Hugh Hart

Deacon Blue Fellow Hoodlums (Columbia) (STAR)(STAR)(STAR) One of the rock scene`s more literate lyricists, Deacon Blue singer-songwriter Ricky Ross has the good sense to surround himself with stellar musicians. For...

About the only things that survived OakTree`s move to the 900 N. Michigan Avenue building was the menu and oak chandeliers. The legendary coffee- shop, which did business for 20...

For all the refinements found in today`s high-tech timekeepers, perhaps the most sophisticated clock of all is the human body`s. Fine-tuned over millions of years of evolution, the human circadian...

There are no clocks in Tower Records, only video monitors, bright red pillars and lots and lots of CD`s. Open until midnight seven days a week, the first Chicago branch...

Kurt Vonnegut`s satiric novels and short stories have been popular with college students ever since the late 1960s, when his ''Slaughterhouse-Five'' became a best seller and catapulted the writer into...

Though barbershop singing originally was limited to all-male groups, the four-part harmony style is now performed by women as well. The Northbrook-based Melodeers Chorus, which like the New Tradition chorus...

Guitar virtuoso Christopher Laughlin brings his classical repertoire to Harper College Sept. 19. The Chicago native has toured the world under the auspices of the U.S. Information Service and soloed...

Chubby Checker, the `60s pop icon, will twist the night away this weekend at Jamboree Days `91 at Carpenter Park, Maple and Carpenter Boulevards, Carpentersville. Checker`s performance concludes the four-day...

Regarding Jerry Thomas` Aug. 8 article on Evanston`s newly formed delegation to deter gang activity: It`s a shame that it took the murder of a 16-year-old boy for city officials...

''What are these things that I make? I usually refer to them as lamps, but I have to show people pictures so they`ll understand.'' Chet Geiselman is referring to the...