"One of my life's greatest tragedies," said George Orwell, "is to have already read Pickwick Papers. I can't go back and read it for the first time." The serialized novel of 1836 was one of the first ...
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ONE hundred years ago, March 1836, a thin green paper-covered pamphlet called No. 1 of the Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club was offered to a quite indifferent London reading public. Humble and ...
Like Indiana Jones escaping the snake-filled Well of Souls or Han Solo emerging from carbonite in Jabba's palace, Park Ridge's Pickwick Theatre may evade doom and live on to give movie lovers more ...
A variety of movie houses in the city and suburbs were born to show films and continue to do only that, Chicago. These special places have survived despite the coronavirus pandemic and endless at-home ...
For Park Ridge’s iconic Pickwick Theatre, the final credits will roll in January after almost a century of hosting moviegoers, its owner told Chicago Tribune/Pioneer Press Tuesday. Co-owner Dino ...
Locals are battling ”absolute travesty” plans to build 150 homes – next to the village which inspired Charles Dickens’ ...
Park Ridge firefighters were able to put out a fire before it could destroy the historic Pickwick Theatre Monday morning. Witnesses said the building that houses the Pickwick started to fill up with ...