The storm that moved rapidly through the county Tuesday night severely damaged Bernie’s Book Bank’s Lake Bluff warehouse, shearing off part of its roof due to high winds. Nearly 50,000 books planned to be distributed free to at-risk Chicagoland students were exposed to rainwater and weather debris. Staff and volunteers …
Read More »Bruce Springsteen postpones September shows
The boss takes an unexpected breath and postpones the September shows on doctors’ orders. Bruce Springsteen He announced on his website Wednesday that he was postponing the shows for the rest of the month as he received treatment for symptoms of “peptic ulcer disease.” The disease causes ulcers to form …
Read More »Bob Odenkirk and Henry Winkler will sign books at Anderson’s in Naperville
Many famous authors will meet their fans this fall, courtesy of Anderson’s Bookshop in Naperville. While publishers look forward to the holiday season, fall is the biggest time of year for author visits, and Anderson’s Bookshops has a robust schedule for booklovers of all ages to meet their favorite authors, …
Read More »Jimmy Fallon allegations and Strike Force Five
According to a report in Rolling StoneFormer and current employees of NBC’s “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” say their workplaces have been toxic for years and are “far beyond what’s considered normal in the high-pressure world of late-night TV.” He points to Fallon’s “erratic behavior” as a factor. The …
Read More »“Sitting in Bars with Cake”
It’s right there in the trailer: Cake and cancer. What’s less obvious in the same trailer for the new Amazon Prime Video special “Sitting in Bars with Cake,” premiering Sept. 8, is the remarkable effectiveness and genuine emotion found in Audrey Shulman’s adaptation of her 2015 book, based on her …
Read More »Chicago Humanities Festival is coming up with a program full of eliminations in the fall of 2023
The fall schedule for the 2023 Chicago Humanities Festival is here, but before you bust your eyes out to check out the ambitious spread of 50-plus events spread over two months (September 17 – November 15) Millie Bobby Brown (September 17) or plan your autumn weekends according to the relentless …
Read More »The 10 best comedy series in Chicago for fall 2023
This is quickly turning into a major embarrassment of riches when you start dissecting the upcoming fall comedy season. We apologize in advance to all the valued actors and artists not included in this list, from Second City to Laugh Factory. To be as fair as possible, let’s skip over …
Read More »Wall Street, Hollywood’s biggest enemy
Do the CEOs of today’s media companies love cinema and television? Hollywood writers and actors wonder this out loud, and it’s a fair question. Because if we’re talking about perceptions? It seems that these high-paid executives may be selling furniture or cars all they care about. But even the CEOs …
Read More »The best Chicago jazz concerts of fall 2023
I hope you rested after the Chicago Jazz Festival, because that was just the beginning. From the Englewood Jazz Festival just around the corner to Kurt Rosenwinkel at the Jazz Showcase, it’s a time when jazz in the city has dropped one after another. In fact, I’m embarrassed to say …
Read More »Recovered from the wrecking ball, the house built in 1851 will be Will County’s first African-American history museum
The National Trust for Historic Preservation and similar groups believe that saving historic buildings and sites is important because they help tell the full American story and remind us of our shared heritage. Once a historical site is destroyed, it is gone forever. Fortunately for the George Washington Casseday House …
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