Elizabeth Taylor

The school uniform controversy rages across the country. Advocates of white shirts and dark skirts or slacks for all argue that this garb diminishes gang influence and status competition over...

Will the envelope be fat or thin? Will it begin, "We regret to inform you ..." or "It gives us great pleasure ..."? Or, in our high-tech reality, will the...

The Wonder: Portraits of a Remembered City, Volume 1 By Tony Fitzpatrick La Luz de Jesus Press, 75 pages, $26.95 "Tony Fitzpatrick sees Chicago as others see Bombay, as a...

Eyes With Winged Thoughts By Gordon Parks Simon & Schuster, 128 pages, $27.95 This collection of 44 photographs and 58 poems created by Renaissance man Gordon Parks is powerfully quiet--a...

This week's cover story, "Wildlife 911," began with a fragment of information-a new bird hospital at the former Meigs Field Terminal at Northerly Island. Photographer Scott Strazzante immediately followed up...

The Portable Dorothy Parker Edited by Marion Meade Penguin Classics, 626 pages, $17 Dorothy Parker is famous for her quips ("Brevity is the soul of lingerie"; on the death of...

These days, as circus acts become ever more exotic and settle into permanent residence in places like Las Vegas, the Cirque Shanghai stands out as a more traditional traveling acrobatic...

Penguin by Design: A Cover Story 1935-2005 By Phil Baines Penguin, 256 pages, $25 paper Maybe books can be judged by their covers after all--especially if they have orange spines....

THE LOLLAPALOOZA HEADLINES will be snagged by many of the two-day festival's marquee names. But what about Chicago's homegrown, up-and-coming musical talent? Our team of reporters found those original voices,...

"Angie loves ketchup, doughnuts and writing. Edgar loves Angie, his baby brother and Chuck Norris. Maria is a soccer player. Helene likes to play golf--if she has good company to...