Marianne Mather

Chicago

Lover of all things visual. And cats. Chicago Tribune editor. Co-author of “He Had It Coming: 4 Murderous Women + the Reporter Who Immortalized Their Stories”

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Articles

Vintage Chicago Tribune: Inside the final months of Sam Giancana, former Chicago Outfit head

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Marianne Mather

Salvatore (Sam) Giancana headed the Chicago Outfit during the late 1950s and 1960s. Nicknamed “Mooney” or “Momo” for his temper, the Chicago native rose from a juvenile delinquent to the crime syndicate’s upper echelon.
Vintage Chicago Tribune: Unexpected finds in Chicago parks

2 weeks ago | chicagotribune.com | Marianne Mather

Ah, it finally feels like summer in the city. We can’t wait to spend as much time outside as possible. But did you know your favorite Chicago park might have a secret past? These are some of the unexpected things we found when looking through the Tribune’s archives. A police forceIn parks featuring lagoons, Park District officers were kept busy chasing poachers who fished without a permit. Some parks — Lincoln, Garfield and Washington among them — had holding cells in their field houses.
Vintage Chicago Tribune: Unexpected finds in Chicago parks

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Marianne Mather

Ah, it finally feels like summer in the city. We can’t wait to spend as much time outside as possible. But did you know your favorite Chicago park might have a secret past? These are some of the unexpected things we found when looking through the Tribune’s archives. A police forceIn parks featuring lagoons, Park District officers were kept busy chasing poachers who fished without a permit. Some parks — Lincoln, Garfield and Washington among them — had holding cells in their field houses.
Revisiting 'Ferris Bueller's Day Off' filming locations 40 years later

2 weeks ago | thebrunswicknews.com | Marianne Mather

CHICAGO - Life was moving fast for "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" writer/director/producer John Hughes when he wrote the film's script. It took him just four days to complete it. "How did I come to write 'Ferris?' Well, let's see," Hughes said. "There was a writer's strike coming up in a week and my agent called and warned me, so I thought, 'Geez, John, you better write something,' and so I got this sentence ... out of the ozone.
Revisiting ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’ filming locations 40 years later

2 weeks ago | miamiherald.com | Marianne Mather

CHICAGO - Life was moving fast for "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" writer/director/producer John Hughes when he wrote the film's script. It took him just four days to complete it. "How did I come to write ‘Ferris?' Well, let's see," Hughes said. "There was a writer's strike coming up in a week and my agent called and warned me, so I thought, ‘Geez, John, you better write something,' and so I got this sentence … out of the ozone.
Revisiting 'Ferris Bueller's Day Off' filming locations on 40 years later

3 weeks ago | chicagotribune.com | Marianne Mather

Life was moving fast for “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” writer/director/producer John Hughes when he wrote the film’s script. It took him just four days to complete it. “How did I come to write ‘Ferris?’ Well, let’s see,” Hughes said. “There was a writer’s strike coming up in a week and my agent called and warned me, so I thought, ‘Geez, John, you better write something,’ and so I got this sentence … out of the ozone.
Vintage Chicago Tribune: Our favorite animals who became celebrities

4 weeks ago | chicagotribune.com | Marianne Mather

Chicago loves a good animal story. Whether it’s the discovery of a massive snapping turtle nicknamed Chonkasaurus, or pondering the lifespan of an Australian lungfish named Granddad, who arrived at the Shedd Aquarium for the 1933 World’s Fair and was estimated to be 109 years old when it died in February 2017. For older generations, animals were mostly viewed in cages at local zoos.
Vintage Chicago Tribune: Roxie Hart’s evolution — from Beulah Annan to Broadway and the big screen

4 weeks ago | chicagotribune.com | Marianne Mather

“Chicago The Musical” debuted on Broadway 50 years ago. Directed by Chicago native Bob Fosse and starring Gwen Verdon, Chita Rivera and Jerry Orbach, the tale of an unfaithful wife who murders her lover then works the judicial system to secure her freedom was set against the backdrop of Prohibition and the Jazz Age. Though critics — including the Tribune’s Don Kirk — largely panned the production, its story has staying power.
Today in Chicago History: A dinosaur named Sue is unveiled at the Field Museum

1 month ago | chicagotribune.com | Marianne Mather

Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on May 17, according to the Tribune’s archives. Is an important event missing from this date? Email us. Weather records (from the National Weather Service, Chicago)High temperature: 94 degrees (1962)Low temperature: 36 degrees (2002)Precipitation: 3.11 inches (2020)Snowfall: None1900: L. Frank Baum’s “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz” was published. Baum wrote the book when he lived on Chicago’s West Side.
Today in Chicago History: A dinosaur named Sue is unveiled at the Field Museum

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Marianne Mather

Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on May 17, according to the Tribune’s archives. Is an important event missing from this date? Email us. Weather records (from the National Weather Service, Chicago)High temperature: 94 degrees (1962)Low temperature: 36 degrees (2002)Precipitation: 3.11 inches (2020)Snowfall: None1900: L. Frank Baum’s “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz” was published. Baum wrote the book when he lived on Chicago’s West Side.