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Music, Music Feature Aug 5, 2020
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Goodbye to songwriter Michael Smith

With “The Dutchman” and other widely recorded songs, he created emotional realities that let you feel along with his characters.
- By Mark Guarino
- Tags: Music Feature, Michael Smith, Michael P. Smith, Michael Peter Smith, Barbara Barrow, Jamie O’Reilly, The Dutchman, Crazy Mary, Ballad of Dan Moody, Panther in Michigan, Spoon River, Sister Clarissa, John Prine, Steve Goodman, Steppenwolf Theatre, Frank Galati, The Grapes of Wrath, Blair Thomas, Moby Dick, the Flick, Coral Gables, David Crosby, Joni Mitchell, Steve Martin, Juarez, Decca, Earl of Old Town, Suzy Bogguss, Tom Russell, John Gorka, Jerry Jeff Walker, David Allan Coe, Celtic Thunder, Jimmy Buffett, Tony Award, Love Stories, Time, The Snow Queen, Victory Gardens, Lookingglass, Chris Farrell, I Brought My Father With Me, Ballad of Elizabeth Dark, We Become Birds, Old Town School of Folk Music, folk, folk music, Michael Bloomfield, Fred Neil, Fred Willard, Kingston Trio, Video

Arts & Culture, Theater Review Mar 28, 2019
Bright Star will try the patience of even the most tenderhearted romantic

Grief and villainy are no match for optimism, dumb luck, and a banjo.
- By Justin Hayford
- Tags: Theater Review, Bright Star, Boho Theatre, Edie Brickell, Steve Martin, Ericka Mac

Music, The Secret History of Chicago Music Sep 11, 2018
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If you don’t know Megon McDonough, blame the maleness of Chicago’s 70s folk scene

Folk singer Megon McDonough made her 1972 debut LP while still in high school and in 1990 joined Christine Lavin's Four Bitchin' Babes.
- By Steve Krakow
- Tags: The Secret History of Chicago Music, Megon McDonough, Megan McDonough, Elgin, folk, Bonnie Koloc, pop, rock, cabaret, musicals, WLS, Mercury Records, RCA Records, Wooden Nickel, Styx, Don't Jump to Conclusions, Blue-Eyed Soul, Minnie Riperton, Megan Music, John Denver, Steve Martin, In the Megan Manner, Keepsake, Sketches, Earl of Old Town, Quiet Knight, Orphans, Ratso’s, Christine Lavin, Four Bitchin' Babes, Beehive, Always . . . Patsy Cline, Video

News & Politics, Worst of Chicago Dec 21, 2017
Stop complaining about Chicago’s weather

We get to experience the entire meteorological buffet—without the gristle of natural disasters.
- By Edward McClelland
- Tags: Worst of Chicago, Weather complaints, Worst of Chicago, Tom Skilling, New Orleans, Los Angeles, Houston, Great Lakes, L.A. Story, Steve Martin, Dallas, Washington, D.C., Ellsworth Huntington, Civilization and Climate

Blogs, Bleader Oct 6, 2017
Found Footage Festival, Chicago Marathon, Music Box of Horrors, and more of the best things to do in Chicago this weekend

Steve Martin and Martin Short at the Chicago Theatre, and more happenings from October 6-8
- By Steve Heisler
- Tags: Arts, Do This, found footage festival, music box, nic prueher, joe pickett, jen kirkman, thalia hall, chicago marathon, grant park, steve martin, martin short, chicago theatre, museum of contemporary art, marc bamuthi joseph, chicago home movie day, chicago history museum, music box of horrors

Blogs, Bleader Aug 28, 2015
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Brando is back, plus more new reviews and notable screenings

New reviews and notable screenings in this week's issue
- By J.R. Jones
- Tags: Film, Opening, Marlon Brando, Listen to Me Marlon, Zac Efron, We Are Your Friends, Christmas Wedding Baby, College Week, Black Harvest Film Festival, An Eye for Beauty, Denys Arcand, Grandma movie, Lily Tomlin, Learning to Drive, Patricia Clarkson, Ben Kingsley, Losing Ground, Kathleen Collins, No Escape, Pierce Brosnan, Owen Wilson, She's Funny That Way, Peter Bogdanovich, Imogen Poots, Jennifer Aniston, We Come As Friends, Hubert Sauper, Robert Siodmak, Criss Cross, Carl Reiner, The Jerk, Steve Martin, Stanley Kubrick, The Killing, Tim Burton, Pee-wee's Big Adventure, Tomm Moore, Song of the Sea, Theory of Obscurity: A Film About the Residents, The Torrent, Greta Garbo, Silent Summer Film Festival, Noir City: Chicago, Alan K. Rode, Film Noir Foundation, The Racket, Robert Ryan, The Lives of Robert Ryan, The Chase, Hangover Square, Ride the Pink Horse, House of Bamboo, Witness to Murder, Criss Cross, The Underworld Story, Video

Arts & Culture, Show us your [____] Sep 27, 2014
Show us your . . . walls of autographs

Go backstage at the Chicago Theatre, where some 10,000 autographs cover the walls.
- By Jake Malooley
- Tags: Show us your [____], Javier Ayala, Chicago Theatre, Steve Martin, Martin Short, Charlie Sheen, David Copperfield, Penn & Teller, Frank Sinatra, Julie Andrews, Burt Bacharach, George Carlin, Bill Cosby, the Eurythmics, B.B. King, Liza Minnelli, Bob Newhart, Roy Orbison, Dolly Parton, Smokey Robinson, Red Skelton, Neil Young, Conan O'Brien, Jay Leno, Brian Wilson, Kids in the Hall, Sammy Davis Jr., Show us your [____]

Arts & Culture, Comedy Critic's Choice May 6, 2013
Recommended
What's so funny, David Misch?

