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Hubert Sumlin dies at 80; guitarist shaped Howlin' Wolf's sound
When Howlin' Wolf romped through "Wang Dang Doodle" or thundered in "Three Hundred Pounds of Joy," the snarling guitar that accompanied him belonged to one of the greatest bluesmen to pick up the instrument: Hubert Sumlin.
The cry of Sumlin's guitar &#...Tags: Entertainment, Viagra (drug), Keith Richards, Chester Arthur "Howlin' Wolf" Burnett, James Cotton
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Robert Easton dies at 81; Henry Higgins of Hollywood
Robert Easton, a character actor whose command of a vast array of foreign and American regional accents led to a flourishing second career as a dialect coach to Hollywood stars such as Charlton Heston and Anne Hathaway, has died. He was 81.
Often...Tags: Robin Williams, Easton (Easton, Pennsylvania), John Travolta, Idi Amin, England
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Hundreds arrested in 'Occupy' protests
Several hundred protesters in at least seven U.S. cities supporting the Occupy Wall Street movement were arrested over the weekend after refusing to obey police orders to leave public areas, including 175 in Chicago.
The arrests were mostly peaceful...Tags: Occupy Wall Street, Tourism and Leisure, Grant Park, Gardens and Parks, Princeton University
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Robert Finigan dies at 68; noted Bay Area wine critic
Robert Finigan, who elevated wine criticism in the early 1970s with an influential newsletter that was notable for its authoritative and unvarnished appraisals, died Oct. 1 at his San Francisco home. He was 68.
His wife, Suzanne, said the cause of...Tags: Reviews, Fine Arts, Ruth Reichl, Arts and Culture, Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers
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David 'Honeyboy' Edwards dies at 96; Chicago bluesman
David "Honeyboy" Edwards, the son of a sharecropper, the grandson of a slave and — for an extraordinary 80-plus years — the voice of the Delta blues, died Monday at his home in Chicago, said his longtime manager, Michael Frank. He was 96 and...Tags: Fine Arts, Physical Conditions, Muddy Waters, Arts and Culture, Slavery
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Book Review: 'Big Roads' by Earl Swift
Special to the Los Angeles TimesBig Roads: The Untold Story of the Engineers, Visionaries, and Trailblazers Who Created the American Superhighways Earl Swift Houghton Mifflin Harcourt: 375 pp., $27.00 Veteran journalist Earl Swift's well-focused and lively history of American...Tags: Road Transportation, African Americans, Heart and Circulatory System, Automotive Equipment, Technology
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Football: Dayne Crist is transferring from Notre Dame
Varsity Times InsiderWith one year of eligibility left, former Sherman Oaks Notre Dame quarterback Dayne Crist will transfer from the University of Notre Dame, the Chicago Tribune reported. Wisconsin could be his destination. -- Eric Sondheimer... -
What is the most and least interesting pre-New Year's bowl matchup?
The Fabulous ForumCollege football: What is the most and least interesting pre-New Year's bowl matchup?... -
Dwight Howard or Chris Paul: Who is more likely to be a Laker?
The Fabulous ForumWriters from around the Tribune Co. discuss the possibility of the Lakers trading for Dwight Howard of the Orlando Magic and/or Chris Paul of the New Orleans Hornets.... -
Chicago man beaten when he tries to rob mixed martial arts expert
Nation NowA Chicago man picked the wrong dude to rob, authorities say: Anthony Miranda was badly beaten when his intended robbery target turned out to be an expert in mixed-martial arts.... -
Monster Mash: Drilling for Leonardo Da Vinci; 'Once' to Broadway
Culture MonsterArt experts have signed a petition to stop drilling into a fresco in Florence's Palazzo Vecchio, where a hidden Leonardo Da Vinci work is believed to reside. "Once," the new stage musical based on the popular 2007 movie, has set an opening day on Broadway... -
Monster Mash: Broad Museum at MSU; World Trade Center site
Culture MonsterThe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University has named Alison Gass as its curator of contemporary art. A planned performing arts center to be designed by Frank Gehry for the former World Trade Center site in New York is in limbo as organizers await...
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