Two very different people--comic Chevy "SNL" Chase and investigative reporter/writer Seymour "My Lai" Hersh (with deep Chicago roots)--get the TV documentaries they deserve and give viewers deep insights. www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/13/c...

Two very different people--comic Chevy "SNL" Chase and investigative reporter/writer Seymour "My Lai" Hersh (with deep Chicago roots)--get the TV documentaries they deserve and give viewers deep insights. www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/13/c...

Singer Josie Falbo was a child of Taylor Street and had, critic Neil Tesser says, "a beautiful voice, angelic at the top of her range, but earthy too...she could sing pretty much anything, from rock n’ roll in her youth to the whole jazz songbook. www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/07/j...

Yes, it's a list of many of the people that we lost in 2025. But no tears. Explore the lives of these artists, actors, an astronaut and others. Their lives and what they created can enrich your new year. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/23/w...

Her early support and encouragement helped fuel Hugh Hefner’s ambitions. How admirable that this woman defined herself away from the glare of fame, raising two children and living 99 lively years. And that smile! www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/19/m...

Final @KoganAfterHours of 2025, Sunday 5-7 pm @WGNRadio, brings you sisters Kathleen and Beth Rooney on their book, “Leaf Town Forever”; Paul Barosse and Victoria Zielinski on new show, "Quick! Before We're Cancelled!" @Studio5, and Father John Cusick on the meaning of Christmas.

Nick Digilio fell in love with movies as a kid and he's still in the business to telling you about them, on his podcast and in a lively new book. Read all about it...and him, right here or ink on paper in the Sunday Tribune. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/11/n...

Nick Digilio fell in love with movies as a kid and he's still in the business to telling you about them, on his podcast and in a lively new book. Read all about it...and him, right here or ink on paper in the Sunday Tribune. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/11/n...

John Corkery, a Chicago attorney and 'performer at heart,' dies at 82. Whenever you saw him, at O'Rourke's, the Old Town Ale House or elsewhere, you were in for a cheerful, smart and engaging conversation. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/08/j...

@KoganAfterHours 5-6:30 pm Sunday @WGNRadio brings you Vincent Johnson on his new book, “Illustrious: The Best High School Basketball Gyms in Illinois” and Chris Serb on his “ECKIE: Walter Eckersall and the Rise of Chicago Sports.”

A good man gone. Bruce Dold, former Chicago Tribune editor and 'consummate newspaperman,' dies at 70. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/03/b...

The snow comes and @KoganAfterHours is back for an hour Sunday 6-7 p.m. on wgnradio.com or WGN AM720 with me, Candace Jordan on holiday parties, events, celebrations, and some songs. @CandidCandace

The American Writers Museum has a lively new exhibition. 'American Prophets,' exploring how a wide range of writers--Oscar Brown Jr. to Bono, Malcolm X, Flannery O’Connor and many more--expressed theirs feeling about religion and spirituality www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/26/r...

The American Writers Museum has a lively new exhibition. 'American Prophets,' exploring how a wide range of writers--Oscar Brown Jr. to Bono, Malcolm X, Flannery O’Connor and many more--expressed theirs feeling about religion and spirituality www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/26/r...

When books went to war, more than 120 million, some carried by my dad, Herman, a U.S. Marine Corps sergeant and a combat correspondent who fought in and reported from battles at Guadalcanal and Okinawa. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/25/f...

Go ahead and hate the Packers, but you'll love learning about the man who was that team. 'Curly' Lambeau, in Herb Gould's new book, may have been a complex guy and "consummate liar" but as George Halas said, “Without him, pro football simply wouldn’t exist.” www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/19/p...

The remarkable Ken Burns and his documentary army deliver a tale of blood, courage and hope in 'The American Revolution,' six parts starting Sunday on WTTW. He calls it “the most significant event in human history since the birth of Christ.” www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/12/k...

A native Southwest Sider with stories to tell, Barry Pearce delivers nine of them in 'The Plan of Chicago,' his first collection, filled with a lively cast of characters and a firm grasp of the city he knows and loves. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/11/c...

@KoganAfterHours back on radio: 5:30-7 p.m. Sunday @WGNRadio brings you author Barry Pearce, Algren Award Winner-2019, out with new and first collection, “The Plan of Chicago”; music from Josie Falbo's new CD “Kickin’ It.’

The most interesting person you will "meet" today, or this week, or this year, is Jun Fujita, poet and photographer of many of the city's most famous events (Eastland disaster, St. Valentines Day murders) and notable people (Al Capone). www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/05/c...

Who cares what you are wearing for Halloween? What costume will your dog or cat or pet pig have on for the holiday? Remembering a dog as a devil and a ‘Bark to the Future’ costume with a little DeLorean car. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/28/c...

Celebrating George Wendt, with hundreds of neighbors on the Beverly neighborhood street where he grew up and on The Second City stage where he started his career and met the woman who became his wife. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/22/g... www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/22/g...

