Chris McNamara

The hallways of the nursing college within the West Suburban Medical Center in Oak Park are lined with black-and-white class photos. There are hundreds of portraits of nursing-school graduates, all...

The next time your wife screams at you for spending the entire Sunday on the couch, remote control in one hand, Cheetos in the other, watching every kick, punt and...

As you're likely aware, there was exciting news on Chicago's airwaves Monday--DogCatRadio played an uninterrupted hour of music. (Oh, and Jonathon Brandmeier has returned to The Loop.) For those unaware...

One point. One single point. In competition it can mean the world--one point can cleave the greats from the goats, crush fans' souls or send entire cities into celebrations. And...

The airwaves have gotten a bit more awkward recently. This month WTMX-FM 101.9 launched Mix 'n Match, a dating game for Chicago's singles. "It's `Love Connection' meets the radio," explains...

Of all the things men collect--expensive bottles of liquor, scars, firearms--one of the most innocuous has to be toy trains. So it shouldn't ruffle too many feathers when members of...

I've seen crash-test dummies swerving up Clark Street, honking their horn and hanging out the car windows on Halloween. I've seen a pimp suffer a seizure at a Halloween party...

The keg in the boutique looked as out of place as . . . well . . . a keg in a boutique. There it sat--squat, dented, beautiful--amid frilly blouses...

As he has been doing it for more than 20 years, master barber Noe Hernandez has no problem sliding a straight razor blade across a customer's neck. The customer might...

The good news: A recently conducted survey found that guys with love handles and blue-collar jobs are more attractive than those with movie-star looks and Hollywood paychecks. The bad news:...