Column: Forty years of book and author memories at Lit Fest
I have attended every one of these summer tributes to the written word. I'll be back at this 40th anniversary edition with a few author presentations.
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Column: Bill Kurtis writes of the adventures of his ‘Whirlwind’ life as a TV news anchorman
It’s understandable if you know Bill Kurtis only as an anchorman. Read his new autobiography for more, in bookstores in September.
Column: New book ‘Something Big’ revisits the Brown’s Chicken massacre
The mass murder in suburban Palatine in 1993 continues to affect lives today. Author Patrick Wohl looks back at that horror and how its story was told.
Column: Abbott Kahler’s ‘Eden Undone’ tells the story of how a nightmare was created on a lonely island
This nonfiction story, subtitled "A True Story of Sex, Murder, and Utopia at the Dawn of World War II," is also the subject of the new Ron Howard film "Eden."
Column: Remembering Jim Dooley of The Dooley Brothers, the man and his music
Jim and his musical family had performed in Chicago for many years. They were once called “the longest continuously running band in the Chicago area after the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.”
Column: Remembering astronaut Jim Lovell, one of a rare kind
It is a long way from Lake Forest to the moon — 240,000 miles, give or take — and Jim Lovell made that trip twice, seeing things that few people...
Column: A new podcast seeks to put you in ‘Hamlet’s’ head
Jeremy McCarter of the Make-Believe Association has created a podcast version of Shakespeare's play that puts you inside his thoughts, and him in yours.
Column: Celebrating the one and only Tom Lehrer, the satirical voice of generations
Tom Lehrer died on July 26 at 97, living in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Column: On an August anniversary, memories of the atomic bomb from a crew member who dropped it on Nagasaki
The late Ray Gallagher of Chicago's Gage Park neighborhood was an assistant flight engineer on the B-29 that dropped the bomb on the Japanese city of Nagasaki 80 years ago.
Column: New Richard Hunt exhibit takes the measure of the artist and the man
“Freedom in Form: Richard Hunt” at the Loyola University Museum of Art displays much of the artist's work, with the exception of the huge outdoor monuments and sculptures that can...