Some holiday gaslighting. www.newcitystage.com/2025/12/10/n...

A little taste of Lucy Holden’s upcoming album at Nabala coffeehouse. She’s my middle girl.

Holiday Metra train again this morning. I’m on a lucky streak.

Yay! Got the Christmas Metra today.

First Sunday

Got my new lock - guess I’ve used Divvy for a while.

Baseball is for writers.

Look at all those anxious Canadians. It’s like there’s a poutine shortage! Go Jays!

Check out this guy’s videos - and be prepared to fall down a long, fun rabbit hole. design.newcity.com/2025/10/24/c...

This is today! Raise a glass to Nelson Algren!

Biggest crowd I’ve ever seen in Chicago. Never loved my city more.

Chicago being a hellhole again. How do we stand living in such a great city?

This is the NYT some days.

My daughter said the ICE agents lurking at the bus stops near her high school made her think of the dementors in “Harry Potter.” It’s Lane Tech - a top tier school. Watch out - the kids may do calculus at you!

ICE was outside my kid’s high school today - Lane Tech. They were by the CTA bus stops. Teachers went out to help the kids.

What happens when the kid who got bullied becomes the queen? www.newcitystage.com/2025/10/09/i...

I’m getting coaching and it’s working out great! Sharon lights a fire!

So you want to write a musical? www.newcitystage.com/2025/10/06/t...

An historic mystery www.newcitystage.com/2025/10/01/d...

“An October sort of city, even in spring….” Come celebrate our city’s greatest novelist October 19th.

Some cool Chicago history coming up.

From today’s bike ride downtown. “Where are the songs of spring? Ay, Where are they?/Think not of them, thou hast thy music too… “

A meeting of water bottles at the Bloomingdale trail head. Mr. Blue-Green Top has the floor.

From my friend Stacey.

Decline of a salesman www.newcitystage.com/2025/09/19/i...

Waiting in line at Walgreens and realizing I never want to hear “Wonderwall” again.

Well said - sad that both Butch and Sundance are gone.

Signs of mystery - Chicago, neighborhood of Avondale

Lots of bad stuff happening- but Ringo is still playing.

Fabulous Sandra Cisneros at Printers Row. “Don’t wait for somebody else to be a hero. It’s time to rise up.”

Set up time at Printers Row. Waiting for Sandra Cisneros.

Brush up your Shakespeare - to understand politics. lit.newcity.com/2025/09/04/t...

A play about what happens to an old Chicago business www.newcitystage.com/2025/09/03/s...

More Chicago chaos - people riding bikes in the sunshine!

More from the nightmare that is Chicago.

A weekend scene from our Chicago hellscape.

Best possible use of DuSable Lake Shore Drive. They should close it every Sunday.

Our fall issue is out with 2 stories by me - one on the Smashing Pumpkins’ album coming to the Lyric, one on a real Chicago Goodman show.

Hoping someday he gets his park.

Gang life in 1979 Chicago, on one hot day. lit.newcity.com/2025/08/21/t...

grace and courage over tyranny, in Shakespeare www.newcitystage.com/2025/08/21/g...

An amazing pianist and actor. www.newcitystage.com/2025/08/20/m...

Coming Friday, Friday, Friday! The story of the biggest fight in Rubin “Hurricane” Carter’s life - his fight for freedom — and how Chicago writer Nelson Algren campaigned to clear his name. At 540 S. Lake Street, Miller Beach, Gary, Indiana. 7 pm

My teen said she was making me something out of clay. “Is it the tangled black mess of my soul?” I asked. “No,” she said. “It’s an otter.”