Column: A Chicago tattoo artist helps women erase their past
Tattoo artist Ben Wahhh has founded Ink Relief, a charity that supports survivors of domestic violence and other painful pasts by providing cover-up tattoos.
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Column: The Green Mill has new owners, and the music plays on
The celebrated Chicago jazz club's longtime owner, Dave Jemilo, has sold it to Jason Cole and Jill Skintges, both Green Mill employees who say they plan to keep running it...
Column: ‘Holding Pattern’ is about the decades-long debate over an airport in Peotone
New documentary tells the story of a proposed south suburban airport, an elusive dream for some, a nightmare for others.
Column: If you have a jukebox in your head, you should listen to Michael Miles and Jill Kaeding
Michael Miles and Jill Kaeding's new album, “Great American Jukebox,” has 11 songs and echoes of the Great American Songbook.
Column: Remembering Chicago’s Judith Barnard, half of a bestselling novelist team
She and her husband Michael Fain wrote together as Judith Michael, and their novels were runaway bestsellers. The first became an NBC miniseries.
Column: AI, what? American Writers Festival will celebrate words written by humans.
The free festival is put on by the American Writers Museum and the Chicago Public Library, and will renew your faith in the written word.
Column: Remembering Tim O’Malley, a big comedic talent with an even bigger heart
He shared the Second City Mainstage with Bonnie Hunt, Tim Meadows, Bob Odenkirk and Chris Farley, later becoming a teacher and leading a program for fellow addicts.
Column: These books spread the gospel about the simple hamburger
Chicago writer Maggie Hennessy's first book is “Hamburger Bible.” George Motz wrote the cross-country odyssey "Hamburger America."
Column: Remembering Julian Frazin, a lawyer, judge and creative dynamo
Along with a career as a judge and attorney, he wrote "Miracle — the Musical" about the Cubs, as well as songs and children's books, and contributed to the annual...
Sam Sianis of the Billy Goat, Chicago’s most famous saloonkeeper, dies at 91
Sam Sianis, a Greek immigrant who became one of the most successful saloonkeepers and a popular figure in the sports and media worlds, died in Chicago early Friday morning. He...