Rick Kogan

Any old pin boys out there? Ever play pool at Bensinger's or bowl at Playdium? Remembering Chicago when billiards and bowling were all the rage https://t.co/vO73gd8DKR

'Rise Above' is an inspirational and exciting documentary by Chicago filmmaker Maryilene Blondell, about Carl Jackson and his surprisingly upbeat life as a Masters caddie for more than 50 years. https://t.co/6qxtpF2N2N

No hangover this morning and that's a good thing. I've had my share but now offer some thoughts and memories for another St. Patrick's Day and a new concoction called a Blackout Rage Gallon, aka "borg." https://t.co/tgCTAGRHRR

Long time ago, I know, but so bloody and weird and headline-grabbing were the killings and ensuing trial and most of all Charlie Manson that they have stayed through the decades. Now filmmaker esteemed Errol Morris gives us a new Netflix documentary https://t.co/0O2ycM6e23

A cop for 14 years, Joseph Wambaugh walked a beat before he hit the typewriter and gave us a stream of bestsellers, movies and TV shows filled with cops who were made of flesh and blood. https://t.co/Tf27fy27zM

RT @rap30: Including images of the Enola Gay and its flight crew. Because of the word “Gay.” Complete lunacy and literally an attempt to wh…

Opening Day is coming so it's time read a favorite baseball book or find a new one. Try "Justice Batted Last," which tells of players who unfairly never got a shot in the majors and some giants who did. Great photos in book and story. https://t.co/aZtGEUWVNL

Allow me to introduce you to the amazing Hazel Scott. A new 'American Masters' episode stunningly shows us a jazz giant and pioneering civil rights activist who deserves to rank with such others as Lena Horne and Ella Fitzgerald. https://t.co/LW5yCUiEDx

The part The New Yorker, now in its 100th year, played in the Chicago nickname game thanks to writer A.J. Liebling's https://t.co/6SjA9XM4kk

William Shakespeare meets Ben Hecht in a new Scott Jacobs-JR Sullivan dramatization of Hecht's raucous memoir, "A Child of the Century," at the Newberry, with music and visuals and more than a dozen actors. https://t.co/yEA2xXJVKd

Football star (he played for OPRF and Notre Dame), World War II hero (crucial on D-Day), Olympian (medal winner in Rome in 1960), businessman (ran the company that helped light the city)... Welcome to the many lives of Chicago's Robert 'Buck' Halperin https://t.co/tgE99kXchg

'The Wild Mile: A River Reborn' explores the Chicago River's floating eco-park. One of the film makers says, “When I first saw it I was stunned." You will be too. https://t.co/hBYujL6Xra

Sunday, some extra @KoganAfterHours 4:30-7 pm @WGNRadio will have Taylor Evans and filmmaking pals on their new documentary “The Wild Mile: A River Reborn,” the city's first floating eco-park; Dan Halperin to talk about the film he is making about his father, "Buck" Halperin. https://t.co/kOjeDwcfei

The latest print issue of Playboy is here, after five-year absence and more than seven decades since it was born with a young actress on its cover. Will it still find an audience?https://t.co/knfKgdUeR1 https://t.co/NBGHLfMIeB

Created here by Hugh Hefner, Playboy began as a magazine and exploded into a worldwide enterprise. After a five-year absence, Playboy magazine is back in print. Will it still find an audience? https://t.co/SFfQk1LVHc

Glad to be back. Taping Super Bowl to bring you 5-7 pm Sunday on @WGNRadio Neal Samors on new book “Looking Back, Looking Forward”; Anne Laughlin on latest mystery, “Clean Kill”; one and only @CandidCandace on events and benefits; remembering Mike Bloomfield in words and music. https://t.co/jWmEVj0CHt

Scott Turow brings back old pal Rusty Sabich and they are both still among the best in the legal thriller business. This trip is on the pages of 'Presumed Guilty,' sure to be a movie sooner than later. https://t.co/DUjoVmggcZ