Column: The dog was a devil, the horse came as a cab and other Halloween memories of a pet store contest
A pet costume contest was held for decades at the Parkview Pet Supplies store in Chicago. Halloween has only gotten bigger since then.
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Writer and educator Peter Ferry, who inspired decades of students including Dave Eggers, dies at 77
For a while, he wrote for the Tribune and his most recent novel was adapted into a play. But perhaps his greatest work was in the classroom at Lake Forest...
Column: Singer Spider Saloff came to the Gold Star Sardine Bar and decided to stay
“Occasionally, some young person will come up to me after a show and ask, ‘Did you write such-and-such-song?’ And I’ll smile and say, ‘No, that was Cole Porter.’ Isn’t that...
The magic number is 120, but Chicago White Sox fans will tell you it’s just a number
When your team wins, it is a shot in the arm to your self-esteem. When it loses there is a loss of self-esteem. And we carry on. Think spring.
As the Morton Salt complex was given a new life, a photographer captured the transformation
What's now the Salt Shed was rebuilt from a shuttered industrial building. Sandra Steinbrecher's new book shows how she was there to capture the change.
Irish American Movie Hooley hits the 10-year mark with 3 winning films
Taking place over three days at the Wilmette Theatre, the 2024 festival begins with the documentary “Sins of Ireland.”
WTTW’s new season of ‘Chicago Stories’ gives us Riverview, the Black Sox and poor Bobby Franks
As usual, it is eight hour-long programs with all manner of internet extras and packed with such familiar people and places as Hugh Hefner, Al Capone and Riverview.
On Printers Row and beyond, Chicago is a literary playground
Printers Row Lit Fest over the weekend was so alive with activities and punctuated our vitality as a literary center.
Miles Harvey’s short stories in ‘Registry of Forgotten Objects’ travel from rural Indiana to a dystopian future
His debut collection of 12 stories is set among a wide variety of places and characters. "I love the idea that someone will discover it.”
Film tells the time-traveling story of a musical duet between Paul Marinaro and his father Joseph
"You Will Be My Music" documentary will have two screenings this weekend, with a live performance by the Paul Marinaro Quintet.