Steve Knopper

When teens get together, they: a) break stuff b) listen to 'N Sync until they drive you OUT OF YOUR MIND c) dabble in sex and drugs d) break stuff...

When you're a tiny modern dance company with lots of energy but little money, mounting a new work by yourself can be almost impossible. But for the past seven years...

Whenever you see Charlie Chaplin prospecting for gold in the Arctic tundra, say, or eating his shoe, it just wouldn't seem right without a wobbly player piano droning in the...

"How did I get here?" is the big question Spalding Gray asks after he's narrowed his lens from a church cemetery across the street to his sleeping infant son. The...

A tip, before attending "Pokemon-Live!" at the Rosemont Theatre this weekend: It's considered bad manners to jump on stage, drag the real-life versions of Pikachu, Jigglypuff and Meowth back to...

Ancient Chinese thinker Tsou Yen's changing-elements theory of nature -- metal, wood, water, fire and earth make up pretty much everything -- didn't account for fast-food chicken nuggets. But oversights...

You think your mother screwed you up? The baby in North Carolina novelist Allan Gurganus' short story "Nativity, Caucasian" arrives during a neighborhood contract-bridge tournament. Gurganus, along with Jack London,...

Chicagoans have long known the best way to experience the city is through forest and trees -- with sweeping skyline views, and tight images of people and neighborhoods. Upcoming photo...

This week, the Arts Watch page is featuring the best and worst concerts of the year as chosen by Tribune freelancers and staff writers; today's lists are by music writers...

The Chicago Bulls could learn from the Holiday Sports Festival 2000-above-average basketball players are fun to watch, but what if you could play Wiffle Ball during halftime? Or kickball, badminton,...