Novelist Alice McDermott speaks on faith in fiction
It's no surprise that novelist Alice McDermott, a 1998 National Book Award winner for "Charming Billy," would be asked to deliver the annual St. Catherine of Siena Lecture at Dominican...
Home > Reviews
All Stories
Buzzer included in live trivia game show Quiz Quest
If you're a trivia buff, here's a golden opportunity to parlay your love of obscure information into fabulous prizes. Well, fairly fabulous, anyway, when the live monthly game show Quiz...
Comic Rita Rudner makes rare return visit
After selling a million tickets during her residency at the Venetian casino in Las Vegas over the past 10 years, veteran comic Rita Rudner has taken to the road for...
Magic casts a spell at Pleasant Home
A new interactive show at Oak Park's Pleasant Home provides a magical opportunity to tour the historic residence while exploring all five senses — with a sixth as a bonus....
Advocate for hope: Glencoe’s Wendy Serrino of Midwest UNICEF
Fundraising at Chicago's annual UNICEF Hope Gala doubled in recent years. The total rose from $550,000 in 2011 to $1.2-million in 2014, and the efforts of Glencoe's Wendy Serrino were...
Chicago a cappella tunes up Beatlemania
Eleven years ago, when Chicago a cappella presented its first program featuring vocals-only arrangements of Beatles music, the Fab Four had to share billing with the Baroque period. There was...
Deconstructing memory at the La Grange Art League
Memories — creating them and retaining them — have been the main theme in the work of Indian Head Park artist Sarah Rehmer for the past 12 years, ever since...
Lizzadro Museum hosts ‘Chicago Championship Rings’ exhibit
You won't typically find a lot of jewelry at Lizzadro Museum of Lapidary Art, devoted as it is to the art of cutting, carving and polishing stone, but a winning...
How F. Scott Fitzgerald went from washed up to winner again
Hollywood doesn't have a benevolent reputation when it comes to nurturing novelists, but F. Scott Fitzgerald, it seems, had little grounds for complaint. In fact, the down-on-his-luck writer used the...
Paul Reiser feeling the pull of the standup stage again
Comedian/actor/author Paul Reiser hasn't been out of the spotlight, given his appearances in the cable TV series "Married" and "Red Oaks" and a featured role in the Oscar-nominated film "Whiplash,"...