Column: Shakespeare Project of Chicago will present a new dramatization of Ben Hecht’s memoir at the Newberry
The little-recognized theater company is now celebrating its 30th season: "We are under the radar. We are up and gone in a weekend."
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Peter Bensinger, scion of notable Chicago family who devoted his life to causes including prison reform and child welfare, dies at 88
Peter Bensinger, past head of the Illinois Department of Corrections and the federal Drug Enforcement Administration, has died.
Column: Football star, war hero, businessman … the many lives of Robert ‘Buck’ Halperin
Filmmaker Daniel Halperin hopes to make a movie about his father, Robert “Buck” Halperin.
‘The Wild Mile: A River Reborn’ documentary explores the Chicago River’s floating eco-park
The Wild Mile is a series of floating boardwalks in the North Branch Canal of the Chicago River.
After a 5-year absence, Playboy magazine is back in print
The new Playboy comes almost 72 years after the first. That was the creation of a Chicago copywriter/cartoonist named Hugh Hefner.
Column: Scott Turow’s Rusty Sabich returns for more courtroom drama in ‘Presumed Guilty’
In this latest novel, we find Sabich pleasantly retired but dragged back to a courtroom to defend his fiancé’s adult son for the murder.
Column: ‘A Complete Unknown’ focuses on Bob Dylan, but let’s not forget Michael Bloomfield
There were two Chicagoans who were important to Bob Dylan in his early years: manager Al Grossman and guitarist Michael Bloomfield.
Column: To bet or not to bet? A Chicago sportswriter talks of the dangers of gambling
Lester Munson, a journalist and attorney, is among the most passionate anti-gambling voices in this increasingly wagering country.
Column: New ‘Between the Leaves’ magazine celebrates Chicago’s parks
"Between the Leaves" gives us stories about the AIDS Garden, Promontory Point, Steelworkers Park and other spots and people.
Column: The man who married a pony and other tales from the Jerry Springer show
Remember what TV Guide once called "the worst show in the history of television"? Can you hear that “Jer-rey! Jer-rey! Jer-rey!” that the audience enthusiastically shouted, over and over?