Second City

I was fortunate enough to catch a press screening of Guy Ritchie's richly triumphant, energetic, and fiercely intelligent Sherlock Holmes a couple weeks ago, and everyone I've told how good it is has reacted in a combination of surprise and relief (with a twinge of doubt that will be erased as soon as they see the movie themselves). Read More

Nine acts, including Rhodes scholar and Golden Gloves boxer turned Golden Globe-winning actor and Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Kris Kristofferson, will perform at the Stiefel Theatre for the Performing Arts as part its winter/spring series announced Tuesday. Read More

The lowest common denominator having been achieved in 2005 with the release of the Black Eyed Peas' Monkey Business , popular musicians have had to work extra hard in recent years to find new and inventive ways to be inane. Read More

The lowest common denominator having been achieved in 2005 with the release of the Black Eyed Peas' Monkey Business , popular musicians have had to work extra hard in recent years to find new and inventive ways to be inane. Read More

Little Richard has hip surgery, Stevie Wonder is a messenger for peace, Ron Wood is the not a messenger for peace, the government won't let Steve Albini be Santa Claus, Rivers Cuomo stops partying, Girl Talk talks reissues, Garfunkel and Oates rework some old hits, Kid Cudi works with Vampire Weekend, and I heartily overuse the word canonize while looking at what makes a legend. Read More

Actor and Second City alumnus Jim Belushi — one of many Chicago-schooled stars who'll return Friday through Sunday for the theater's 50th anniversary performances and panels — claims he'd have been far less funny onstage if not for the expert piano accompaniment that underscored his work. Read More

The Joffrey Ballet's presentation of The Nutcracker, runs Dec. 11 through 27 at the Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University, 50 E. Congress Parkway. Read More

Unmistakeable Norman Hood renderings of Andrew Flintoff, Laurel and Hardy, Fernando Torres and Frank Sinatra. Read More

I'd never been to Bean Runner Cafe (BRC) in Peekskill before Saturday night (Nov. 28). Read More

T he void left by the demise of the Baltimore Opera Company last year will not be easily filled. Read More