Louis R. Carlozo

JOAN RIVERS says she uses laughter to cope with everything. So presumably she has found the lighter side of TV Guide Channel's recent decision to replace her and daughter Melissa...

The Police hit town July 5 for a historic rock show at Wrigley Field -- to which we say "play ball." Seeing as the concert comes smack dab in the...

The transgression that dogs much faith-based art--and leaves its stain on "The Last Sin Eater"--is the inability to divorce art from agenda; that is, you can feel the filmmaker forcing...

The Elgin area, once home to a famous watchmaking institution, is quite the place to have a good time. Much to my delight, I successfully tested this theory with my...

With children's DVDs, the offerings are so varied in quality and numerous in quantity that it's a Herculean task to tell the forest from the trees -- which is the...

Classical music is a graying, static art form that stirs no passion in today's youth--or so goes the inaccurate stereotype. Here are five young classical musicians who aren't just grabbing...

Diapers? Check. Wipes? Check. Sugary snacks? Check. Tons of DVDs? Check. A pile of leaves in the back yard to jump in? Check. You see? Taking care of kids for...

The Sherwood Conservatory of Music has been teaching music since 1895, welcoming students of all ages and levels of experience. Now it's helping make classical music more accessible through its...

It's been a rock-'em sock-'em year for that most obscure of film genres: documentaries about mentally unstable, drug-addled cult singer-songwriters from Texas hailed as unsung geniuses. To date, three films...

The poet John Keats once hailed the approaching autumn as the "season of mists and mellow fruitfulness." But hey, Keats was from England, not Chicago. Folks here glancing the calendar...