Radon is sickening thousands of Ohioans a year. A Dispatch investigation found the state could be doing more to protect those ...

Patti Smith talks about 'Bread of Angels,' her latest book. Smith wrote the book over a 10-year period, chronicling her ...

The singer-songwriter and poet recounts her childhood in this memoir, the place where “the kingdom of the infinite imagination” first opened beneath her feet.

The indomitable punk poet — who was born in Chicago and briefly lived in Logan Square when she was young — dedicated “People ...

“Just Kids” is a memoir of Smith’s early years in New York and her relationship with the artist Robert Mapplethorpe. They ...

Patti Smith has reaped many honors in her life. She’s been inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, won a National Book ...

“Jesus died for somebody’s sins but not mine,” Smith sang on Saturday over the slow piano chords of keyboardist Tony Shanahan ...

For one weekend, Fort Mason may have been the most caffeinated place on the planet. The wildly popular annual San Francisco ...

While National Book Award-winning “Just Kids” followed her pursuit of art in New York and her precious friendship with ...

The B-52 member teamed up with Uniting Voices Chicago for an inspired rendition of the song, which will benefit the nonprofit ...

Around the area this weekend, the Ice Skating Ribbon opens in Maggie Daley Park, one of many signs of winter to come. Plus ...