Allan Johnson

Exciting times are about to hit the Funny Bone comedy club in Naperville. The club is moving to the Radisson Hotel Lisle-Naperville at 3000 Warrenville Rd., Lisle, a mile away...

Have you ever wondered why Chicago comedian Larry Reeb is known as "Uncle Lar?" Come closer, for the secret is finally revealed! (Well, it's not really a secret; Reeb would...

Q. What can I do if I arrive at a performing arts venue downtown and realize I've left my tickets at home? A. If you paid for the tickets with...

5 "reality-based" law-enforcement shows we figure on seeing soon With apologies to "Cops" and "Real Stories of the Highway Patrol": 1. "Dog Catchers: Biting Back" 2. "Crossing Guards: Life in...

The last movie by reclusive director Terrence Malick, whose acclaimed World War II film "The Thin Red Line" is now in theaters, came out a full 20 years ago. These...

Sampling James Brown used to be all the rave for rap music producers. Now, however, with scores of hip-hop albums being released each year, rap beatsmiths are mining other kinds...

Classical: The Contemporary Chamber Players will begin its 35th season at 8 p.m. Jan. 8 in Mandel Hall, University of Chicago, with a varied 20th Century program performed by the...

Television in 1998, as if you needed to be told this, was the year of Monica and sex. That's right. Monica Geller, the "Friends" character high school boys would most...

Pumpkinhead Daley In a city that hosted 1.3 million Grant Park revelers for the July 3 fireworks, Mayor Richard M. Daley nixed a free Grant Park concert by the Smashing...

Each year, at this traditional time of review, it has been the pleasure of the Arts & Entertainment staff of the Tribune to single out those individuals in the arts...