The co-founder of the Hay Festival recommends books to spark debate and change minds. He is director of a new series of events, The Conversation, at St Martin-in-the-Fields. Robert Macfarlane, 2019 A ...

“Doctor De Soto,” the world premiere children’s musical adaptation of William Steig’s 1982 Newbery Medal-winning picture book, is onstage at the Alliance Theatre’s Hertz Stage through March 2. It is a ...

In Southborough writer and educator Meredith O'Brien's new novel "Louie on the Rocks," three members of the same family take ...

Oryn Barnett loved reinventing fairytales and using the stories to keep his students entertained. Last year he decided to ...

News from around the Southland includes items from Will County, Palos Park, Tinley Park, Lemont and University of Chicago.

In Margie Sarsfield's "Beta Vulgaris," a woman who works on a Minnesota beet farm gradually loses touch with reality.

The Chicago Bears and Detroit Lions offensive coordinator Ben Johnson have never been official, but some serious professional flirtation has defined the relationship stretching back to before last ...

He’s usually chasing Kiryu down trying to help him or get in a fight with him, or maybe a little of both, but this time he finds himself stranded in the islands around Hawaii with no ...

The Chicago Bears are in the middle of an important offseason that starts with finding their new head coach. But general manager Ryan Poles also has some big decisions to make to improve the ...

If the Bears get left at the proverbial alter (by Johnson or any other candidate), they could also miss out on their second or even third choice and settle for whatever available candidate is most ...

If Williams does indeed get ... of 15 books, and the founder/CEO of Gold Note Records. Alan lives in Chicago, where he writes, makes music, and consumes and creates way too much Bears content.

Chicago is a good landing spot for a coach and if the team can get the decision right, maybe it could be a playoff team next year. ESPN's Dan Graziano predicted that the Bears will end up landing ...