More Post-Tribune employees may get ax

A WARN notice has been filed with the state of Illinois in anticipation of 50 or more possible layoffs at Post-Tribune parent company Chicago Sun-Times Media Group, according to the union representing newsroom employees.

Betting it all (or almost all)

Newspaper columnist, film critic and author Richard Roeper has always been fascinated with gambling.

OFFBEAT: Sunday Brown Derby event includes Bob Hope/Carol Channing touches

Thank you to the many readers who have called for reservations for my tribute to the Hollywood Brown Derby luncheon Sunday benefiting The Caring Place.

OFFBEAT: Sunday Brown Derby event includes Bob Hope/Carol Channing touches

OFFBEAT: A fading future for Chicago's famed celeb-filled Pump Room

It was just two years ago that I finally had my first visit to one of Chicago's most famous and fabled legendary dining spaces: The Pump Room in the Ambassador East hotel.

OFFBEAT: A fading future for Chicago's famed celeb-filled Pump Room

A CLASS ALONE - - The famed Pump Room at the Ambassadors East Hotel in Chicago, shown in this 1949 archive photo, continues to draw luminaries from around the world. Note a gentleman in the photo is using the house telephone while dining. (File Photo Image by Stanley Kubrick / NOT for sale v…