Jake and Elwood hit the stage in The Official Blues Brothers Revue

Published Jan. 26, 2012

Jake and Elwood Blues are on another "mission from God" in "The Official Blues Brothers Revue," coming to the Marcus Center for the Performing Arts March 2-4.

Catching up with Stephen Furst from "Animal House"

Published March 7, 2008

They may have been rivals on-screen, but Mark Metcalf and Stephen ("Flounder") Furst developed an on-set friendship in 1978 that continues to this day.

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Scoring With Boring

Friday January 20th, 2012 - Gurnee, IL No rest for the wicked. Up and at ’em. I signed myself up for another network meet and greet breakfast this morning, and it started at 7:30 at the Golden Corral in Gurnee, IL. I’ve never been a morning person, even when I worked in mo...

Hoping For Hope

Monday November 21st, 2011 - Chicago, IL Well, I sure didn’t expect my morale and self esteem to dip down this low this quickly - and stay there for this long. I’ve had disappointments before, in fact a lifetime jam packed with them, but this particular setback sent me ove...

The Year Of Milwaukee

Saturday January 1st, 2011 - Somewhere At Sea Is it possible to ever be satisfied in this life? It seems to be human nature to always want more no matter how much we may already have, but that want is also what made us strive to achieve or attain anything in the first place. If it run...

Delicate Decision Day

Wednesday September 10th, 2008 - Lake Villa, ILLots of running around today trying to squeeze too many things into too little time. I am trying to keep everything straight but I feel like I’m building a house of cards and I have a guy throwing pepper in my face trying to make me sneeze it a...

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