Steve Knopper

There's more to Michigan, it turns out, than auto workers and apple pickers. The Great Lakes State is filled with lederhosen-wearing dancers, cherry-pit spitters, Paw Paw wine drinkers and Tony...

The Shedd Aquarium will be fishing for some picky eaters this weekend as it unveils its "The Right Bite" pamphlet, to be distributed Friday through Sunday (Earth Day Weekend )....

Though Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle herself is expected not to attend, a musical adaptation of her star vehicle -- "Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle" -- will be the centerpiece of the illustrators' exhibit of the...

With due respect to the 3rd Annual Chicago Improv Festival, the funniest week in Chicago was when the Washington Bullets tried to beat the Bulls in the first round of...

If you see somebody dressed like the King of Poland Sunday afternoon, don't worry about bowing or anything. It's probably not the actual king. It's just a performer in Lira...

'N Sync isn't the only "boy band" that's hot these days. With no desire to be outdone, No Authority, (pictured), another teen pop boy band, will perform and sign autographs...

At the end of "Cinderella," the prince fits the beautiful woman with the glass slipper and they live happily ever after. But now you have even more to talk about...

If you're a celebrant of Latin American culture who grew up somewhere between Puerto Rico and Mexico, this is a weekend of tough decisions. The seventh annual free Del Corazon...

The knees of a certain generation of women still buckle whenever somebody says two sexy words: "Smokey Robinson." The singer-songwriter behind "Tears of a Clown" and "The Tracks of My...

Yes, we're sure you take a fascinating "tour" every day of the six blocks of suburban sprawl, 17 miles of freeway, one massive parking garage and two blocks of buildings...