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	<title>Hot Times at Old Town &#187; Interesting outside the Old Town School</title>
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	<description>Appearing below are selections from the hard copy Hot Times. The objective is to highlight activities at the School and in the larger community, especially those featuring or of special interest to teachers and staff.  Your suggestions are welcome. Enter a comment (under any item); it will come to me rather than automatically appearing.</description>
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		<title>Chicago Battle of the Jug Bands!</title>
		<link>http://oldtownschool.org/connect/hottimes/2010/10/16/chicago-battle-of-the-jug-bands/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Oct 2010 01:12:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Armed with jugs, washboards, kazoos, and other musical weaponry, jug bands of all sizes and descriptions will be clashing at the Third Annual Chicago Battle of the Jug Bands on Saturday, November 13th. Proceeds will support purchase of grave markers for Joe and Charlie McCoy, blues/swing pioneers, now in unmarked pauper&#8217;s graves at the Restvale [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s almost like playing the jug&#8230;.</title>
		<link>http://oldtownschool.org/connect/hottimes/2010/10/04/jozin-z-bazin/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Oct 2010 00:33:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Josin z Bazin http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=v9MTGNaEXGM This thirty-year old clip by Poland&#8217;s &#8220;The Banjo Band&#8221; (led by Ivan Mladek) has developed a substantial youtube following. If the &#8220;jug&#8221; sound were not enough, the sheer zaniness of the song is excuse enough to view this clip. The lyrics: a man driving his 100 year old car [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Highlighted Teachers&#8217; gigs, 1-3-10 update</title>
		<link>http://oldtownschool.org/connect/hottimes/2009/11/16/highlighted-teachers-gigs-10-27-update/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:53:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Highlights (only!) for your calendar: EVERY TUESDAY! &#8211; Rick Sherry and Eric Noden, The Sanctified Grumblers, The Hideout, $5 suggested donation. 9:30 &#8217;til midnight-ish 4th TUESDAYS of the Month! &#8211; The Pickin Bubs, The Grafton Pub &#8211; 4530 N. Lincoln Avenue. www.thegrafton.com 773 271-9000. 9:45 pm EVERY WEDNESDAY! Scott Besaw hosts an open mike at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Strange-looking device comes to OTS!</title>
		<link>http://oldtownschool.org/connect/hottimes/2009/11/14/battle-of-the-jug-bands-nov-14th/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 13:13:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s all over but the cheering! Armed with jugs, washboards, kazoos, and other musical weaponry, six jug bands of all sizes and descriptions clashed at the SECOND ANNUAL CHICAGO BATTLE OF THE JUG BANDS on Saturday, November 14th. Most important, the battlle trophy, a strange-looking sausage making thing has returned to Chicago. For the past [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chicago booklovers&#8230;.</title>
		<link>http://oldtownschool.org/connect/hottimes/2009/11/11/chicago-booklovers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:50:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Love Chicago? Love books? What about books on Chicago? Sharon Woodhouse, the nice lady who runs our favorite publication house, is having a series of holiday receptions &#8212; wine, cheese, cookies, books, and, she tells me, collectibles..as well as comraderie. She invites us to stop by the &#8220;new&#8221; Lake Claremont Press office (1026 W. Van [...]]]></description>
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		<title>YOUR audience is just a few steps away</title>
		<link>http://oldtownschool.org/connect/hottimes/2009/10/05/your-audience-is-just-a-few-steps-away/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 03:39:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Want a chance to perform outside the Old Town School? Opportunity awaits, right across the street at the Mad Dog Tavern. Old Town teacher Scott Besaw runs an open mike every Wednesday night and will welcome you to show your stuff! There&#8217;s a signup list that he has out starting at 8; you get on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>This January, go on the road with your teachers!</title>
		<link>http://oldtownschool.org/connect/hottimes/2009/10/01/this-january-go-on-the-road-with-your-teachers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 00:51:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[During the last year our teachers have brought Old Town School style teaching, jamming, and celebration to Brazil, Estonia, Finland, Russia, and Mexico, Morocco, Quebec and Russia. Right now, during October, a teacher&#8217;s group is in India. The news: we’re planning of the School’s first foreign excursion that is open to everyone staff, students, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Farmers Market &amp; Music</title>
		<link>http://oldtownschool.org/connect/hottimes/2009/07/08/farmers-market-music/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 15:57:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you haven&#8217;t already done so, be sure to visit the Lincoln Square Farmers Market, held each Tuesday. (See earlier item) The Market features music organized by the School in cooperation with Alderman Schulter&#8217;s Office. Among the groups that have played are the Basket Cases, a jug band, Two for the Road and Friends, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Old Time Music Fans &#8211; an area website</title>
		<link>http://oldtownschool.org/connect/hottimes/2009/07/07/old-time-music-fans-an-area-website/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 05:42:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Paul Lucas thought Chicago area old-time musicians could use a website that provides a pointer to OTM stuff going on in Chicago. He notes that it&#8217;s not meant to replace other sites, like the Chicago Barn Dance Company site, but a place to provide other OTM related info and links to existing sites. The site [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Farmers Market &#8211; Lincoln Square!</title>
		<link>http://oldtownschool.org/connect/hottimes/2009/06/09/farmers-market-lincoln-square/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2009 16:05:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s fresh produce time in Chicago &#8212; including a Tuesday Farmers Market just north of the Old Town School next to the Western CTA stop! The first blossoming of the Lincoln Square Farmers Market was June 9th; weather permitting, the market will continue late into the fall. So now there&#8217;s something to anticipate on Tuesdays [...]]]></description>
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