And why? In Funny: The Book, the longtime comedy writer and stand-up explains his craft.
- By Aimee Levitt
- Tags: Comedy Critic's Choice, David Misch, Funny: The Book, Aristotle, Freud, Hegel, Schopenhauer, Mork & Mindy, Duckman, Sumeria, Steve Martin, Recommended

Arts & Culture, Comedy Critic's Choice Jun 9, 2011
Just for Laughs: a comic infestation hits Chicago.
- By Asher Klein
- Tags: Comedy Critic's Choice, Just for Laughs, Valerie Weiss, Tim Minchin, Dave Attell, Jim Breuer, Bill Burr, Jim Norton, Anti-Social Network, John Lutz, Dan Bakkedahl, Peter Grosz, Rob Janas, 4 Square, Close Quarters, Reovler, Demetri Martin, Steve Waltien, Joel McHale, Kurt Braunohler, Kristen Schaal, Seth Meyers, Michael Patrick O'Brien, TJ Jagodowski, Jet Evelth, Paul Brittain, Bandicoot!, Mick Napier, Steve Martin, Martin Short, Gene Siskel Film Center, Lincoln Hall, Chicago Theatre, iO, Playground Theater, the Vic, Annoyance Theatre

Blogs, Bleader May 13, 2010
Early Warnings Roundup

This week's Early Warnings include Atari Teenage Riot, Katatonia, Ty Segall, Steve Martin, Matmos, Pentagram, Phosphorescent, Slum Village, and Swans.
- By Kevin Warwick
- Tags: Crickets, Music, Early Warnings, Ravinia Festival, Reggie's Rock Club, Bottom Lounge, Swans, Matmos, So Percussion, Nile, Pentagram, Juliette Lewis, Ty Segall, Steve Martin

Music, Music Feature Oct 22, 2009
Steve Martin: Play "Ramblin' Man"!

Once you've made the banjo a part of the world's greatest comedy act, it's tough to sell yourself as just another musician.
- By Sam McPheeters
- Tags: Music Feature, Steve Martin, banjo, Steep Canyon Rangers, Cadillac Palace, The Crow, Rounder Records, Earl Scruggs, Tony Trischka, Double Banjo Bluegrass Spectacular, Foggy Mountain Breakdown, Let's Get Small, The Steve Martin Brothers, Born Standing Up, Parenthood, Pink Panther 2, Deliverance, O Brother, Where Art Thou?, Bonnie and Clyde, The Jerk, Late for School, Clawhammer Medley, Saga of the Old West, Pretty Flowers

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Video
Goodbye to songwriter Michael Smith

With “The Dutchman” and other widely recorded songs, he created emotional realities that let you feel along with his characters.

Bright Star will try the patience of even the most tenderhearted romantic

Grief and villainy are no match for optimism, dumb luck, and a banjo.

Video
If you don’t know Megon McDonough, blame the maleness of Chicago’s 70s folk scene

Folk singer Megon McDonough made her 1972 debut LP while still in high school and in 1990 joined Christine Lavin's Four Bitchin' Babes.

Stop complaining about Chicago’s weather

We get to experience the entire meteorological buffet—without the gristle of natural disasters.

Found Footage Festival, Chicago Marathon, Music Box of Horrors, and more of the best things to do in Chicago this weekend

Steve Martin and Martin Short at the Chicago Theatre, and more happenings from October 6-8

Video
Brando is back, plus more new reviews and notable screenings

New reviews and notable screenings in this week's issue

Show us your . . . walls of autographs

Go backstage at the Chicago Theatre, where some 10,000 autographs cover the walls.

Recommended
What's so funny, David Misch?

And why? In Funny: The Book, the longtime comedy writer and stand-up explains his craft.

Just for Laughs: a comic infestation hits Chicago.

Early Warnings Roundup

This week's Early Warnings include Atari Teenage Riot, Katatonia, Ty Segall, Steve Martin, Matmos, Pentagram, Phosphorescent, Slum Village, and Swans.

Steve Martin: Play "Ramblin' Man"!

Once you've made the banjo a part of the world's greatest comedy act, it's tough to sell yourself as just another musician.

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With “The Dutchman” and other widely recorded songs, he created emotional realities that let you feel along with his characters.

Grief and villainy are no match for optimism, dumb luck, and a banjo.

Folk singer Megon McDonough made her 1972 debut LP while still in high school and in 1990 joined Christine Lavin's Four Bitchin' Babes.

We get to experience the entire meteorological buffet—without the gristle of natural disasters.

Steve Martin and Martin Short at the Chicago Theatre, and more happenings from October 6-8

New reviews and notable screenings in this week's issue

Go backstage at the Chicago Theatre, where some 10,000 autographs cover the walls.

And why? In Funny: The Book, the longtime comedy writer and stand-up explains his craft.

This week's Early Warnings include Atari Teenage Riot, Katatonia, Ty Segall, Steve Martin, Matmos, Pentagram, Phosphorescent, Slum Village, and Swans.

Once you've made the banjo a part of the world's greatest comedy act, it's tough to sell yourself as just another musician.

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