Of the very many famous people who admired the late comic actor Paul Reubens’ singular creation named Pee-wee Herman — among them Conan O’Brien, Jimmy Kimmel, film director John Waters, Lily Tomlin, ...

For a certain generation of Chicagoans, it’s unimaginable growing up not knowing the name Mike Royko. But a lot of people in their 20s and younger who grew up as print media declined have never ...

Mike Royko’s typed manuscript for “Boss” with handwritten edits, circa 1970, in the Newberry Library's new exhibition "Chicago Style: Mike Royko and Windy City Journalism," June 17, 2024.

There are ghosts aplenty in the Billy Goat Tavern, that subterranean saloon, and none more notable than that of bygone columnist Mike Royko. One late afternoon last week Mike’s son, Sam, was ...

More than 27 years since he died at the age of 64, legendary columnist Mike Royko still looms over Chicago. While there is no statue of Royko in Chicago (yet), barely a week goes by where he isn ...

To call Mike Royko a legend in Chicago journalism is an understatement. When he died in 1997, at 64, he towered over all other columnists, locally — and nationally.

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Bisschop agreed. "A voice like Mike Royko's shouldn't go away regardless of how you felt about him when he was alive; he was a prolific part of the city, and it's important to keep that ball in ...

“A pessimist sees the glass as half-empty,” Mike Royko once wrote. “A Cub fan wonders when it’s gonna spill.” A review of a new solo show at the Chopin Theatre about Michael Royko Jr., a ...

Mike Royko’s walking hat, tweed sports coat and coat rack from his office, in the Newberry Library's new exhibition "Chicago Style: Mike Royko and Windy City Journalism," June 17, 2024.

"A voice like Mike Royko's shouldn't go away regardless of how you felt about him when he was alive; he was a prolific part of the city, and it's important to keep that ball in the air," he said.