Joshua Funk
Age: 34
Hometown: Chicago
Job: Artistic Director - The Second City
Why did you attend the DNC?
I directed and performed in two shows on behalf of The Second City.
Wednesday night, I went to the premiere of Dark Knight at Navy Pier’s IMAX theatre. Yes, it was surreal to see Sir Michael Caine, Bill ...
Dear Fellow Illinoisans,
Did you know that…………………
On Wednesday, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) named Chicago as one of the five possible host cities for the 2016 Olympic Games. But, following the announcement of the short list, critics began...
You know it is summer in Illinois when local farmers start dotting parks, highways and parking lots with their locally grown produce.This Thursday, Scottish rocker, KT Tunstall, took time to perfor...
“Youth isn’t always what it is touted to be.”
~Lawana Blackwell, The Dowry of Ms. Lydia Clark, 1999
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Stephen Kazmierczak, armed with three handguns and a pump-action shotgun he had hid in a guitar case, opened fire on innocent students at Northern Illinois University, killing five and wounding a dozen...
“The Power of Courage and Conviction: Debate or Commercial?" Debate (def.)- A discussion in which reasons are advanced for and agains...
Instead of the planned overview on Super Tuesday events in Illinois I was going to give you this week, a sad event changed my plans. Yesterday, at 3:13 p.m. a gunman opened fire at Northern Illinois ...