The new documentary ‘Hotshot’ takes viewers to the frightening front lines of wildfires
We are a fire town. Though it was long ago and there exist no photographs of the Chicago Fire of 1871, it shadows and defines our history, even as we...
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Scott Turow to be awarded the Fuller Prize from Literary Hall of Fame
Scott Turow famously wrote many of his books while riding the train from his home in the northern suburbs to his law offices downtown. He is now one of the...
James Hoge Jr., former editor of Chicago’s Sun-Times and Daily News, dies at 87
As dashing as a movie star and one of the giants of 20th century journalism, James Fulton Hoge Jr., died Tuesday in a Manhattan hospital. He was 87. No cause...
A tragic fire and other tales highlight the start of a new season of WTTW’s ‘Chicago Stories’
Mayor Richard J. Daley cried. We don't see this but rather are told about it in the first of the eight episodes in WTTW-Ch. 11's "Chicago Stories" season which begins...
With a new sound but with the same energy and talent, Denise La Grassa is back in the music business
For those of you who once traveled the city nights to local clubs, theaters and various performance spaces, the name Denise La Grassa should ring a pleasant bell and perhaps...
The Irish are coming, back with 3 fine movies for the 9th annual Irish American Movie Hooley
You've got to hand it to Mike Houlihan. This native South Sider, most Irish of Irish men, has been able to spend most of his life in pursuit of creativity....
What musical magic and new songs emerged when J.S. Bach met Michael Miles and his banjo
Separated by centuries but tied together by music, Johann Sebastian Bach and Michael Miles have had a demanding if fruitful relationship that continues to thrive, giving us a spectacular new...
Bird, Magic, Isiah and Michael are the basketball stars of Rich Cohen’s ‘When the Game Was War’
Rich Cohen writes ... and writes and writes and writes. This child of Glencoe is among the most prolific writers on the planet and the wonder of it all is...
Lenny Bruce is back, in the form of Ronnie Marmo, and performing in Skokie
Lenny Bruce is coming back to town. Though on previous visits he mainly kept to the city, this time he'll be in Skokie. Though dead for nearly 60 years, the...
Wendella’s Bob Borgstrom dies at 89 after a lifetime on the river
Robert Borgstrom spent most of his life on the Chicago River as owner and one of the captains of the Wendella sightseeing boats. He took the last of his thousands...