Mrs. Claus is coming to town...November 16!

Yes, Santa will be there too.

Today I went for a final fitting at Avail & Company for the Mrs. Santa gown I'll be wearing tomorrow in Downtown Evanston. Loving it! I'm honored to help Evanston kick off its holiday festivities. We're all going to have a great time. Hope to see a lot of my friends and neighbors there. I'll be at Bravo most the time, with a break to help Santa and Mayor Tisdahl light the tree at Fountain Square.

Selected scenes from Prairie Moon, November 6, 2012

Re-elected Metropolitan Water Reclamation District commissioner Debra Shore and
Illinois' 9th legislative district newly-elected state senator Daniel Biss.

Re-elected Illinois senator for the 18th legislative district Robyn Gabel.

Evanston Review's Bob Seidenberg (left) and Cook County Commissioner Larry Suffredin.
Bob's election night piece is online.

Ayinde Jean-Baptiste (left) and Jan Schkawsky's campaign manager Alex Armour.

Daniel Biss with constituent.

Evanston Now's Bill Smith and now former Illinois senator Jeff Schoenberg.
Bill's coverage of the election results and action at Prairie Moon is online.

National election results revealed.

Daniel Biss and Alex Armour (right).

Legislative aide Alison Leipsiger (left) and her boss Daniel Biss.

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Meet Daniel Biss and Laura Fine Oct 10

Art & Wine Night at Creative Coworking Oct 14

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Let's discuss Oct 17: Can Hyper-local Save Journalism?

Heads up Medill students: This in from Association for Women Journalists-Chicago...

More and more media outlets are focusing on local journalism these days in hopes of competing in the increasingly crowded, 24/7 media market.

But with the high-profile fallout over Journatic and the lay-offs at TribLocal, is hyper-local really the answer? Who’s doing it wrong and who’s doing it right? And are there any jobs in this?

A panel of experts will help sort through the myths, the promise and the financial future of local reporting at:

Hyper-local: Money, truth and future-- Really?

The event is presented by the Association of Women Journalists-Chicago.

When: Oct. 17 starting at 6:30 p.m.

Where: Columbia College, 600 S. Michigan, 1st floor, Room--ACC 101.

Exploring the many facets of hyper-local will be

Andrew Huff, Editor/Publisher Gapers Block;

Kyle Leonard, Editor, Chicago Tribune/Triblocal;

Sherry Skalko, Editorial Director, Central Zone at Patch;

Bill Smith, Publisher, Evanston Now

and AWJ member and moderator Elaine Coorens, Editor/Publisher, Our Urban Times.

Space is limited, so sign up today. Admission is FREE for AWJ members, as well as Columbia College students and staff. $10 for non-members.

Truth du Jour

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Source: google.com via Hirsch Lassen on Pinterest

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Jan Schakowsky at Poetry, Prose and Politics

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Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky reads Maya Angelou's Phenomenal Woman at

Congresswoman Gwen Moore's Poetry, Prose and Politics in downtown Chicago,

Monday, July 30, 2012. [Photo by Karen Kring]