Holt Oral History Program helps preserve veterans’ memories
As a young man, David Greene fought in the Battle of Iwo Jima for all of its 36 days, spending more than half of that time on the front lines....
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Chicago Review Press turns 40
In the early '70s, when Curt and Linda Matthews were just out of graduate school (his degree in American literature and hers in English literature), the young couple conducted experiments...
‘Grimm’ actor has a history with horror
As a child, David Giuntoli consumed a steady media diet of horror films like "Carrie," "The Shining" and "The Exorcist." The films scared the heck out of him, he said,...
Q&A: Katherine Larsen and Lynn Zubernis on ‘Fangasm’
This story begins with two pairs of people. The first duo, Sam and Dean Winchester, are brothers (from an incredibly handsome gene pool) who spend their days and nights hunting...
Kim Henderson on ‘The Kind of Girl’
In the summer of 2011, Kim Henderson, 32, was attending a writers conference at Reed College in Portland, Ore., when she decided to slip away for an afternoon and lose...
Ryan Bartelmay releases debut novel
Ryan Bartelmay's writing lingered with Elizabeth Clementson, publisher at Ig Publishing, for about a year after Bartelmay had submitted his collection of short stories. While Clementson thought the collection wasn't...
Justina Machado works hard at laughs on new sitcom
Northwest Side native Justina Machado has the kind of gut-busting, boisterous, vibrant laugh that's infectious. It comes straight from her diaphragm, each open-mouthed "Ha!" articulated like an opera singer performing...
Justina Machado works hard at laughs on new sitcom
Northwest Side native Justina Machado has the kind of gut-busting, boisterous, vibrant laugh that's infectious. It comes straight from her diaphragm, each open-mouthed "Ha!" articulated like an opera singer performing...
Justina Machado works hard at laughs on new sitcom
Northwest Side native Justina Machado has the kind of gut-busting, boisterous, vibrant laugh that's infectious. It comes straight from her diaphragm, each open-mouthed "Ha!" articulated like an opera singer performing...
Third Coast Comics turns 5 years old
Terrence "Terry" Gant is sort of like a comics clairvoyant. As the owner of Third Coast Comics in Edgewater, he regularly "reads" people's cartoon likes and dislikes and directs them...