Kevin Williams

- When the Grammys kicked off with the re-formed Police doing their classic, "Roxanne," it was also the kickoff of what is expected to be a big summer tour. The...

It was announced recently that FitzGerald's--that roadhouse on Roosevelt Road in Berwyn--has gone smoke-free. And as Chicago's smoking ban oozes toward its July 2008 implementation date, that glorious day when...

Oh, the holidays. Ick. It isn't the season that bothers me. All that caroling, good cheer and boughs of holly make me all giddy and stuff. And the smell of...

Describing the Chicago Sound is difficult, but hearing The Clerics leaves zero doubt that they are a band from these parts. This quartet, which has just released the irresistible "Magnae...

Woo, woo! Or choo, choo, if you will. This is a train-ing day, because trains are cool. The weirdo guitarist in Woody Allen's "Sweet and Lowdown" liked to take dates...

It all began with Mom leaving piles of records on the changer, and little Kevin firing it up when nobody was around. The Isleys, The Beatles, Hendrix, Cat Stevens were...

The Chicago International Children's Film Festival continues through Sunday with another collection of top cinema for kids of all ages. This year's edition, the largest of its kind in North...

I waited all winter for this rip-off of a summer. No real heat, a few days above 90 degrees, nothing. Bummer. Nevertheless, September is here, and it's time for the...

When At Play heard about Toyota Park's hot concession item, ice cream nachos--a sweet conjured up by Ian Orr, a chef with Levy Restaurants--there was only one thing to do:...

During the interminable southbound crawl up Harlem Avenue, it was easy to begin trying to think of appropriate metaphors for that which awaited at the end of the slog: Toyota...