Suzan-Lori Parks’ masterwork is now in a new Chicago production by Gift Theatre.
Review: Even a less explosive ‘Topdog/Underdog’ is still a great play
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Christkindlmarket mugs unveiled for 2024 — the boot is back in Aurora and Chicago
For those eagerly awaiting the shape of this year’s Christkindlmarket mug design — the boot is back.
Joffrey Academy of Dance is being renamed following $5 million donation
The donation allows the Grainger Academy of the Joffrey Ballet to continue offering scholarships to dancers in training.
Hoda Kotb says she is leaving NBC’s ‘Today’ show early next year
Hoda Kotb, a fixture at NBC for more than two decades, says she will leave her morning perch on the “Today” early next year, telling staffers “it’s time.”
Column: On its 40th anniversary, ‘Murder, She Wrote’ remains one of the best of its kind
A look at what makes the show and Angela Lansbury’s performance of Jessica Fletcher so enduring … and why those qualities are missing in more recent case-of-the-week shows.
Now available: ‘Holiday Cookies, 2nd Edition,’ our updated collection of the best reader-submitted holiday cookie recipes
An updated and expanded version of the Tribune’s “Holiday Cookies” book is now available.
Silver lining for White Sox fans? History, say fans of other losing sports teams: ‘Once you’ve been down so long, what’s a little lower?’
Die-hard sport fans don’t root for their teams to lose. Until they’re about to make history, that is. With the Chicago White Sox poised to capture the record for most losses in a modern MLB season with less than a week of games, its fans are finding themselves in the previously unthinkable position of wishing for the next defeat. It’s a feeling other fans of historically losing teams have, unenviably, experienced. “Once you’ve been down so long, what’s a little lower?” asked Michael Campbell, a lifelong Detroit Lions fan who moved to Chicago from Michigan shortly before the team went […]
Coca-Cola Spiced is getting canceled after 7 months on the market
Coca-Cola Co. is discontinuing its newest “permanent” flavor a little more than seven months after putting it on the market.
Anna Sorokin eliminated from ‘Dancing With the Stars’ in first round of cuts
Anna Sorokin, the convicted con artist who swindled banks, hotels and friends under the guise of being a “heiress” named Anna Delvey, has reached the end of her run on “Dancing With the Stars.”
New gallery director at Prairie State College focuses on diversity
Seasoned fine arts professor and artist Javier Chavira plans to feature thought-provoking art at Prairie State College’s gallery.