is less than human.
— Amie Stepanovich (@astepanovich) August 26, 2016