Articles filed under Ron Onesti
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Ron Onesti: Baseball memories are the only baseball this year
Jun 19, 2020 6:00 AM - With nothing but video clips and newspaper recollections giving us our baseball fix these days, I thought I would share an amazing experience I had with one of the greatest athletes in history, Joe DiMaggio. -
Ron Onesti: Tumultuous time repeats itself
Jun 12, 2020 6:00 AM - Have you by chance been watching the television special about "Laurel Canyon" lately? It is a wonderful "rock-u-mentary" about a small neighborhood just outside of Los Angeles. For only a few short years, this area was the home to some of the biggest names of the rock/pop/folk culture of the 1960s and '70s. -
Ron Onesti: Bright songs in tragic times
Jun 5, 2020 6:00 AM - Today was a very big day. A very good friend who is from my "old neighborhood" of Taylor Street turned 95. His name is Al Centofante and he is a proud World War II veteran. -
Ron Onesti: Memorial Day thoughts on Arcada Heroes
May 29, 2020 6:00 AM - This Memorial Day had an additional meaning to me. As I sat home in quarantine lockdown, I had the time to formulate an additional perspective about this day of remembrance. I was going through some old photos and came upon a picture of our former pipe organ master, Jim Shaffer. -
Ron Onesti: Another king is gone
May 22, 2020 6:00 AM - We lost one of the very last founders of rock 'n' roll recently, Richard Wayne Penniman, otherwise known as Little Richard. As flamboyant as he was entertaining, he was often called the "architect of rock 'n' roll." -
Ron Onesti: Celebrating 15 years with this 94-year old gem
May 15, 2020 6:00 AM - Fifteen years ago this week, I signed my life away and took over the Arcada Theatre in St. Charles. Those who will always hold a very special place in my heart are the fans who have supported us since I got here. So many people came to show after show. -
Ron Onesti: Another year older, another year lovin' my music!
May 8, 2020 6:00 AM - Well today, May 8, is my birthday. I was born in 1962 so you do the math … it's a bit painful for me! Musically speaking, I don't think I would have preferred to be born any other time. -
Ron Onesti: What I miss most, and what I won't miss at all
May 1, 2020 6:00 AM - I think about arriving at the theater early in the morning one day in the near future. I see tour busses parked outside our dressing room door, ready to unload and start the day. -
Ron Onesti: My 'Last Dance' with Air Jordan
Apr 24, 2020 6:00 AM - I believe life is about the eternal search for the "silver lining." One such distraction for me that has come from this pandemic is watching the 10-part documentary series about Michael Jordan now being shown on ESPN. -
Ron Onesti: Yes, I even have a Muhammad Ali story
Apr 17, 2020 6:00 AM - During this crazy quarantine period we are all going through, I have been watching some classic boxing matches on television. Watching Muhammad Ali in his prime is liking watching the ballet … a "tough guy street ballet!"
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