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The truth about Eliot Ness
Nobody knows anything. That's Oscar-winning screenwriter William Goldman's famous dictum about Hollywood executives, but it applies just as well to Chicago aldermen. For the sake of brevity, let's take just...
ATTENTION SCI-FI/COMIC FANS
"Live long and prosper." Walter Koenig will likely utter that famous phrase at this weekend's sci-fi/comic convention, Wizard World, at the Rosemont Convention Center, and he'll really mean it. After...
A GARDEN VARIETY
Ernest Hemingway once said that his birthplace, Oak Park, was a town of "broad lawns and narrow minds." But the people of Oak Park don't hold a grudge. They are...
MEMORY LANE
Ever wish you had the first Sports Illustrated to feature Michael Jordan on the cover, back when His Airness was merely a fresh-faced North Carolina frosh? Magazine Memories (6006 Dempster...
HARLAN ELLISON
Chicago used to be home for Harlan Ellison - and he doesn't like to be reminded of it. "It was two of the most unpleasant years of my life," the...
A RESPITE FROM HOLIDAY MADNESS
The Magnificent Mile is indeed magnificent, but in the frenzied run-up to Dec. 25, you might need to take a breather from the famous shopping strip. The Archbishop Quigley Preparatory...