Mrs. O'Leary

Grammys 2013: Live blogging all the pre-show winners

2013-02-10 16:13:00

It's brunch at the Grammys! Live updates from the pre-telecast. 4:10 p.m.: Final update from the pre-show: The 70th award this afternoon went to the Black Keys’ Dan Auerbach for producer of the year. “Wow,” said Auerbach, who moments...

Chicago, city of the uplifted gaze

2004-08-22 00:00:00

By 8:50 a.m., they temporarily had to close the women's restroom at the Chicago ArchiCenter. "There were so many people here already, they had to restock all the toilet paper," said Elaine Rosen, a retired biology teacher from the Streeterville area of...

Chicago's new sparkle

1998-09-13 00:00:00

"The time has come to bring order out of chaos incident to rapid growth," wrote the architect Daniel H. Burnham. The year was 1909. The place, Chicago. The occasion, the unveiling of Burnham's sweeping, visionary plan to change the face of the city on the...

Chicago to 'burn' again

2013-05-05 00:00:00

In a city where the history books are filled with calamities, the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 is the most legendary catastrophe of all. City officials recently announced plans to commemorate the disaster — and the remarkable urban rebirth that...

The Knoxville News-Sentinel, Tenn., Sam Venable column

2013-04-28 04:04:02

I was preparing to butter a roll during lunch a few days ago when an odd thing caught my eye. Instructions. On a pat of butter. I am not kidding. This tiny rectangle of fat was sealed in a foil wrapper. On the bottom layer, where the edges of...

10 things you might not know about blame

2013-01-06 00:00:00

We take you away from the finger-pointing championship in Washington to report on other ferocious blizzards of blame occurring elsewhere: Yoko Ono, in a newly released interview, said the Beatles' breakup wasn't her fault — it was probably Paul...

Memorable tifos over the years

2012-10-30 12:06:00

Section 8 has earned a reputation for producing some creative displays over the years. � Perhaps the most famous was the Super Mario Bros. tifo from September 2010 during a game against the Seattle Sounders. The tifo featured Mario superimposed against...

The legend of Mrs. O'Leary

2011-10-09 00:00:00

How survivors of the Chicago Fire sought scapegoats 140 years ago Even as the embers of the Chicago Fire cooled, the saga of Mrs. O'Leary began. For 140 years, she has been alternately accused and exonerated of setting off the inferno that consumed...

The Spirit of Bozo: Remembering Al Hall

2011-09-10 20:11:00

Best known for producing and directing the Bozo show, Al Hall has lost his battle with cancer at the age of 82. Al worked at WGN-TV for 40 years, producing and directing everything from parades to Ray Rayner to sports. And as WGN Entertainment reporter...

In 'The Great Fire' at Lookingglass, she'll be a great Fire

2011-09-28 14:26:00

The Great Chicago Fire of 1871 is female. She has a mean smirk and pigtails. She weighs 100 pounds and stands roughly 5 feet tall. The Great Fire doesyoga and enjoys walks on the beach and lives in Ravenswood; when she's not training at the Actors...

Onstage, as in city's inferno, confusion reigns

2011-10-03 00:00:00

As Chicago burns in the Lookingglass Theatre's "The Great Fire," John Musial's inflammatory theatrical collage about the events of Sunday Oct. 8, 1871, a little clutch of rich Chicagoans stares out at the inferno. "I predict we will be rebuilding a city,...

Mixtape Friday for July 22

2011-07-22 16:52:18

Tommy 1. Short But Sweet - Method of Destruction 2. Collatoral Damage - Brutal Truth 3. Ballad of Dio - Method of Destruction 4. Napalm Death - The Kill 5. Hell Awaits - Slayer Robert 1. Tush - ZZ Top 2. Highway Star - Deep Purple 3. Venus Mars & Rock...

This cow is said to be a descendant of Mrs. O'Leary's cow.

2012-03-17 14:40:17

No, our story is not about Mrs. O'Leary's cow.

2012-02-15 15:06:22

Navy Pier serves as the Big-Top for the launch of this new show with a Chicago theme which features international aerial and trapeze artists, clowns, jugglers, show horse and dog acts, and vignettes spotlighting Chicago's historical places and people including Mrs. O'Leary and Frank Lloyd Wright.

2012-01-11 17:26:04