Column: Print lives! Want proof? Just check your mailbox this holiday season
Print magazines and, yes, newspapers are still thriving as digital fatigue kicks in. Or just look at the resurgence in print sales catalogs.
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Column: A new Netflix documentary brings us Elvis as he was meant to be
“Return of the King: The Fall and Rise of Elvis Presley" centers on the NBC broadcast that came to be known as the "'68 Comeback Special.”
Column: The lights of the holidays blaze on, including in a little park in Streeterville
Neighborhood residents gathered last Thursday at the firehouse off Michigan Avenue for an annual neighborhood tradition.
Column: New show ‘Poochie & Pang Eat Chicago’ stars a lively duo and local food
The first episode of “Poochie & Pang Eat Chicago” formally airs on NBC’s WMAQ-Ch. 5 on Sunday night, but it started attracting eyes earlier this week when it became available...
Column: What do you remember when you think of Cabrini-Green? New podcast delves into the history of the Chicago public housing complex.
“The Last Days of Cabrini-Green” is a new series that tells the complicated story of Chicago's public housing complex.
Column: Eric Simonson returns to what he calls the ‘golden age’ of Chicago theater
Eric Simonson, once an active presence on local theater stages, never expected the email that came to him in California a couple of years ago. It was from Steppenwolf’s casting...
Column: An exhibition and a book revisit the life and death of Emmett Till
On Nov. 23, the Chicago History Museum is opening a new exhibition, “Injustice: The Trial for the Murder of Emmett Till.”
Column: ‘Down on the Corner’ is a book about how busking and street music became the soundtrack of our cities
For all of the book’s nostalgic pull, it is also of this moment. After reading it, you will never be able to walk past a street performer without tossing a...
Al Pacino writes in ‘Sonny Boy’ about life, love, death and the movies
I met Al Pacino one September afternoon long ago at the wedding of David Mamet and Rebecca Pidgeon in Massachusetts. As the family gathered for pictures under a huge tree...
Column: Heeere’s Johnny Carson, brought to you in a book by Bill Zehme and Mike Thomas
Mike Thomas finished writing a book Bill Zehme started called “Carson the Magnificent," all about the television host.