ONE FINE DAY
MORNING Start your day of movie madness with a bowl of Lucky Charms, while watching the new edition of Preston Sturges' masterpiece "Sullivan's Travels" on DVD (Criterion Collection, $39.95). While...
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The way to see our waterways
At first glance, you think it's an illusion. But no, watching from the deck of a tour boat, you see it really is a llama wandering through the fields of...
Sacrifice
"In the long history of the world, only a few generations have been granted the role of defending freedom in its hour of maximum danger. I do not shrink from...
Music and the mood of a nation
Street musicians in Chicago are playing "America the Beautiful" on dented saxophones and badly tuned guitars this week, while area businesses and Walgreens stores are playing a steady stream of...
Arts provide some balance in an off-kilter world
Must the show go on? As the world struggles to regain its balance, to find some break in the storm, one question that individuals as well as cultural officials are...
5 FILMS ABOUT BASEBALL
1. THE BAD NEWS BEARS (Michael Ritchie; 1976) (star)(star)(star) Spawning two sequels and a TV series that failed to live up to the original's charm, "The Bad News Bears" stars...
Struggling to convey tragedy
Television turning into the nation's public square in the wake of tragedy is a familiar thing, even when the events are so staggeringly unfamiliar. But being able to witness tragedies...
Struggling to convey tragedy
Television turning into the nation's public square in the wake of tragedy is a familiar thing, even when the events are so staggeringly unfamiliar. But being able to witness tragedies...
Is anybody reading `To Kill a Mockingbird’?
The citywide "One Book, One Chicago" program is now two weeks old. So we sent our reporters to see who is actually reading "To Kill a Mockingbird." The search began...
Is anybody reading `To Kill a Mockingbird’?
The citywide "One Book, One Chicago" program is now two weeks old. So we sent our reporters to see who is actually reading "To Kill a Mockingbird." The search began...