Column: Charles Ponzi’s fascinating twist on the American Dream — as played by Sebastian Maniscalco
"Easy Money: The Charles Ponzi Story" is produced by Northbrook's Will Malnati, starring Sebastian Maniscalco as the famous swindler.
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Column: Rich Cohen’s ‘Murder in the Dollhouse’ takes us inside the death and life of Jennifer Dulos
Author Rich Cohen was recently in Winnetka to sign copies of his latest book, set in the wealthy town of New Canaan, Connecticut, and all about the famous disappearance of...
Column: For more than 40 years, sketch artist Andy Austin captured our courtrooms’ crimes and characters
As a resident of Astor Street in the Gold Coast, she was an unlikely figure to be a courtroom artist, but her sketches illustrated Chicago-area trials for decades.
Column: A high schooler gives voice to the StreetWise world
The 17-year-old Anthony Mateos of Evanston has written a book titled “Who We Are: Stories From the Chicago StreetWise Community.”
Column: Groucho Marx, playing one night only in the Loop
The actor and comedian Frank Ferrante, who has played Groucho for years on stage, is bringing "Groucho" to Teatro ZinZanni.
Column: Thar she blows! Chicago artist and writer Dmitry Samarov brings ‘Moby-Dick’ back to life
He's illustrated a new edition of Herman Melville's novel, now in the public domain. It begins with a striking image of a whale on the cover in black and white.
Column: Author Peter Ferry is back, as his novel ‘Old Heart’ becomes a movie
Producer Roger Rapoport will host a premiere screening in Chicago of the film about a Black veteran of World War II, who sets out to find the woman he met...
Column: Jazz singer Elaine Dame takes a new road with ‘Reminiscing’
The Chicago artist's career has spanned multiple albums as well as theater acting, both here and in Los Angeles.
Column: ‘Deep Dish’ tells the stories behind the Malnati pizza empire, including some difficult ones
“Deep Dish: Inside the First 50 Years of Lou Malnati's Pizza” is a surprising book in that it has a welcome lack of recipes but also because it is self-aware.
Column: Sign painting is not yet a lost art — these artists still create them by hand
Andrew and Kelsey McClellan, owners of Heart & Bone Signs, have been painting the town for more than a decade and also work to preserve the "ghost signs" of Chicago's...