On Oct. 4, 1970, rock singer Janis Joplin was found dead in her Hollywood hotel room at age 27.
Today in History: Janis Joplin found dead
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‘Joker: Folie à Deux’ review: The Gotham jukebox musical, co-starring Lady Gaga. Millions of ‘Joker’ fans will haaaaate. I like it.
“Joker 2” is, yes, a jukebox musical and a fascinating apology for the first “Joker.” Millions will haaaaaaate it. I like it.
Potempa: Friendly felines, Babyface, Air Supply and stage openings fill first weekend of October opportunities
It was a year ago on Halloween weekend when the celebrated occasion was all treat and no trick to herald the 300th cat adoption magic moment recognized on Oct. 29, courtesy of a team-up for Second Chance 4 Pets with The Region Cat Café, 281 W. 80th Place in Merrillville.
Will County woods get a financial boost from 10-year-old Nature Foundation
Despite being “still in our infancy,” the 10-year-old Nature Foundation of Will County has raised almost $2 million for forest preserves.
Column: Searching for the Chicago Blackhawks and Bulls on TV is like a trip back to the 1980s
The pursuit of an antenna to watch CHSN, the new station for the Bulls, Blackhawks and White Sox on free TV, was like a trip back to the 1980s.
‘The Franchise’ review: What’s the opposite of satire? HBO’s comedy skewering the movie business attempts to find out
The HBO series purports to skewer the chaos and absurdity of big-budget comic book movie adaptations, but has nothing new to say — or even any real bite.
‘Saturday Night’ review: Skimming the surface of the very first ‘SNL’
Director and co-writer Jason Reitman imagines the 90-minute run-up to the bedraggled but momentous 1975 premiere of NBC’s “Saturday Night.”
Review: ‘Leonora’ at Chicago Opera Theater is a shakily delivered discovery
Lyric Opera and Chicago Opera Theater present two versions of the same story this week: Beethoven’s more famous “Fidelio” and his Italian contemporary Ferdinando Paër’s “Leonora.”
Review: In ‘Yellow Face’ on Broadway, David Henry Hwang has some fun with a thorny question
Back in 1990, the playwright David Henry Hwang protested a decision to bring “Miss Saigon” to Broadway with Jonathan Pryce cast as an Asian character.
Palos Goes Pink event returns with fun, fitness for breast cancer research
“It’s a cause that touches so many lives … but there’s also so much profound hope for treatments and cures for this disease,” organizers said.