Donald Liebenson

My son made me a mix tape. Caught me completely by surprise, and I was oddly moved. How cool that he wanted to share these songs with me. My son...

My wife has vetoed barbecuing chicken on the Weber ever since I grilled her an inedibly rare chicken breast 20 years ago. The memory of its frigid and scarlet insides...

PEDESTRIANS ALONG Evanston's Central Street likely don't give Alice K. Berg a thought. But if they're waiting for a bus in the rain at the southwest corner of Central and...

Kevin "KAL" KALLAUGHER has seen the future of political cartooning, and it's digital puppetry. This real-time, motion-capture, animation technology is what has allowed KAL to transform President Bush into a...

You are invited to a sleepover with your closest friends and about a million other kids, and you don't even have to leave your house. Stop in for a slumber...

Here are short reviews of new movies opening Friday. Steve Oedekerk makes films naughty ("Kung Pow! Enter the Fist") and nice ("Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius"). "Santa vs. The Snowman 3D,"...

Books celebrate, honor New York City heroes "But then on Sept. 11, 2001, something so huge and horrible happened that the whole world shook." White letters on a black page...

He's still purple. He's still a "dinosaur sensation." And he still loves you. But Barney fans may notice a few changes when, after two years, "Barney & Friends" premieres the...

Dan Crow, Joanie Bartels and Chicago's own Gaia are among the award-winning entertainers appearing at "Kidstock" at Navy Pier from noon to 7 p.m. Sunday. Admission is free. Learning Channels...

"The Emperor's New Clothes" is a perfect fit for any family video library. Available on VHS and DVD, this rarely seen archival rediscovery originally was broadcast as an ABC special...