Back in January we told you a little about Chicago filmmaker Daniel Kraus' ambitious documentary series, WORK. The first film in the series, Sheriff, will be released on DVD by Facets in October; and Musician has its premier this Friday night at the Siskel. It profiles Ken Vandermark, who, now that James Brown is dead, is certainly in the running for the title of Hardest Working Man in Show Business. The awesomely dedicated reed man......

June has been designated as Hunger Awareness Month, and just as the month is winding down, we have one big ticket event to mention in support. Share Our Strength's "Taste of the Nation" event, happening this evening from 5:30 p.m. - 9 p.m. at the River East Arts Center, is a $150-per-person ticket that will raise funds for the Greater Chicago Food Depository, Vital Bridges, Operation Frontline/Chicago - Near North Health Services and the Illinois......

Chicagoist is a big fan of FRONTLINE. They take an issue, give it a good hour, and we always feel like we've learned something when it's over. Tonight at 9:00, WTTW (Channel 11) will be airing Frontline's "A Company of Soldiers". The episode documents a period in November when a FRONTLINE team embedded themselves with the 8th Cavalry's Dog Company in South Baghdad. Filming for the episode started three days after the U.S.'s invasion of......

For anyone who still hadn’t seen it, the line that can be drawn as the shortest distance between the two points of gospel and soul music was sketched quite neatly in a sequence from the film Ray. As Jamie Foxx’s Ray Charles is wooing his soon-to-be wife he steps into a version of “I Got A Woman” that’s even more tinged with the rhythm and movements of gospel than the version eventually laid down on......