Hailed for her "thrilling power of momentum," Maria Tallchief, was one of the 20th century's greatest ballerinas, key player in the art of George Balanchine and later a force in...
Hailed for her "thrilling power of momentum," Maria Tallchief, was one of the 20th century's greatest ballerinas, key player in the art of George Balanchine and later a force in...
"Oh, my word, what are you all doing?" asked Patty Ingersoll, a customer from Lake Forest who arrived with a station wagon full of rare books. Indeed, tumult is not...
First came the big horn-honking parade, with many floats, along Devon Avenue. On Sunday afternoon, the street was aflutter with the national flag of Pakistan, dark green with a white...
"It's a tough issue," puppet master Vonny Kleinman said Saturday, standing in a supermarket parking lot as dozens of kids made ready to march up Milwaukee Avenue and through the...
Frank, feisty, funny, with a voice as brash as her advice, Eppie Lederer?better known as Ann Landers, advice-giver to the world?had a ready answer for people who wondered why strangers...
Yes, the economy could be wilting, with signs of droop on many fronts. On the other wrist--as they say--there is one business that is all but recession-proof. It is the...
Clearly, the bicycle with helicopter blades shaped to look like angel wings was the opening-night hit at the Critical Mass Art Show. Lamentably, the idea still needs work. Yes, a...
Many of the stories sounded like the evening news. Raids on villages by Khmer Rouge soldiers. Hiding in a bomb shelter in Jordan. Fleeing a big house in Mogadishu after...
Starting small, two dozen fledgling poets took things into their own hands Wednesday and tried to make something out of, say, a bar of soap. Or a sponge. Or a...