Achy Obejas

It is entirely possible, on a sweaty late night in Logan Square, to be served up a plate of thick, juicy churrasco (aged Argentinian steak) at, say, 3 a.m. It...

John Lehr, Lauren Katz and Joey Slotnick -- yeah, the funny one in the now canceled "The Single Guy" -- are sitting around at the Third Coast before heading out...

Jenny Magnus has a new CD out, "Whoopsadaisy," a solo excursion that is both revelatory and curious. Here are some of the songs of the last year, like "A More...

Windy City International Documentary Festival May 2-11, 1997 Now in its third year, this Columbia College-sponsored festival showcases documentaries from around the world, with a special focus this year on...

The inspiration for "Pasiones: Songs of the Spanish Civil War 1936-39," a musical revue playing to sold-out audiences at the Lunar Cabaret, came, not from a deep connection to that...

It started out practically as a party, a way for friends to show each other their work. But six years later, the National Poetry Video Festival has grown beyond anyone's...

Hot Tix just got revamped, thanks to a new initiative by the League of Chicago Theaters under new honcho Marj Halperin. Hot Tix, which sold 60,000 tickets in Chicago last...

There is plenty of traffic at Michigan and 14th Street on any given Saturday night. Yellow taxis and taxis with hand-lettered names on their white and red frames jam the...

Esta means good in Arabic, this in Spanish, and in Hebrew it's a little like east. But when Esta -- probably Israel's most critically acclaimed contemporary musicians -- take the...

The club's official name is Polonaise, the party producers call their events "The Polo Club," but the neon sign inside the joint lights up just enough letters to read Polon....