Monica Eng

6 kinds of Elvis Presley performers, as defined by Trent Carlini 1. Elvis impersonator: "People who want to act like Elvis all the time. They get offstage and they are...

Tensions were high in the summer of 1968. The Vietnam War was escalating, the civil rights movement was peaking, and the Robert Kennedy and Martin Luther King assassinations were still...

Q.The musical "Play On," through Aug. 16 at the Goodman Theatre, has a character named Duke based on Duke Ellington, whose music is celebrated in the show. At one point...

Every summer seems to spawn one out-of-the-blue hit comedy, and this year's is "There's Something About Mary," which mixes a romantic plot with audaciously raunchy humor. Bobby and Peter Farrelly,...

We've all had that panicky moment in the Mexican restaurant when we've bitten off more salsa than we can chew. And when this fire begins, beer, water and sodas are...

Love 'em or hate 'em, you can't deny the Backstreet Boys their props (that's hip-hop talk for proper respect). Sure, these youthful Florida and Kentucky harmonizers purvey a fairly unchallenging...

Yes, they play Grateful Dead songs and yes, they attract a lot of former Deadheads to their shows. But don't call the Dark Star Orchestra a tribute band. "It's more...

Q. So it seems Paula Cole is coming to town with the hippie Horde Festival. I thought she was with the Lilith Fair, but maybe I'm getting her mixed up...

Ten movie-related restaurants we'd like to see Godzilla's House of Pancakes Reservoir'Dogs Fast Food at Ridgemont High Planet of the Crepes Thelma and Louise's Drive-In Chariots of Fries The Full...

Let me say tonight I listened carefully to what everyone else said. . . . I don't believe anyone pointed out that while James Hoban as a relatively unknown young...