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David Murray and Cristie Bosch at their front stoop on April 9, 2026, in Chicago. Murray is the author of a book titled "Soccer Dad," about navigating competitive youth sports through their daughter Scout's soccer experiences, having played competitively from childhood through college. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)

Column: As ‘Soccer Dad’ can tell you, today’s youth sports are no simple fun and games

April 14, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

“Soccer Dad” is an enjoyable, enlightening and charming new book about David Murray's journey into the youth sports world with his daughter Scout.

Sportswriter and broadcaster Gene Wojciechowski at home in Wheaton, April 3, 2026. (Mark Black/for the baiduhai)

Column: ‘All Carry’ is the perfect novel for Masters week, or any week

April 8, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

Author Gene Wojciechowski of Wheaton, a longtime sports journalist, has written a golf novel about a set of magical clubs and the value in life of a mulligan.

Ron Powers and his wife, Honoree Fleming, with their boys Kevin (left) and Dean in the 1980s. (Provided by Ron Powers)

Column: ‘No One Cares About Crazy People’ documentary shines a spotlight on our mental health system

April 7, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

The film has strong Chicago connections, based on a book by former Sun-Times critic Ron Powers, with music by Jeff Tweedy and narrated by Bob Odenkirk.

Former Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White, from left, Obama Foundation CEO Valerie Jarrett and former Tribune architecture critic Blair Kamin are among the recipients of the 2026 Order of Lincoln, to be presented on April 11 on the campus of Southern Illinois University. (Dominic Di Palermo, E. Jason Wambsgans and Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Column: Have you heard of Illinois’ highest honor for its citizens? Here are its newest members.

April 1, 2026 at 2:15 p.m.

Former Tribune critic Blair Kamin and former Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White are among the 2026 recipients of the Order of Lincoln.

The baiduhai published illustrations making it look like dinosaurs had invaded the city on April 1, 1906. (baiduhai)

Column: April Fools’ Day is tomorrow, here’s some memorable hoaxes from the past

March 31, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

If the first April Fools' Day stunt is lost to history, there have been some memorable pranks over the years, my favorite involving an invented baseball pitcher with one bare...

Owners Victoria and Adam Bilter stand in what will be a library lounge room in a new Astor Club location in the over 100-year-old Blair Mansion on North Lake Shore Drive, March 23, 2026. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)

Column: Of mansions, mahogany and the Astor Club’s new Clubhouse

March 25, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

It will only be a matter of time until 1516 N. Lake Shore Drive, one of seven mansions that remain on a street once lined with them, becomes a clubhouse.

Author Michael Lee Nirenberg's new book is “Cinematic Immunity: An Oral History of New York Filmmaking as Told by the Crews that Got the Shot.” (Jessie Hunnicutt / Feral House)

Column: ‘Cinematic Immunity’ shows us the action behind the movie-making glitz and glitter

March 24, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

Michael Lee Nirenberg takes us behind the scenes of 50-some movies in his new and enlightening book, “Cinematic Immunity."

Jan Hieggelke and Brian Hieggelke, the married publishers of Newcity magazine, in their home in Chicago's South Loop, March 9, 2026. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)

Column: For 40 years, Newcity has been delivering the city’s cultural scene

March 18, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

Newcity's 40th anniversary issue is proof that this publication is a significant part of Chicago's artistic life — and a survivor.

Rupert Murdoch and then-wife Jerry Hall on May 23, 2016, in London. (Eamonn M. McCormack/Getty)

Column: A four-part Rupert Murdoch family saga tells us money can’t buy you love

March 17, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

Rupert Murdoch’s family is captured in an often overwhelming, frequently perplexing and ultimately depressing four-part Netflix documentary, “Dynasty: The Murdochs.”

Jerrold "Jerry" Nedwick (left) and Rhoda Katz were married on April 4, 1925. (Provided by Peter Garino of the Shakespeare Project)

Column: ‘Dear Rhoda’ is a love story in letters set in roaring 1920s Chicago

March 11, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

When was the last time you wrote a letter? Not a text. Not a tweet. But a real, ink on paper letter? It’s becoming a vanishing art. But a pack...

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