Column: A high schooler gives voice to the StreetWise world
The 17-year-old Anthony Mateos of Evanston has written a book titled “Who We Are: Stories From the Chicago StreetWise Community.”
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Column: Groucho Marx, playing one night only in the Loop
The actor and comedian Frank Ferrante, who has played Groucho for years on stage, is bringing "Groucho" to Teatro ZinZanni.
Column: Thar she blows! Chicago artist and writer Dmitry Samarov brings ‘Moby-Dick’ back to life
He's illustrated a new edition of Herman Melville's novel, now in the public domain. It begins with a striking image of a whale on the cover in black and white.
Column: Author Peter Ferry is back, as his novel ‘Old Heart’ becomes a movie
Producer Roger Rapoport will host a premiere screening in Chicago of the film about a Black veteran of World War II, who sets out to find the woman he met...
Column: Jazz singer Elaine Dame takes a new road with ‘Reminiscing’
The Chicago artist's career has spanned multiple albums as well as theater acting, both here and in Los Angeles.
Column: ‘Deep Dish’ tells the stories behind the Malnati pizza empire, including some difficult ones
“Deep Dish: Inside the First 50 Years of Lou Malnati's Pizza” is a surprising book in that it has a welcome lack of recipes but also because it is self-aware.
Column: Sign painting is not yet a lost art — these artists still create them by hand
Andrew and Kelsey McClellan, owners of Heart & Bone Signs, have been painting the town for more than a decade and also work to preserve the "ghost signs" of Chicago's...
Column: The celebrity spotlight, brighter than ever, still shines on Tiger Woods
Professional golfer Tiger Woods' new girlfriend has the gossip machine rolling again with another bit of recent “news.” What is it about celebrities that draws our attention?
Column: When Harry met Wally, the result was a definitive book on how to watch television
“Watching TV: American Television Season by Season” by Walter Podrazik and Harry Castleman is now in its fourth edition.
Chicago Reader columnist Michael Miner, ‘a conscience of our profession,’ dies at 81
He wrote a story for the first issue of the Chicago Reader and was a journalist for the Sun-Times and Chicago Journalism Review, among other publications. He never wanted the...