Monica Eng

You don't have to die to go to polka heaven. That's because, starting Thursday, America's foremost polka angels will touch down in Rosemont for four days of the 29th Annual...

The fine bubbly may still spring a leak in your wallet, but for a week starting Monday, the cover at Pops for Champagne will be free. To celebrate their 15th...

Last summer's dinosaur rock renaissance induced a lot of groans from critics but enough fan interest to give new hope to bands like Lynyrd Skynyrd and the Doobie Brothers, who...

IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A REAL HOT TAMALE, you're not going to find it in a can--and certainly not in a candy box. The genuine article comes in a corn...

Frankie Avalon and Brigid Murphy are making big comebacks this week. No, not together, although that would be a cool bill. Avalon will be reprising his role (from last November)...

Summertime and dumplings may not seem to go together at first, but they do when your (loosely interpreted) dumplings are Vietnamese spring rolls. This cool, multitextured cylindrical treat features large...

If you still think of ponds as icky, mosquito-breeding mudholes, you probably haven't seen the lush water creations that fill the back yards of aqua-savvy suburbanites. As the fastest-growing trend...

In its previous incarnation, Cafe Continental was an Eastern European supper club, where the vodka flowed freely and patrons dined and danced the night away. The picture is essentially the...

The recent tap revival is no new news to Chicago, which will be hosting the Seventh Annual Chicago Human Rhythm Project Tap and Percussive Dance Festival at the Athenaeum Theater,...

For thousands of those who came to Chicago from Romania, parting was bittersweet. Yes, their homeland had problems and, yes, they wanted to start a new life. But, no, they...