Articles
“Taking Over Victory Gardens to Make a ‘Theater for All,” The New York Times, 4/18/21
“It’s a new day for ’80s ‘jangle’ courtesy of Pylon, ‘Strum and Thrum’ box sets,”
Chicago Sun-Times, 3/26/21
“Chicago music critic Howard Reich avoided writing about his family and the Holocaust until it became his calling,” The Forward, 1/14/21
“As Chicago Jews mourn the Standard Club, some refuse to say goodbye,” The Forward, 11/23/20
“How to Open a Top-Tier Restaurant in a Pandemic? Rethink Everything,” The New York Times, 7/28/20.
“Letter From Chicago: In pandemic Gov. Pritzker finds his moment,” The Forward, 4/1/20
“My dad lives in a senior facility with coronavirus cases. If he can’t get tested, who can?” The Forward, 3/23/20
“The Most American Startup Ever: How Cameo reinvented the monetization of fame for the social-media era,” Chicago magazine, 1/14/20
“A Man Worth Killing: Nick Kokonas Has Some Enemies,” Chicago magazine, 7/30/19
“What’s the Price of Justice? For Jon Loevy, go-to lawyer for the wrongfully convicted, that’s the multimillion-dollar question,” Chicago magazine, 10/16/18
“Please Don’t Take Carrie Coon Too Seriously,” Chicago magazine,10/1/18
“A Gilbert and Sullivan Jaunt to Margaritaville,” The New York Times,
11/27/17
“Big Data Dining: Where Everybody Knows Your Name,” Chicago magazine, 11/13/17
“The Lonely Crusade of Jim DeRogatis,” Chicago magazine, 10/16/17
“A Movie Date with My Younger Self,” The New York Times, 3/24/17
“Garry Shandling Memorial Mixes Laughs, Tears and a Few Characters,” The New York Times, 4/25/16
“Milwaukee dives into water tech, Chicago just getting feet wet,” Chicago Tribune, 6/12/15
“Should Rembrandt, Van Gogh help bail out a bankrupt Detroit?” Los Angeles Times, 10/18/13
HAROLD RAMIS, Chicago Tribune
“Analyzing Harold,” 3/14/99
“Putting every ‘Yow!’ in its place,” 6/25/2000
Obituary: “Harold Ramis, Chicago actor, writer and director, dead at 69”: 2/24/14:
“Harold Ramis honored at memorial service in Los Angeles,” 6/18/14
CHARLIE TROTTER, Chicago Tribune
Series Pt. 1: “Charlie Trotter preaches excellence to the extreme,” 8/28/12
Series Pt. 2: “Charlie Trotter’s pressure cooker,” 8/29/12
Sidebar: “'03 lawsuit challenged work conditions,” 8/30/12
Series Pt. 3: “Charlie Trotter gets ready to hang it up,” 8/30/12
Obituary: “Charlie Trotter, Chicago's revolutionary chef, helped push others to great success,” 11/5/13:
FOIE GRAS, Chicago Tribune
“Liver and Let Live,” 3/29/05
“Trotter won't turn down heat in foie gras flap,” 4/7/05
Sonoma Foie Gras report, 10/5/05
“Did California learn anything from Chicago's foie gras ban?”
6/21/12
OTHER TRIBUNE PROFILES
“Renee Fleming is a Lyric operative,” 12/5/14
“Chicago's Mick Napier: Master of Annoyance,” 5/16/14
“Jill Soloway hits it big with Amazon's 'Transparent',” 3/21/14
“'Anchorman 2': The Chicago roots of Adam McKay,” 12/6/13
“Yo-Yo Ma gives musical challenge to Chicago's Civic Orchestra,” 5/3/2013
“Apatow, Mann balance laughs, drama, fiction and family in '40,'” 12/07/12
“Jonah Hill is in the game, having fun,” 9/22/11:
“What happened to Michael McDermott?” 6/22/11
“Amy Landecker stays in focus,” 4/27/11
Mary and Michael Gross: “Hollywood's fickle; family ties endure,” 3/16/11
“William Dillon’s redemption song,” 10/7/10
“There's more to Northbrook's Scott Adsit than '30 Rock,'”
4/23/10
“Viola Davis embraces 'Doubt' and joy,” 2/15/09
John Cusack, Chicago Tribune Magazine cover story: “The Reluctant Celebrity,” 12/9/2007
Jennifer Hudson I: “Life after 'Idol'? It's a dream,” 12/17/06
Jennifer Hudson II: Oscar Week: “Dreamgirl!” 2/26/07
Graham Elliot Bowles battles Bobby Flay on “Iron Chef America”: “Gentlemen, start your ranges!” Chicago Tribune Magazine 2/11/07
And: “Cooking up controversy on 'Iron Chef,'” 2/12/07
Denyce Graves: “'Carmen' reborn,” 10/9/05
“It's murder he wrote as Gene Hackman returns to Danville,” 6/6/04