Steve Knopper

By now, blues fans are accustomed to long-gone images of extreme poverty in Mississippi, Tennessee, Louisiana and Chicago's South and West Sides. Photographer Jeff Dunas captures this experience-as seen in...

Thankfully, it's unlikely the Tournament of Destruction, coming next weekend to Joliet, will result in any property damage other than a few bashed-up cars on a speedway. The tournament is...

While shaking hands with Mickey Mouse, one must resist the urge to look him in the eye and ask why Goofy can talk but Pluto can't. Dressed safari-style, Mickey and...

Video probably won't kill the poetry star, either. So it's safe to attend the Eighth National Poetry Video Festival, a six-hour merging of fancy lighting, readings via radio and the...

Bassist Jeff Ament is the biggest fish, famewise, in Three Fish, a world-music trio that mixes chanting, Indian-style percussion and Eastern pop melodies. His other band - Pearl Jam -...

Oddly, when Nat King Cole sang about getting his kicks on Route 66, he didn't mention the Standard gas station in Odell, Ill. Despite this glaring oversight -- how can...

Bill Murray fans watching "Rushmore" knew the thespian was capable of just doing a noogie explosion from his late-'70s days or of recalling his "Caddyshack" gopher obsession, but in the...

To non-marine biologists, the most amazing thing about the Shedd Aquarium's 90,000-gallon Caribbean Reef is that the big mean fish, however well fed, don't eat the tiny pretty fish. Even...

Corey Harris Greens From the Garden (Alligator) Wide-eyed and world-weary, this 30-year-old Virginia singer-guitarist spins a lively concept album from an offhand comment Chicago's Buddy Guy once made backstage --...

Robert Cray Take Your Shoes Off (Rykodisc) Darker than his recent material, but less sprightly than the "Strong Persuader" phase that made this singer-guitarist a star, "Take Your Shoes Off"...