You may know cartoonist Bill Griffith from his iconic character Zippy the Pinhead, who made the leap from underground comic ...

Joanna Moore, who played Peggy on "The Andy Griffith Show" for four episodes, dealt with a number of personal challenges ...

The Chicago International Film Festival, which returns this weekend, debuted 60 years ago under the direction of 22-year-old independent filmmaker Michael Kutza with financial and in-kind support from ...

Singer-songwriter Janis Ian evolved from a precocious young talent to an influential figure in the music industry and an advocate for social justice. Born in 1951 to a politically active Jewish family ...

Carola Nancy Griffith, who went by Nancy, passed away at age 77 on March 2, 2025 after a nearly eight-year battle with cancer. A visitation will be held from 1:30-2:00 pm, with a memorial service to ...

If beloved deputy Barney Fife and precocious grade-schooler Opie Taylor seemed like family on "The Andy Griffith Show," it may be because the actors actually were. Ron Howard, who started his career ...

Songwriters, longtime listeners, newcomers, and possibly a gang of neighborly ghosts pack Austin’s iconic Cactus Cafe. While members of this eclectic group gather as strangers, they all share one ...

At her August 15, 2015, concert in Santa Clara, California, Taylor Swift brought out two surprise guests: folk singer Joan Baez and actress Julia Roberts, both wearing Taylor Swift T-shirts. The two ...

Recently Lawrence Cosentino for City Pulse of Lansing Michigan reviewed Three Rocks. On the surface, “Three Rocks,” a new graphic novel by Bill Griffith, is a tribute from one syndicated cartoonist to ...

Texan songwriters often address the linguistic alienation native Texans can experience upon leaving home. Countless Lyle Lovett songs play off the trope of the awkward country boy overwhelmed by the ...

The Texas-born singer-songwriter Nanci Griffith’s voice is an “acquired taste,” as one critic put it after Griffith’s death two years ago, at the age of sixty-eight. To me, Griffith’s idiosyncratic ...