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The 60th Chicago International Film Festival took place from October 16 to 27, 2024, in Chicago, United States. Malcolm Washington's directorial debut The Piano Lesson, adapted from August Wilson's 1987 play, served as the "Opening Night Film", while Robert Zemeckis' drama film Here, an adaptation of the graphic novel by Richard McGuire, was selected as the "Closing Night Film".
Chuckwagon racing is an equestrian rodeo sport in which drivers in a chuckwagon led by a team of Thoroughbred horses race around a track.. The sport is most popular in the Prairie Provinces of Canada, where the World Professional Chuckwagon Association and the Canadian Professional Chuckwagon Association are the two major racing circuits.
Live attendance is nearly three-quarters of a million people annually, and live radio coverage of the entire WPCA Pro Tour as well as the Calgary Stampede Rangeland Derby is broadcast to an estimated audience of 250,000 per night on satellite radio via Rural Radio on SiriusXM Channel 147, with several thousands more outside the listening area ...
A chuckwagon, or chuck wagon, is a horse-drawn wagon operating as a mobile field kitchen and frequently covered with a white tarp, also called a camp wagon or round-up wagon. [1] It was historically used for the storage and transportation of food and cooking equipment on the prairies of the United States and Canada. [ 2 ]
In November 2011, Chicago Live! announced that it would shift to eight-week seasons in 2012 and move to the Up Comedy Club in Chicago's Old Town neighborhood. [7] [8] [9] John Conroy was a guest on the show in 2012. [10] Chicago Live! was still active in 2013. [11] In 2013 Kathy and Judy of WGN Radio were guests on the show. [12]
Chicago Art Book Fair, November [1] Chicago Artists Month, September/October [2] Gold Coast Art Fair, Grant Park, June [3] Manifest, Columbia College Chicago, May; SOFA Chicago, Navy Pier, October/November [4] Wells Street Art Festival, Old Town, June [5]
He started his chuckwagon racing career as an outrider when he was 16 in 1976, and began driving when he was 22 in 1982 on the World Professional Chuckwagon Association (WPCA) circuit. Driving his step-father's outfit, Rick became the first rookie to win a show on the WPCA Pro Tour when he captured the Strathmore Heritage Days in 1982.
In 1990, Jerry captured the Trochu Chuckwagon Championship for the third time, and although it was a no-points show, Jerry was the top point earner on the World Professional Chuckwagon Association (WPCA) circuit by years end and was named the 1990 World Champion Chuckwagon Driver.