www.dictionary.com -- A multi-source dictionary source service, this site is comprehensive and easy to use. The dictionaries appearing on the site include Houghton Mifflin’s American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language and Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary.

www.quotegarden.com -- A wealth of quotes on a wide range of topics.

www.quotationspage.com -- An easy-to-use quotation site that allows searches by author or topic.

www.thinkexist.com -- A quotation site that’s easy to navigate and deep in resources.

www.verbivore.com -- Richard Lederer’s “Verbivore,” a site for people who “feast on the English language.”

www.buzzwhack.com -- A site dedicated to de-mystifying buzzwords.

http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar -- "The guide to Grammar & writing" first compiled by the late Dr. Charles Darling, it offers well organized sections on the fine ponts of grammar.

www.lyricopera.org -- Home of Chicago’s renowned Lyric Opera, one of the top opera companies in the country. You may aso visit www.jonboen.com, the official site of Lyric's principal French horn player—a site I directed and wrote.

www.chicagooperatheater.org -- Chicago Opera Theater is Chicago’s younger, smaller opera company.

www.cso.org -- Home of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, considered one of the top five orchestras in the nation.

www.hubbardstreetdance.com -- Chicago’s homegrown, internationally renowned, multi-talented Hubbard Street Dance Chicago.

www.steppenwolf.com -- A Chicago original, Steppenwolf is where great actors like Gary Sinise, John Mahoney and John Malkovich honed their skills – and still come back to perform.

www.goodman-theatre.com -- The Goodman is Chicago’s other nationally known theater company.

Elsewhere:

www.metopera.org -- Home of New York’s Metropolitan Opera.

www.sfopera.org -- Home of the San Francisco Opera.

www.clevelandorch.com -- Home of the Cleveland Orchestra – my favorite U.S. ensemble.

www.carnegiehall.org -- Home of New York’s Carnegie Hall.

www.beethoven.com -- A classical radio station you can listen to online 24/7 – and that plays a lot more than just Beethoven’s music.

www.theoperacritic.com -- The latest opera reviews and articles from all over the world.