Column: Nick Digilio is surviving the movie critic world and has ’40 Films’ to prove it By Rick Kogan December 11, 2025 at 5:00 a.m. This memoir of sorts, published by Chicago's Eckhartz Press, takes us through years of his...
Biblioracle: Takeaways from a talk with Percival Everett By John Warner December 6, 2025 at 5:00 a.m. Listening to Percival Everett at a recent convention, I tried to piece together something concrete...
Holiday book guide 2025: The best gift books of the season, paired to some very specific people By Christopher Borrelli December 5, 2025 at 2:45 p.m. The secret to a happy pairing? Being honest about who that person is, not who...
Holiday gifts from museum shops let you wrap a bow on Chicago culture By Amy Bizzarri May 22, 2026 at 7:46 p.m. These museum shops are brimming with festive cards, clever stocking stuffers and unique items that...
Column: Photographer Sandro Miller’s new book celebrates 50 years of faces By Rick Kogan December 3, 2025 at 10:19 a.m. “On Earth as It Is Not in Heaven” collects many of his portraits of athletes,...
The 10 best books of 2025: Censorship, crime and compassion By Christopher Borrelli December 3, 2025 at 5:45 a.m. From "Clam Down" to "Murderland," these are the 10 books out of my tall stack...
Clarendon Hills gets its first poet laureate in two-year post By Chuck Fieldman December 2, 2025 at 10:54 a.m. Clarendon Hills resident David W. Berner has been named as the village's first poet laureate.
Author Roger Day Bain returns to discuss his ‘social history’ of Clarendon Hills By Chuck Fieldman December 1, 2025 at 12:04 p.m. Author Roger Day Bain, a former Clarendon Hills resident, to present a reading of excerpts...
A year after Barnes & Noble opens in Wicker Park, nearby indie bookstore forced to close By Rebecca Johnson December 1, 2025 at 5:00 a.m. Volumes Bookcafe, which has been open for a decade, immediately saw a “significant” drop in...
Biblioracle: What to give the book lover in your life By John Warner November 29, 2025 at 5:00 a.m. Maybe you want a gift for the book lover in your life that's a little...