Swing time

Here's a fresh arrangement of Bobby Troup's "Route 66" by the Beantown Swing Orchestra. UPDATE: The video has been removed. However, one of the band's members directed me to another of its performances of this tune: https://youtu.be/jvi5z-LO7Vs

Thoughts on film

Jim Luning, director of the "Route 66: Ten Years Later" documentary that will screen Thursday at the Portage Theater in Chicago, was interviewed on the Steve and Johnnie Show on WGN radio about the film this week. ---

Bringing back the Illinois prairie

I didn't know this existed, but the Montgomery County Natural Area Guardians have been diligently trying to restore an 8-acre tract off of Route 66 north of Litchfield, Ill., into its original prairie state. According to the Journal-News in nearby Hillsboro, Ill., the group will hold an annual free education day at 4 p.m. Thursday … Continue reading Bringing back the Illinois prairie