Shawn Okpebholo’s music sings of Chicago, from its waterways to its architecture to its ugly history.
Chicagoan of the Year in Classical Music: Composer Shawn Okpebholo’s music always means something
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Greg Kot and Jim DeRogatis keep discussing tunes on ‘Sound Opinions.’ Their 1,000th episode is in January.
The hosts of the long-running radio program know a lot about music and have been writing and talking about it for decades. But they never consider themselves the final word.
Today in History: ‘The Simpsons’ made its debut
On Dec. 17, 1989, the animated television show ‘The Simpsons’ made its debut.
Review: In ‘Eureka Day’ on Broadway, idealism at a private elementary school only goes so far
NEW YORK — Among myriad pandemic horrors was the Zoom school board meeting, a soul-sucking collection of faces in little boxes, raising digital hands and arguing over who is on mute. Often, an entirely different and far more salacious meeting was taking place in the chat channel. One such hilariously unhinged chat appears for a […]
Popeye and Tintin enter the public domain in 2025 along with novels from William Faulkner and Ernest Hemingway
This year’s crop of newly public artistic creations lacks the landmark vibes of last year’s entrance of Mickey Mouse into the public domain. But they include a deep well of canonical works whose 95-year copyright maximums will expire. And the Disney icon’s public domain presence expands.
Michigan library says Chicago man can keep overdue book — 50 years later
Fifty years later, a man who grew up in suburban Detroit tried to return a very overdue baseball book to his boyhood library.
Former TV host Carlos Watson gets nearly 10 years in prison in case about failed startup Ozy Media
Former talk show host Carlos Watson was sentenced Monday to nearly 10 years in prison in a federal financial conspiracy case that cast his once-buzzy Ozy Media as an extreme of fake-it-’til-you-make-it startup culture.
Review: Tony Kushner’s powerful ‘Bright Room Called Day’ is set in last days of the Weimar Republic
As staged by the talented Blank Theatre Company, a group of friends gather in Berlin to try to understand their moment.
‘Kraven the Hunter’ flops while ‘Moana 2’ tops the box office again
The Spider-Man spinoff “Kraven the Hunter” got off to a disastrous start in North American theaters this weekend.
Detroit-area library says Chicago man can keep overdue baseball book — 50 years later
Fifty years later, a man who grew up in suburban Detroit tried to return a very overdue baseball book to his boyhood library.