Young singer-songwriter Alyssa Allgood makes the Jazz Showcase Wall of Fame
Alyssa Allgood started singing when she was in the sixth grade and she is singing still, as she was last weekend at Jazz Showcase, that South Loop treasure.
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Column: Amy Lechelt’s flower shop floats through town in a pink Mercedes
Amy Lechelt of Boho Bouquet Bar drives around in a 2003 Mercedes-Benz convertible painted a dazzling pink, its back seat filled with all types of flowers.
Column: Returning again to the Scopes ‘monkey trial,’ and what I learned
We've reached the 100th anniversary of the court case about teaching evolution in the classroom. Did you know that Scopes passed up offers of riches and instead came to the...
Column: Did you read your horoscope today?
Newspaper horoscopes are read by more people than you might imagine, millions of you.
Amelia Earhart soars back into the headlines in new book ‘The Aviator and the Showman’
“The Aviator and the Showman” by Laurie Gwen Shapiro is an exciting new book about Amelia Earhart that has already created buzz.
Column: Of fighting and surviving, ‘Baddest Man’ is a soaring biography of Mike Tyson
“Baddest Man: The Making of Mike Tyson,” moves from the boxer’s birth in 1966 to 1988, what writer Mark Kriegel calls “the year of (Tyson's) first public crack-up.”
Column: Author’s new creative outlet is writing songs, made into music via AI
Champ Clark's musical career recently came back to life and the reason is artificial intelligence.
Column: His books bring us stories from the quiltwork of America. His latest is ‘Coyotes and Stars’
Author Robert Wolf aims to create what he calls an “autobiography of America.”
Column: You know him as Pee-wee Herman — a new documentary dives into the life of Paul Reubens
In a compelling, two-part, three-hour-long HBO documentary, “Pee-wee as Himself,” we hear from fans and friends, but mostly from Paul Reubens himself.
Column: From Promontory Point to the lily pool in Lincoln Park, have you visited the creations of Alfred Caldwell?
He worked closely with Frank Lloyd Wright, Mies van der Rohe and others, but you may not know his name. He created some of the most stunning outdoor spaces in...