Connie Lauerman

When legendary jazz musician Charles Mingus saw flamenco dancer Azucena Vega performing in New York in the 1970s, he was struck by the freedom of expression that jazz and the...

A mesmerizingly beautiful film called "Viridian" by Chicago director Joseph Ramirez premieres at 8 p.m. Friday at the Film Center of the Art Institute. Shot in the rich, green summer...

On May 17 Tempo wrote about Sister Catalina Fresquez, a Roman Catholic nun who was working in a Northwestern University laboratory in biochemistry, molecular biology and cell biology. Fresquez, a...

In contrast to the usual roly-poly photographs of babies, Debora Hunter`s ''baby pictures'' have a darker, offbeat quality. They ask serious questions about childrearing by posing the innocent babies in...

The last time Rhonda Salins, a full-time stockbroker, ran a newspaper ad looking for someone to take care of her three children, she tried to be very careful. ''I advertised...

The essence of residential real estate has been the traditional system of multiple-listing services and listing brokers and cooperating brokers who match sellers and buyers. However, the issue of exactly...

The image of the shabby, whiskered hobo carrying a bundle tied on a stick has become an American icon, speaking to the wanderlust in all of us who fantasize about...