Results tagged “wakeup”

"Secretaries have to listen to something." That's pretty much the best description of WLIT we've ever heard, but changes are in store! Well, changes back at least. As of Monday, ousted host Melissa Forman will back on the air from 5:30-8:30 a.m. Adios, Whoopi Goldberg. Forman got the heave-ho August 2006 when her morning show was replaced with Goldberg's syndicated "Wake Up with Whoopi," which apparently no one wanted to do — WLIT-FM recently ranked...

We've only cried twice at rock shows. Once was when the Flaming Lips opened for Beck, and something about "Lightning Strikes The Postman" (was it the strobes? the bullhorn? the crowd's empathic explosion? we don't know) caused our tear ducts to let loose and lose control. The other time was Friday's Arcade Fire show at the Chicago Theatre, as we were surrounded by as unlikely a crowd as we ever expected to see rejoicing in...

In two short days the 79th Academy Awards will be presented, and this will cause two things to happen. First, people will immediately start whining about what won and what didn't win. Second, our list of Oscar predictions will probably look ridiculous. Since hindsight is always 20/20, undoubtedly we have made some stupendous blunders. (Where's Karnak when you need him?) But it's all in good fun. Unlike predicting the Super Bowl or election results, our...

Ah, geez. Here we were thinking that every time we saw “Sister Act” playing on a rainy Saturday all we had to do was change the channel. After all, we made it out of the 90s alive—we shouldn’t be punished with any more Whoopi Goldberg. But like she did with Hollywood Squares (or, really, like Hollywood Squares keeps doing) she weaseled her way back into the public eye. Whether or not you care, she isn’t...

This year, Valentine’s Day is going to be such a pain. Now that your standby teddy bear holding a heart is officially out, you’re going to have to come up with something a little more original and sophisticated to do. Roses and chocolate are so boring. Instead, opt for something a little bizarre, a little more erotic. Get an early start this Wednesday with Hot & Bothered: An Evening in Bed. This reading at the...

This time of year, it seems you’re either on vacation or thinking about it. For those of you lucky enough to be in the first category and lucky enough to Wake Up in the City That Never Sleeps, consider taking in a show at The New York International Fringe Fest. Chicago companies are once again well represented, and you might be the lucky first to see another offbeat hit. Chicago at FringeNYC: The Last Two...