Achy Obejas

It has been a while since we checked up on some folks and places featured in After Hours, so we thought we'd fill you in on a few happenings: Alexandra...

Various Artists Tibet: The Heart of Dharma (Ellipsis Arts) (star) (star) Recorded at two Buddhist monasteries, this beautifully packaged CD-book, with its expansive texts and color photographs, is intended as...

`There is no hunting like the hunting of man, and those who have hunted armed men long enough and liked it, never care for anything else thereafter," said Ernest Hemingway...

Here's a roundup of some New Year's Eve partying, featuring some of the places we told you about in 1996: - Abbey Pub, 3420 W. Grace St., 773-478-4408. Our favorite...

Girlbar is exactly what its name says -- a bar for girls. More specifically, a bar for girls who like girls. But unlike the so many other girl bars --...

There's only one Nisei at the Nisei Lounge tonight. He's sitting apart from the rest of the revelers in the bar, a cozy little tavern in the middle of Wrigleyville....

Just in time for holiday shopping, it's our music critics' annual look at the best recordings of 1996. Next week they will assess the best box sets of the year....

Just in time for holiday shopping, it's our music critics' annual look at the best recordings of 1996. Next week they will assess the best box sets of the year....

Just in time for holiday shopping, it's our music critics' annual look at the best recordings of 1996. Next week they will assess the best box sets of the year....

Jim Ellison. Jonathan Melvoin. John Panozzo. The names are like a macabre Chicago music hall of fame, all fatalities from a long, tragic summer. Material Issue's Ellison committed suicide June...