Steve Knopper

Though it seems logistically difficult to eat salsa while salsa-dancing, the Taste of Chicago SummerDance workshop offers precisely that opportunity. The free dance event, which runs evenings during the massive...

We're not sure if the Hippie Memorial Festival in Arcola, Ill., refers to any dead hippies in particular, or if it's about, you know, the loss of '60s hippie innocence....

You'd expect any event featuring Guys With Day Jobs to have a populist bent. The free Fountain Square Arts Festival, which includes the rocking Guys, among other musicians, encourages onlookers...

Excuse the bad poetry, please, but we just couldn't resist an invitation like "haiku contest." It's one highlight of this weekend's Japanese Cultural Festival, with food, music, dance, martial arts...

When Leonardo DiCaprio was barely old enough to sing "Disco Duck," John Travolta posed in all manner of tight clothing and submitted to magazine interviews devoted entirely to his sex...

Some of the top jazz, classical and folk artists from Chicago-based Southport Records sing out all over the city this weekend. A whole bunch, including jazz singer April Aloisio and...

Shakespeare was wrong. All the world isn't a stage - it's a circus. Just when you think everything's under control, out comes a mocking clown or stomping elephant. Why fight...

Charles Schulz, it turns out, isn't the only artist to depict Snoopy, Charlie Brown, Lucy and the "Peanuts" gang. Almost 20 years ago, painter Tom Everhart blew up the familiar...

The humble crag in this veteran New Hampshire singer-guitarist's voice brings you just to the edge of drowsiness, but the rock 'n' roll in his spirit immediately brings you back....

Ruth Brown A Good Day for the Blues (Bullseye Blues) In a rare example of old R&B meeting new R&B, Ruth Brown, who is best known for belting '50s hits...