Christopher Borrelli

Prefer us on Google Learn More CHICAGO — As you progress through your summer reading, ask yourself: Do I really want to tackle “The

CHICAGO — As you progress through your summer reading, ask yourself: Do I really want to tackle “The Odyssey”? The Christopher Nolan-directed, star-jammed

CHICAGO — As you progress through your summer reading, ask yourself: Do I really want to tackle “The Odyssey”? The Christopher Nolan-directed, star-jammed

CHICAGO — As you progress through your summer reading, ask yourself: Do I really want to tackle “The Odyssey”? The Christopher Nolan-directed, star-jammed adaptation of the Greek epic arrives in movie theaters on July 17. And yet, do you want to lug Homer out to the beach this summer?

Chicago has long had real country music fans, but the music here is more pop country. A lot of folks said they came more for the food than the bands. Is any of that a bad thing?

“Talking Classics” by Mary Beard. (Stacey Wescott/Chicago Tribune) By Christopher Borrelli | [email protected] | Chicago Tribune

“Talking Classics” by Mary Beard. (Stacey Wescott/Chicago Tribune)

CHICAGO — As you progress through your summer reading, ask yourself: Do I really want to tackle “The Odyssey”? The Christopher Nolan-directed, star-jammed adaptation of the Greek epic that arrived in movie theaters on Friday. And yet, do you want to lug Homer out to the beach this summer?

A mason jiggled the cornerstone loose a couple of weeks early, the one that read “1925,” the one fitted into the facade of the village hall in Winnetka.

An article in The Atlantic put it bluntly: “The End of Reading Is Here.”