"People must be amused, squire, somehow," observes Mr. Sleary in Charles Dickens' "Hard Times." "They can't be always a-working, nor yet they can't be always a-learning." Exactly. Go Cubs. Sleary's sentiment is a useful truth for earnest artists. And also an excellent justification for a night...
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune at 02:35PM on October 16, 2017