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December 2005
Roger Ebert: A Life in the Movies
By Carol Felsenthal
FROM DECEMBER 2005: He was an eager young man fresh from Urbana when he started reviewing movies for the Chicago Sun-Times more than three decades ago. His intervening years have featured unimagined success, abiding friendships, too much booze (for a time), the death of a colleague, bouts with cancer, and (rather late) lasting love. His passion for film has made Ebert a bigger star than many of the people he writes about. Read more
Rising Suns
By Dennis Ray Wheaton
Two new Japanese restaurants go way beyond maki with their chef's-prerogative menus—one's a huge hit; the other, a quiet delight Read more
Oh, L’amour!
By Stuart J. Rosenberg
Since the mid-nineties, the neo-burlesque scene has been creeping toward Chicago from the coasts, as performance artists and jaded club kids revive the campy joys of old-fashioned striptease. Meet Michelle “Toots” L'amour, the city's reigning queen of bump-and-grind. Read more
Classic City
By Brittney Blair, Amber Holst, Geoffrey Johnson, David King, Nadine Kenney, Kevin McKeough, Jan Parr, Dennis Rodkin, Cassie Walker, Deborah Wilk, and David Zivan
25 Surviving Treasures from Postwar Chicago—and Beyond Read more
Jeopardy
By Steve Rhodes
Lawyer Joseph A. Cari Jr. made a stellar mark as a political strategist and fundraiser before an apparent favor landed him in trouble. His fall puts heat on Governor Blagojevich's administration. Read more