Steve Knopper

Ah, the good old days, when the Amazon was a mighty river and not some place on the Internet where you can buy "Everybody Poops." Paying tribute to the old-school...

The neo-big-band movement may have died, but swing music lives forever. "What You Won't Do for Love" singer Bobby Caldwell, a dedicated Frank Sinatra disciple, performs at 8:30 p.m. Saturday...

When John Lithgow was up for the dastardly bad-guy role in "Ricochet," the movie's producers received a mysterious package in the mail. It contained a videotape -- "John Lithgow's Kid-Size...

Resist Napster! Search for a super-rare vinyl copy of the Monks' 1965 masterpiece "Black Monk Time" among the other CDs, LPs, cassette tapes, videotapes, musical instruments, sheet music and jukeboxes...

Almost everybodyis invited to sing. You know those little devices that moo like cows or quack like ducks when you turn them over? Don't bring them to the Chicago Symphony...

The ultimate Viking Master, Randy Moss, probably won't make a surprise appearance, but the Scandinavian Day Viking Festival still has the Ancient Nordic Games, Viking Village, the Nordic Folk Dancers...

Looking for The One? Invite a date to the Lyric Opera Orchestra's Grant Park concert and pay close attention; if tears show up, you've found a soulmate! (Hey, it worked...

Until John Cusack's character in "Being John Malkovich" turned puppeteers into debauched brain invaders, they were plain-old animators who just wanted to entertain the kids. Then there will be the...

The 16th annual American Craft Exposition has glass. The 16th annual Port Clinton Art Festival has jewelry. American has ceramics. Port Clinton has watercolors. American has baskets. Port Clinton has...

And you thought squirrels were good only for acorn-gathering and telephone-wire-scampering. Twiggy, star of the In-Water Boat Show, will water-ski. The Neo-Futurists have spotted so many Chicago squirrels wearing miniature...