Column: Opening Day is upon us, and the new baseball book ‘Justice Batted Last’ hits a homer By Rick Kogan March 5, 2025 at 5:00 a.m. Another baseball season, heavy with hope, begins on March 17 with the first of two...
Short fiction, essays by ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ author Harper Lee to be published in October By Associated Press March 4, 2025 at 4:05 p.m. Essays and early short stories by “To Kill a Mockingbird” author Harper Lee will be...
Biblioracle: Oprah and I agree that you should read ‘Dream State’ by Eric Puchner By John Warner March 1, 2025 at 5:00 a.m. It is a novel about marriage and friendship and parenting and the way those acts...
Semicolon bookstore will go on after community steps up to save the beloved institution By Shanzeh Ahmad March 1, 2025 at 5:00 a.m. A fundraising campaign now aims to help owner Danielle Moore open a coffee shop that...
Biblioracle: Tom Robbins has died at 92. He was one of the writers who shaped me. By John Warner February 22, 2025 at 5:00 a.m. In a lot of ways, my reading has made me, and Tom Robbins is one...
Oh, no! There goes Chicago! Godzilla finally gets to the Midwest in new comic book By Christopher Borrelli February 20, 2025 at 5:45 a.m. As if Chicago didn’t have enough problems. Here comes Godzilla, as in Gojira, the Big...
How George E. Johnson made millions in the hair care industry while following the Golden Rule By Christopher Borrelli February 19, 2025 at 9:24 a.m. The founder of Johnson Products Co., as he insists in his new memoir, “Afro Sheen:...
Black History Celebration in South Holland highlights songs and sites of freedom seekers By Susan DeGrane February 19, 2025 at 12:00 p.m. First Reformed Church of South Holland, an Underground Railroad site, will host the Midwest Underground...
Biblioracle: A new biography of television’s Norman Lear shows just how remarkable he was By John Warner February 15, 2025 at 5:00 a.m. "Norman Lear: His Life and Times" by Tripp Whetsell tells the story of the legendary...
30 things to know about ‘Saturday Night Live’ ahead of the 50th anniversary special By Christopher Borrelli February 17, 2025 at 3:05 p.m. You already know a lot of Chicagoans have ended up on "Saturday Night Live" over...