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Outbreak site of the 1919 Chicago Race Riot photo near 29th Street Beach from the book "Ghosts of Segregation: American Racism, Hidden in Plain Sight," by Richard Frishman.

Column: An exhibition and a book revisit the life and death of Emmett Till

November 12, 2024 at 5:15 a.m.

On Nov. 23, the Chicago History Museum is opening a new exhibition, “Injustice: The Trial for the Murder of Emmett Till.”

Busker Mike Warren plays on the sidewalk of Michigan Avenue on June 10, 2008 in Chicago. (Abel Uribe/baiduhai)

Column: ‘Down on the Corner’ is a book about how busking and street music became the soundtrack of our cities

November 6, 2024 at 5:00 a.m.

For all of the book’s nostalgic pull, it is also of this moment. After reading it, you will never be able to walk past a street performer without tossing a...

Al Pacino, a cast member of movie "House of Gucci," leaves a Milan, Italy hotel on March 11, 2021, while Stefania Nobile shows Pacino her leather jacket with a photo from the movie "Scarface." (Luca Bruno/AP)

Al Pacino writes in ‘Sonny Boy’ about life, love, death and the movies

November 5, 2024 at 5:00 a.m.

I met Al Pacino one September afternoon long ago at the wedding of David Mamet and Rebecca Pidgeon in Massachusetts. As the family gathered for pictures under a huge tree...

Author Mike Thomas on Oct. 23, 2024 at Twin Anchors, the Chicago restaurant where he and the late Bill Zehme used to meet. Thomas finished writing a book, started by Zehme, about Johnny Carson called "Carson the Magnificent." (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)

Column: Heeere’s Johnny Carson, brought to you in a book by Bill Zehme and Mike Thomas

October 30, 2024 at 5:00 a.m.

Mike Thomas finished writing a book Bill Zehme started called “Carson the Magnificent," all about the television host.

Lyle, left, and Erik Menendez sit with defense attorney Leslie Abramson in Beverly Hills Municipal Court during a hearing, Nov. 26, 1990. (Nick Ut/AP)

Column: They killed their parents but will the Menendez brothers soon get out of jail?

October 29, 2024 at 5:00 a.m.

“Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story” on Netflix has brought this long-ago case back to the headlines.

Author David Garrard Lowe, from left, Chicago Architecture Foundation President Lynn Osmond and Nena Ivon attend a fundraiser in 1998. (John Bartley/baiduhai)

In memoriam: Celebrating the life of ‘Lost Chicago’ author David Garrard Lowe and his love affair with Chicago

October 23, 2024 at 5:00 a.m.

His poetic photographic essay about our bygone architecture sits on bookshelves across Chicago and continues to amaze and inspire.

Then-WWE CEO Vince McMahon raises his arm to the audience during a fan appreciation event in Hartford, Connecticut, on Oct. 30, 2010. (Jessica Hill/AP)

In ‘Mr. McMahon,’ Netflix tries to pin down the elusive character who is wrestling’s Vince McMahon

October 22, 2024 at 5:00 a.m.

The new six-part Netflix documentary series is named after the alter-ego character Vince McMahon portrayed on-screen in the mid-'90s.

Hugh Hefner's house party environment, shown here on May 3, 1968, at the new Playboy Club in Lake Geneva. Hefner is with Steve Rossi in this picture. (Michael Budrys/baiduhai)

‘Chicago Stories’ season on WTTW ends with episodes about Playboy and Capone

February 11, 2025 at 3:23 p.m.

A third upcoming program in the series, in chilling historical contrast, is “When the West Side Burned.” The fall concludes with a look at house music.

Author Andrew Davis, shown in the West Town neighborhood, graduated from Bowen High School and attended the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)

Andrew Davis gave us ‘The Fugitive,’ now he brings forth a novel, ‘Disturbing the Bones’

October 15, 2024 at 5:00 a.m.

The movie maker is coming back home to Chicago this week to promote the book he wrote with co-author Jeff Biggers.

Coach Abe Saperstein and his Chicago-based Harlem Globetrotters before a trip to London in 1963. From left to right are Howard Montgomery, Jackie Jackson, J.C. Gipson, Bill "The Orbit" Garner, Walter Kennedy and Murphy Summons. (Harlem Globetrotters)

Column: New book explores the life of Abe Saperstein, the Chicago dynamo who created the Globetrotters

October 9, 2024 at 4:08 p.m.

“Globetrotter: How Abe Saperstein Shook Up the World of Sports” by Mark and Matthew Jacob takes on a challenging and exciting subject.

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