Second City Co-Founder Bernie Sahlins Dies At 90
A University of Chicago graduate, Sahlins helped create The Second City theater in 1959 with business partners Howard Alk and Paul Sills.
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A University of Chicago graduate, Sahlins helped create The Second City theater in 1959 with business partners Howard Alk and Paul Sills.
This Thursday could be an important day for a long-neglected piece of Chicago blues history, reports WBBM's Kris Kridel.
David Cross isn't afraid to be abrasive. His generally unthreatening physical presence hides a soul eager for social anarchy.
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At the Coffee Fest trade show at Navy Pier - after surviving five elimination rounds, the last two baristas standing squared off on who had the better design in the "Latte Art" competition.
Bruno Bartoletti, an orchestra conductor who was associated with the Lyric Opera of Chicago for a half-century, and who championed modern opera as well as classic works, died on Sunday in his native Tuscany, a day before his 87th birthday.
There are some Chicago connections to the Tony Awards being handed out tonight for the best of Broadway. The story from WBBM's Regine Schlesinger.
Gathering today south of Chicago's loop are America's authors and the people who read their books on paper or on screen. The author's job after the writing is over has changed radically over the years, as John Cody reports.
Brad Pitt has been making surprise appearances at screenings of his new zombie film, "World War Z," and he showed up at a screening in Chicago last night.
Blues fans filled the Pritzker Pavilion in Millennium Park on Thursday for the first night of the 30th Annual Chicago Blues Festival.
It seems like the Chicago Sun-Times has a new supporter of their decision to fire their photographers: Stephen Colbert. Of course, Stephen Colbert is one person whose support you don't necessarily want.
A rapper associated with Chief Keef, the teen who's made news for his music and arrests, was arrested again for a gun violation early Wednesday in the South Side Englewood neighborhood.
During the final night of their three-night stand in Chicago, the Rolling Stones invited Taylor Swift on stage as their guest vocalist for the evening. And for the song choice, they reached far back into their catalog, all the way to 1964.
The Taste of Chicago restaurant lineup is out for this year, and there are some new offerings on the menu.
Star of "How I Met Your Mother," Neil Patrick Harris, will host the 65th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards which will air live on CBS, the network announced Wednesday.
