Tim Bannon

Welcome to the last installment of our admittedly Eurocentric, somewhat Anglophiliac, U.S.-heavy and Chicago-focused chronicle of the most important cutural events of the last 1,000 years. (Movie) 1968. "2001: A...

1914-World War I, which will destroy a large percentage of the young artists of Europe and will drastically affect the creative thinking of those who live through it, begins. (Visual...

(Visual art) 1946-Detroit photographer Harry Callahan comes to Chicago to teach at the Institute of Design and embarks on a series of masterpieces that becomes chamber music for the eye....

Last Sunday we began the daunting chronicle of the pivotal cutural events in the last 1,000 years. What follows is Part 2 of our admittedly Eurocentric, somewhat Anglophiliac, U.S.-heavy and...

(Music) 1889-The "divine" Claudia Muzio, one of the most celebrated dramatic sopranos of the first half of the 20th Century (especially in Chicago, where she reigned supreme from 1922 to...

November "Babe: Pig in the City." After squabbling with director Chris Noonan over who really deserved credit for the magical original, "Babe" producer (and "Mad Max"/"Lorenzo's Oil" director) George Miller...

Don't get us wrong, we love the film. But as with anything you think about too much, see too many times, the cracks start to show. Here are 20 problems...

As the year's spectacular parade of cultural events and personalities passed by, we laughed, we cried, we cringed - and we took notes. Without further ado, may we present the...

"Hercules Summer Spectacular": Is it quality entertainment? Yes. Is it worth $45? No. The "Hercules Summer Spectacular," playing at the Chicago Theatre through Thursday, opens with a half-hour live commercial...

Iowa Sen. Tom Harkin last week compared President Clinton's efforts to stop cloning to the medieval Catholic Church's attempts to silence whom? (Perspective section, Page 1.) 1. The Palm Springs,...