Fore! Beware, it’s ‘shankopotamus’
Long after E-Trade's talking baby ads (etrade.com/tvads) are forgotten, part of one might live on in country club locker rooms. That's the part where the baby disses a golfer as...
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Whither ye olde Art Institute armor?
Q. What happened to the display of medieval armor that used to be on the first floor of the Art Institute? A. An Institute spokeswoman noted that the museum is...
The philosophy of ‘Oz’
"The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" by Lyman Frank Baum, and the later movie "The Wizard of Oz," the rock musical "The Wiz," the Elton John album "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road"...
Whatever happened to …?
Back in September, we told you about Barney Smith of Fairmount, Ind. Smith works the night shift in a warehouse and in August found himself at the podium at the...
Local auction to offer historic drawings of Empire State Building
New York's Empire State Building is so much more than a perch for a giant gorilla. The Art Deco building is an icon, No. 1 on the American Institute of...
Firm’s salvation during Prohibition: Churches
Seventy-five years ago Friday, America ended Prohibition's 14-year dry spell. For that time, it was illegal to make, sell, transport or possess alcoholic beverages. Bootleggers like Al Capone would get...
This is one memorable performance
Most people have a hard time memorizing a co-worker's coffee order. Scott Shepherd of the innovative New York theater company Elevator Repair Service memorized an entire book: F. Scott Fitzgerald's...
Chicagoans get non-fiction, fiction prizes
On Sunday afternoon, in the newly refurbished First United Methodist Church in Chicago, the Tribune's Heartland Prize for Fiction went to Aleksandar Hemon for "The Lazarus Project." The book is...
Burnham’s results
If you've ever shopped on Michigan Avenue, you've walked through the Burnham Plan's legacy. That's also true if you've been to Navy Pier. Or if you've gone on a bike...
A cool, sweet way of life
They are a common summer sight, especially in Hispanic neighborhoods. These push and bicycle carts come accompanied by the ringing of bells and the chance for a frozen tamarind ice...