Every Thursday, WTTW News newsletter producer Josh Terry highlights his picks for the week’s must-see cultural events.

A scholar will appear in Miller Beach Friday to discuss his second book about Nelson Algren, the National Book Award-winning author of "The Man with the Golden Arm" who lived in the Gary's lakefront ...

Valentine’s Day 2026 invites reflection on love in all its forms, the letters of Simone de Beauvoir and Nelson Algren stand ...

Nelson Algren, 45, wrote a successful novel five years ago called The Man with the Golden Arm, and now lives in a bungalow outside Chicago. While working on another book, Algren is living on a ...