Steve Johnson
WBEZ hoping comedy podcast will also be popular on radio - June 7, 2011 - On the podcast "WTF With Marc Maron," extraordinary things happen. Gallagher, the prop comic who we learn is bitter over never having gotten his own talk show or sitcom, storms out of the hotel room where the interview is taking place when the questions from Maron get a little too tough.
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Chris Jones
'Brigadoon' is a bonnie trip through the highlands - June 7, 2011 - There's a full-on "Brigadoon" up in bonnie Evanston, replete with bagpipes, heather, tartans, warbling laddies and lassies and even a wee fog machine backstage belching out some of that special highland mist. Or a reasonable facsimile thereof.
Julia Keller
Lost literary era is found - June 3, 2011 - There are ghosts in Chicago: the ghosts of writers past.
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Greg Kot
Raphael Saadiq makes soul music feel like new - June 5, 2011 - Raphael Saadiq's love affair with the soul music of his parents' generation became explicit in the first moments of his concert Friday at a packed Park West.
Nina Metz
Thinking inside box nets intimate movie experience - June 2, 2011 - Even on her wedding day, a small-town bride finds she can't quite outshine her dazzling sister, an Angelina Jolie-esque creature played to obnoxious perfection by Carla Gallo ("Bones") in the 11-minute film "Perfect," one of eight shorts that will screen this weekend inside a repurposed shipping...
Michael Phillips
Quality notches two victories - June 2, 2011 - Are people in like with Woody Allen again, after all these years?
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John von Rhein
Jascha Heifetz's vast recorded legacy lives on in hefty Sony omnibus - June 8, 2011 - To Itzhak Perlman, he was, simply, "God." The greatest violin virtuoso of the 20th century. The violinist who almost singlehandedly defined the art of violin performance for an entire era.
Dean Richards
'Hangover II' cast hopes fans approve - May 27, 2011 - LOS ANGELES — "The Hangover" was one of the 2009's most successful movies. The R-rated raunchy comedy also won a Golden Globe for best comedy and other awards that year. Since the news that "The Hangover Part II" would be made, the pressure has been high on its stars, Bradley Cooper,...
Phil Vettel
Easy dining options for fans of hardcovers - June 2, 2011 - Man does not feed by books alone. I think I read that somewhere.
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