Steve Knopper

Supposedly, 2000's most important photographs involved Elian Gonzalez with federal agents and political protesters facing off in Florida. But as Chicago in the Year 2000's "You Are Here" exhibit proves,...

Borrowing liberally from the Easter Bunny, every year the Morton Arboretum hides a Yule Log on the grounds and dares kids to find it. Under normal December circumstances, this is...

Random "Messiah" trivia: * George Frideric Handel's career really took off when his boss, the prince of Hanover, became King George I in 1714. * Handel wrote the three parts...

Expect licking -- lots of licking -- when more than 200 prize cats, from birmans to Persians, Siamese to Maine coons, gather for the Chicago Shorthair Cat Club's one--day show....

As medical advances have shifted HIV-positive people's lives from bleak to hopeful, World AIDS Day has shifted from mournful to celebratory. So on Friday, the Chicago Cultural Center features cabaret...

Can Columbia College come up with 1,700 haiku by year's end? So far, organizers have compiled 300 of the 17-syllable Japanese-style poems, but they're hoping Wednesday's lunch-time (12:30 p.m.) Haiku...

Those who have had the trauma of saying "be good" for the last time to a beloved pet will be able to commemorate their friend's passing at the Tree House...

What did Ken Burns do, misspell "Thelonious"? Instead of riding the hype to his 10-part PBS film "Jazz" (beginning Jan. 8), the documentary filmmaker will probably spend much of his...

New Christmas carols rarely stick, but Lira Ensemble co-conductor Philip Sewards submits "Little King" for inclusion among "White Christmas" and "Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer." The song makes...

For many, storytelling events evoke the image of cross-legged tykes gathered around a bespectacled librarian with a book in her lap. But through "Tellabration! 2000," the Chicago Storytelling Guild attempts...