Celebrating George Wendt, with hundreds of neighbors on the Beverly neighborhood street where he grew up and on The Second City stage where he started his career and met the woman who became his wife. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/22/g... www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/22/g...

He's been a Golden Gloves champion, run with the bulls in Spain, is a professor at East-West University here, has a new wife and a great new book, 'White Flight.' His name is Bill Hillmann www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/21/b...

He's been a Golden Gloves champion, run with the bulls in Spain, is a professor at East-West University here, has a new wife and a great new book, 'White Flight.' His name is Bill Hillmann www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/21/b...

Tired of such freaks as Gacy or Dahmer? Now here are eight episodes on Ed Gein of Wisconsin, as weird and creepy as it gets, in the latest bloody "Monster" series. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/15/c...,

Recognize Ron Dean? He turned to acting after a youthful prison sentence and starred in 'The Fugitive' and dozens of stage and TV shows. This lively, wonderful guy, has died at 87. Obit in print Wednesday. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/14/a...

An expanded version of the story about Tony Fitzpatrick, the Chicago artist in many realms and in many hearts, who died Saturday at 66 www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/11/t...

An expanded version of the story about Tony Fitzpatrick, the Chicago artist in many realms and in many hearts, who died Saturday at 66 www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/11/t...

Tremendous loss as Tony Fitzpatrick, a Chicago artist in many realms, has died at 66 www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/11/t...

Column: Special Consensus celebrates its half century of unlikely bluegrass glory with a new CD and an Old Town School concert. Think of the many miles they've travelled and the many people they have entertained and delighted. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/08/c...

Ink on paper in Sunday Tribune with a gift link for those of you who have forgotten to buy a copy. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/01/t...

The latest news from the Tony Fitzpatrick front has the artist/writer/actor/etc as lively and optimistic as ever as he awaits a pair of new lungs and acts as hospital room host to a parade of friends and family. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/01/t...

Each of the five new WTTW “Chicago Stories” programs is solidly produced, alive with vintage photos and video. This online version has a stunning and lively photo gallery, sparking your memories. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/24/c...

Hello Kevheads. A few years after he left the local airwaves, Kevin Matthews said “A lot of people think I died.” He did not and now is back in a movie that captures his wild past and his ongoing relationship with Broken Mary. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/23/k...

Ink on paper in Sunday Tribune, remembering Gary Comer and celebrating his CITY 2000

Possible bonus @KoganAfterHours at 4:30 pm Sunday @WGNRadio will be the one and only show correspondent Candace Jordan, @CandidCandace

Football season is here and @KoganAfterHours adjusts, so last show for a while is 4:30-6:30 pm Sunday WGN Radio with @HerbGould on his book, "Lambeau," and Mike and Paddy Houlihan on Irish-American film festival next weekend @wilmettetheatre.com

Celebrating "CITY 2000," Gary Comer's ambitious, audacious, remarkable, outlandish, captivating, important and playful projects in the city’s history, one that he hoped would send "a message to the future.” www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/17/u...

Ink on paper in Tuesday's Tribune and it looks like this.

Ink on paper in Tuesday's Tribune and it looks like this.

Ink on paper in Sunday Tribune. Will there be more birthdays for the Uptown Theatre? A stunning new book looks at its remarkable, glittering history and also serves as a call to action, an argument for salvation.

Will there be more birthdays for the Uptown Theatre? A stunning new book looks at its remarkable, glittering history and also serves as a call to action, an argument for salvation. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/10/u...

A long time in coming, writer James Tehrani's first book is 'Alfalfa — The Rascal You Knew, the Character You Never Knew.' And a fine book it is, full of surprises and featuring a real life murder. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/09/j...

There's so much to see and hear at the weekend's Lit Fest. It is free and and fun and also a wonderful way to remind people of the city’s vitality as a literary center. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/02/c...

The life of Bill Kurtis, ink on paper in Sunday's Tribune.

Abbreviated @KoganAfterHours short and sweet 6-7 pm Sunday @WGNRadio has singer Libby York on next birthday show @wintersjazzclub; director of programming, Amy Danzer, on next @PrintersRowFest with me twice on Saturday with Abbott Kahler (aka Karen Abbott) and Bill Kurtis.

Bill Kurtis was there for the Chicago 7, Charles Manson, Tokyo Rose, Richard Speck, Vietnam, "Anchorman," "Wait, Wait..." and so much more. A witness to history and an honest, stylish chronicler of his own story in "Whirlwind." www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/27/c...

There were seven people dead, the owners of a Palatine restaurant and five of their employees, fatally shot with a revolver. Remember? This would come to be known as the Brown’s Chicken massacre and a new book, 'Something Big,' captures the ripple effect. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/26/b...

@KoganAfterHours 5-7 pm Sunday @WGNRadio brings you James Tehrani on his book, “Alfalfa"; news on special screenings (with Rainn Wilson and others) at @wayfarertheaters; review of “Eden” movie; Robert Loerzel and James Pierce on "The Uptown: Chicago's Endangered Movie Palace.”