Today, Art looks back at those who mentored him and those he's mentored over his life. more ›

Anthony Hopkins has already played a butler, Picasso and a serial killer. And now he's set to play Ernest Hemingway. more ›

When we placed the call for new food and drink writers last month, we had an idea of what we were looking for. Then real life interceded. Some candidates dropped out of the running. Those that remained made their case, the quality of writing so good we felt bad having to cut someone. Then we envisioned some candidates in roles we didn't expect, and someone wrote us with an offer we couldn't refuse. When the... more ›

The mojito brings to mind a time in history where visiting Cuba that didn't require buying air fare in Cancun, Jamaica or the Bahamas; a Cuba where Michael Corleone sealed his brother Fredo's fate with a kiss; and musicians like Ibrahim Ferrer, Compay Segundo, and Omara Portuondo didn't have to wait until late in life to bcome recognized by American audiences. The mojito is the gateway to a slew of Caribbean fantasies with the faint recognition of son montuno and timba music in the background. Those of us who've taken that plunge have made the pilgrimage to La Bodeguita del Medio in Havana, where Ernest Hemingway drank his mojitos served with extra rum and no club soda, and not left disappointed. more ›

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Chicagoist remembers getting just slightly, ahem, inebriated days before the final deadline for "ENGL 283: Advanced Fiction" and convincing ourselves and our friends that it was a great time to whip up some magical realism. We're pretty sure it would have been awesome, but we ended up getting distracted by a game of sex in a box. more ›