Chicago Archives - Woman Around Town

“Call me Ishmael.” The first line in Herman Melville’s Moby Dick is one of the most memorable in literature. Published in 1851, the [...]

November 7, 2016

Louis Rosen, composer/songwriter/librettist/musician/author/educator is a Jewish white man for whom black experience profoundly resonates. [...]

October 4, 2016

Peter Story moves about the stage like a man possessed. Possessed because rules of marriage in his world keep changing. He rants, he jumps [...]

November 10, 2015

Sara Paretsky is simply one of the best mystery writers on the scene today and with her detective, V.I. Warshawski, she has paved the way [...]

July 30, 2015

For a singer, few things are more validating than to have a recording played on Jonathan Schwartz’s popular radio program. That’s what [...]

April 20, 2015

The first time I drove through Middleburg, Virginia, I couldn’t believe my eyes. Here surrounded by rolling hills, wineries, and horse [...]

November 11, 2014

Perhaps no other Broadway musical in recent history has created such a large and loyal fan base as Jersey Boys, the story of four guys from [...]

September 17, 2013

Willis Tower (formerly Sears Tower) Tucked away near Water Tower Place in downtown Chicago (opening photo) – between North Lake Shore [...]

August 9, 2013