Born and raised and still living in Chicago, Rick Kogan has worked for the Chicago Daily News, Chicago Sun-Times and the Tribune, where he currently is a columnist. Inducted into the Chicago Journalism Hall of Fame in 2003, he hosts “After Hours with Rick Kogan” on WGN radio and is the author of a dozen books, including “A Chicago Tavern.
In person and in conversation, Schapiro was not the sort of guy you might imagine hanging around with David Bowie, walking with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. or hanging around...
A new exhibit at American Writers Museum on Michigan Avenue has the words of Flannery O'Connor, Malcolm X, Harold Ramis and others about how they felt about religion and spirituality.
Graham Harrison Lee has created a book about his great-uncle titled “Jun Fujita: Behind the Camera.” It contains a number of his most famous images, along with his poetry and...
The 38th Annual Doggy and Kitty Halloween Party and Costume Parade held in the park to the east of the Museum of Contemporary Art saw hundreds of animals dress up...
George Wendt was a child of Beverly, that tightly-knit, leafy neighborhood on the South Side where he was celebrated Sunday. He was also a product of Old Town, that equally...