Music Juana Molina has long entranced us with her dreamy Latin-tinged combination of electronic and acoustically ambient whispers from the other side. We remember hunting high and low for imports of her albums in the early aughts with scant success so we're happy she's been slowly gaining more mains...

Let's face it, shopping is one of the first things to be scratched off the priority list in this shit can economy. In fact, many of us are looking for ways to keep more cash in our ever-fraying pockets. Lately we've used a more discriminating eye when throwing clothes in the donation pile and weeded...

Though musician Keith Harris’ roots are firmly planted in Chicago, he’s literally all over the map. He brings home the bacon touring as the drummer with the Black Eyed Peas and moonlights as a hip-hop producer, remixer, songwriter and even talent scout. But don’t mistake this for c...

Comedy Comedy troupe The Whitest Kids U' Know, NYC's purveyor of the crass and offensive, will make a one-night-only appearance at the Lakeshore Theater this Thursday. Known for their delightful vulgarity, the Kids will tackle everything from celebrity worship to potty humor, and will no doubt throw...

Comedy If TV gets you hot n' bothered, (we're lookin' at you, Margaret Lyons) check out the special Valentine's Day edition of TV Re-runs! tonight at The Spot, where local performers will re-enact famous heart-to-hearts from classics such as That 70's Show, Family Ties, Who's The Boss, Gilmore Girls...

Considering Oprah’s weight gain was the impetus for her Best Life Series that kicked off the new year, we weren’t surprised to flip on the TV and find her still talking about the struggle, as she’s done in so many shows over the decades. Monday’s show had an unprecedented foc...

Performance Art Get your slow lovin', heavy breathing, channeling of Sting going on with a performance by Tantra Nova Man (pictured right) tonight in Lakeview. Freddie Zental - actor, drummer, humorist and tantric sexer - puts on a one-man show featuring stories of love, intimacy and general boot kn...

Comedy Three-man troupe Batterymouth kicks off its 6-week stint at the Apollo Theater tonight with opening act The Fling. The comedy trio bases a 30-minute sketch smorgasbord on just one audience suggestion, incorporating skits, slam poetry and humorous monologues into their shtick. It's a marathon ...

Ever since Oprah told us circa 1998 that we had the power to change our lives by the year 2000, she's come up with various programs over the past decade to help us do so, culminating with this year's Best Life Series. Today the Sun-Times took a look back at some of Oprah's self-improvement workshops...

Last week Oprah gave us a five-point instructional checklist on how to live our best life, and on Monday she gave us a pop quiz to make sure we’d paid attention. First thing’s first, we all know Oprah’s madder than Faith Hill after losing her Grammy for once again falling off the w...