OFFBEAT: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Museum presents Rolling Stones '50 Years' exhibit

Phil Potempa's daily entertainment news column.

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Green Bay's Antonio Chatman, left, and Donald Driver walk off the field after losing to Cleveland. The Green Bay Packers hosted the Cleveland Browns at Lambeau Field Sunday September 18, 2005. The Packers lost 26-24. Steve Apps-State Journal.

OFFBEAT: Chicago premiere of 'Side Effects' play comedy has side effects

Phil Potempa's daily entertainment news column.

TV Comedy Writer Marc Jaffe

TV comedy writer-turned-playwright Marc Jaffe penned the new stage comedy "Side Effects May Include..." having its Chicago premiere this month at Greenhouse Theatre.

PHIL WIELAND: Big wind brings blowhard Wielando's annual visit

It's an ill wind that blows no good, and this week's storm blew in the no-goodest prognosticator of them all: The Amazing Wielando.

DOUG ROSS: Talk turns to action on 'A Christmas Story'

There have been many Christmas stories told over the years. This one is about "A Christmas Story" coming home to Hammond.

Pacers rally from 16 points down

INDIANAPOLIS | Paul George scored 27 points, and the Pacers overcame a 16-point deficit to beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 96-81 on Wednesday night.

NFL INSIDER: Bears in do-or-die territory

It's the time of year when the men are separated from the boys in the NFL.

As Great Lakes plummet, towns try to save harbors

ONEKAMA, Mich. (AP) — For more than a century, easy access to Lake Michigan has made Onekama a popular place for summer visitors and a refuge for boaters fleeing dangerous storms. Now the community itself needs a rescue, from slumping lake levels that threaten its precious link to open water.

Photography exhibit from Rock and Roll Hall of Fame comes to South Shore Arts

For Cleveland-based photographer Janet Macoska, a 1989 photo she took of Sir Paul McCartney brings her career full circle.

Adventures in Everyday Living, Shorelines Thursday, November 8, 2012

Rick Kaempfer touts David Stern's Balding Handbook and an exclusive, tell-all-he-can-remem(oir)ber coming next year from John Records Landecker and Eckhartz Press. And straight from the Rock 'n Roll HOF, 80 stunning photographs. --- Pat Colander, Associate Publisher and Editor.

Moceanu, Boginskaya like American hopes

VALPARAISO | Dominique Moceanu’s Olympic gold medal is in its original wooden case in a fireproof box in her Cleveland home.

PHIL AT THE PHAIR: The only colonel I want to obey is Sanders

WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP | I'm not much of a "military" kind of guy. First of all, soldiers have to get up way too early for me. And then there's all that marching and following orders and stuff. I'd rather be all I can be from a lawn chair.

Valpo Tech not an eyesore in grads' eyes

VALPARAISO | The former Valparaiso Technical Institute building might be an eyesore, but to many of the institute's graduates it still is the Emerald City of their educational life.

So much for the double bye

Detroit's Ray McCallum comes in for two as Detroit takes on Cleveland State in the semifinals Saturday of the Horizon League Men's Basketball tournament.

So much for the double bye

Cleveland's Jeremy Montgomery is guarded closely by Detroit's Ray McCallum Saturday in the semifinals of the Horizon League Men's Basketball Tournament at Valparaiso University.

So much for the double bye

Cleveland's Trevon Harmon is fouled Saturday by Detroit's Evan Bruinsma as Detroit takes on Cleveland State in the semifinals of the Horizon League Men's Basketball tournament at Valparaiso University.

So much for the double bye

Cleveland's Charles Lee guards Detroit's Ray McCallum Jr. on Saturday in the semifinals of the Horizon League Men's Basketball tournament at Valparaiso University.