Here's a youtube gem: Carl Sandburg on the game show "What's My Line" from
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The addition of soul crushing songwriter Bon Iver makes tomorrow's TNK show a must see for Chicagoist. more ›

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What the ... fuck … what the fuck are you doing? Doing? What the fuck am I doing? I’m writing a post. A post. A post on … Mamet. The playwright. And author. He’s an author too. A playwright and an author. An author, yes. I see. He grew up … fuck … wait ... he grew up here. He wrote that play about selling real estate. He’s speaking at Harold Washington Library. I see... more ›

In an effort to remind tourists that Chicago has celebrities too, Grant Park Advisory Council president Bob O’Neill wants to create a Walk of Stars in the South Loop. While the papers are calling this an attempt to bring Hollywood to Chicago, there’s nothing very L.A. about names like Irv Kupcinet, George Halas, Mike Royko and Carl Sandburg. These are all folks that are well-known to most Chicagoans and would only inspire owl noises from... more ›