“Where can you go to find a garden, my love cannot make grow.”
(from Waving to Picasso)
It’s May!! Celebrating my birthday and Mother’s Day!
And a NEW leader for social justice: Leo XIV from Chicago!

A Note from Jamie
May Family News!
Daughter Meg has been chosen as a teacher at the International Montessori School in Hong Kong, where she will establish a junior high. This year-long adventure for Meg and family also offers a change for ME. I will move into their lovely home, with its beautiful garden. Read below about RootsFest, also our bon voyage to the Broz family.
– Peace all, Jamie

Watch. Listen. From the archive. A very nice fan (JM) sent this video of our WTTW/ WFMT New Year’s Eve television broadcast, 1995. With Tom Paxton, jim Post, Art Thieme, Sons of the Never Wrong, Michael Smith, me and more.
Here’s our Annie Laurie, Studs’ favorite. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNxyqn2D7vk&t=1345s

Memorial Day Weekend: Jamie hosts an evening of music and poetry remembering life’s joys – the songs we sang – and those who’ve made a difference. Guitarist/Vocalist Steve Zahradnik. Performance Poet Willa Moore. Reader Judi Heikes. Seasonal small plates. BYOB. Street parking. Reservations required.
https://www.jamieoreilly.com/events/memorials/

Tickets on sale now! A family-friendly music festival in the Tre Kronor garden.
Two shows. Folk, Americana, Celtic, blues, jazz and cabaret. Victor Holstein, Emcee. Delicious summerfare menu.