After a 5-year absence, Playboy magazine is back in print
The new Playboy comes almost 72 years after the first. That was the creation of a Chicago copywriter/cartoonist named Hugh Hefner.
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Column: Scott Turow’s Rusty Sabich returns for more courtroom drama in ‘Presumed Guilty’
In this latest novel, we find Sabich pleasantly retired but dragged back to a courtroom to defend his fiancé’s adult son for the murder.
Column: ‘A Complete Unknown’ focuses on Bob Dylan, but let’s not forget Michael Bloomfield
There were two Chicagoans who were important to Bob Dylan in his early years: manager Al Grossman and guitarist Michael Bloomfield.
Column: To bet or not to bet? A Chicago sportswriter talks of the dangers of gambling
Lester Munson, a journalist and attorney, is among the most passionate anti-gambling voices in this increasingly wagering country.
Column: New ‘Between the Leaves’ magazine celebrates Chicago’s parks
"Between the Leaves" gives us stories about the AIDS Garden, Promontory Point, Steelworkers Park and other spots and people.
Column: The man who married a pony and other tales from the Jerry Springer show
Remember what TV Guide once called "the worst show in the history of television"? Can you hear that “Jer-rey! Jer-rey! Jer-rey!” that the audience enthusiastically shouted, over and over?
Who we lost in 2024: Remembering the good times and grand talents that departed this last year
Our annual look back at some people and places in the arts who died or departed in the last year, from Bob Newhart, Quincy Jones and the long-running Blue Man...
Column: Years in the making, the MLK movie ‘King Blvd’ arrives in a serious, lighthearted way
Earl Hardy had a dream to make a film about the streets that had been named in honor of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
Greg Kot and Jim DeRogatis keep discussing tunes on ‘Sound Opinions.’ Their 1,000th episode is in January.
The hosts of the long-running radio program know a lot about music and have been writing and talking about it for decades. But they never consider themselves the final word.
Column: Meet Mark Vancil, the sportswriter who’s old friends with Michael Jordan
His latest book is "The Last Excellent Man: The Meaning of Our Jordan Year.” He writes about Jordan's excellence as well as that of a number of other people.