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Name: Bill Rody Job: Caretaker of the photo collection at Big Chick's bar Q. What exactly do you do? A. I take care of the art collection at Big Chick's....

Name: Kirk Vuillemot Job: Conservator, Art Institute of Chicago Q. What exactly is it that you do? A. We do a variety of things. For example, we do preparations for...

A little less than ten years ago, a then Tribune editor named Gary Dretzka called me and asked me if I was interested in writing a nightlife column for the...

The drama continues on the sidewalks in front of the Goodman Theater. And location is at the heart of the conflict. It's Week 2 for the picketing Goodman stagehands who...

Eliades Ochoa Tribute to the Cuarteto Patria (Higher Octave) There's a saying in Cuba that Cuba is really just Havana, the rest of the country nothing more than beautiful landscapes....

There are some terrific surprises in Teatro Luna's "Generic Latina," a poignant and often funny ensemble piece about being a Latin woman in the U.S. There are also some standout...

When Fela Anikulapo Kuti died of AIDS at age 58 just three years ago, his legend was at its height. He was brilliant, he was brash, he lived life on...

King Chango The Return of El Santo (Luaka Bop) In "The Return of El Santo," King Chango takes its usual ingredients of ska, soca, salsa, rap, dub and trip-hop and...

Some artists are just simply ahead of their time. Consider, for example, Bertolt Brecht. "The guy had a lot to say," says Jenny Magnus, who should know: She makes her...

When Tony Mangiullo, an Italian immigrant, decided to open a blues bar in a Latino neighborhood 17 years ago, everybody told him he was nuts. Then Mangiullo would mention that...