Remembering Jay Robert Nash, a prolific writer with a huge personality
He wrote dozens of books and spun countless tales, many of them in Chicago taverns and some of them true. He died on April 22 at age 86.
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From Devo to women’s soccer, Doc10 film fest shows us the real world
The Doc10 documentary film festival is a spirited gathering that will go a long way to redefining whatever it is you think of when you think âdocumentary.â
Musician Steve Rashid plans a concert in Evanston at the Studio5 venue he helped create
As writer Maya Angelou once put it, âYou can't use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.â
Callie Siskel’s poetry book ‘Two Minds’ connects with her late father Gene Siskel
Her first book âTwo Mindsâ is a collection of nearly 50 poems dedicated to her father. It's a celebration more than elegy.
Un lugar del lado sur para escuchar historias de ‘voces autĂ©nticas de Chicago,’ asĂ es The Frunchroom
Contar historias es tan antiguo como el tiempo y la fogata mås cercana, y aunque vivimos en una era electrónica cada vez mås gélida, en ciertos rincones de la ciudad...
Times change, but City News Cafe stays the course as the place with thousands of magazines
The store often attracts customers from nearby states such as Indiana, Wisconsin, Michigan and Iowa.
A South Side place to hear stories from ‘authentic Chicago voices,’ that’s The Frunchroom
In 2015, Scott Smith started The Frunchroom, a place on the South Side for public reading events.
Column: There once was a time when our city was the country music capital
Some say that without Chicago, and without âNational Barn Danceâ on WLS radio, there would have been no Grand Ole Opry.
WTTW’s Geoffrey Baer explores the mysteries around us
âChicago Mysteriesâ premieres April 16. When you get to know secrets and solve mysteries, does that not take some of the fun out of life? Not in this case.
Column: A new baseball season brings back Updike, Brashler and Plimpton
Literature has ever shadowed baseball. There has been writing nearly as great as baseball writing in horse racing and in boxing, but baseball has topped all.