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After Hours with Rick Kogan Rick Kogan starts off your week interviewing the people who make Chicago tick. 5-7 p.m., Sundays, W The Voice of Chicago is back on The Voice of Chicago!

Rick Kogan starts off your week with discussion, commentary and interviews with the people - writers, musicians, artists, characters, newsmakers - who make Chicago tick. 9-11 p.m., Sundays, WGN Radio 720 AM.

When Ann Landers came to the Tribune, Mike Royko happily said, "Now, all those wackos who’ve been writing to me with the...
08/05/2026

When Ann Landers came to the Tribune, Mike Royko happily said, "Now, all those wackos who’ve been writing to me with their problems can write to her.” Now, with Dear Abby retiring, where are those wackos to go?

A look at the history of the “Ann Landers” and “Dear Abby,” two popular advice columns run by twin sisters.

Geraldine de Haas, dead at 91, was a jazz giant thanks to her stunning performances and as a passionate promoter and pro...
08/05/2026

Geraldine de Haas, dead at 91, was a jazz giant thanks to her stunning performances and as a passionate promoter and producer of jazz programs and events that changed the cultural face of the city.

Along with being a talented singer in her own right, she was a tireless advocate for jazz in Chicago. A tribute concert for Duke Ellington she helped put on in Grant Park in 1974 became the foundation for all of the lakefront music…

Chris Vallillo has been playing music and writing songs on the rural road for a long time and he brings his stunning new...
08/04/2026

Chris Vallillo has been playing music and writing songs on the rural road for a long time and he brings his stunning new show to the big city this weekend.

Musician and storyteller Chris Vallillo presents the history of what happened when 16 counties in Western Illinois decided to secede from the Union in 1972.

In two new books, by Colin Asher and Irvine Welsh, we visit those 'Trainspotting" lads as well as Johnny Cash, Leadbelly...
07/29/2026

In two new books, by Colin Asher and Irvine Welsh, we visit those 'Trainspotting" lads as well as Johnny Cash, Leadbelly and also the great Chicago writers Nelson Algren and Don De Grazia.

Colin Asher’s “The Midnight Special: The Secret Prison History of American Music” and Irvine Welsh’s “Men in Love” were recent subjects in the New York Times Book Review.

The Fine Arts building get a new tenant, a ground floor coffee shop named Groundswell, run by a former baseball pitcher ...
07/14/2026

The Fine Arts building get a new tenant, a ground floor coffee shop named Groundswell, run by a former baseball pitcher and evoking good memories of the bygone Artists Cafe. Online now and in print Sunday.

As Groundswell Coffee Roasters opens in the storied Fine Arts Building on Michigan Avenue, we remember the former Artists Cafe.

Booze and creativity have always mixed, sometimes uneasily. But a new art exhibition, "Cash Only," shows the beauty and ...
07/08/2026

Booze and creativity have always mixed, sometimes uneasily. But a new art exhibition, "Cash Only," shows the beauty and community that can come from that species of tavern known as the dive bar. Have a look and read all about it here:

“Cash Only: An Ode to Dive Bars” is a provocative exhibition at a gallery called Art City.

You can celebrate the country's 250th in a lot of ways. Fireworks all over. Or visit a Dairy Queen and have a “Stars & ...
07/01/2026

You can celebrate the country's 250th in a lot of ways. Fireworks all over. Or visit a Dairy Queen and have a “Stars & Stripes Misty Slush Float” for $2.50. Or you can listen to a radio segment about our city and its history. Read all about it here:

A recently rebroadcast episode of “This American Life” takes a look at Michigan Avenue and Wacker Drive.

"The rich are different from you and me" Fitzgerald once told us in a story. And they were able to start living in luxur...
06/30/2026

"The rich are different from you and me" Fitzgerald once told us in a story. And they were able to start living in luxury apartments, a new book tells us, shortly after the Chicago Fire, and some of those places are still around.

There has always been an energetic curiosity about how the “other half” lives, so I asked the authors of “Chicago’s Luxury Apartment Buildings” why.

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