Gish Jen's "Bad Bad Girl" tells the story of the author's damaging relationship with her mother. (Book cover courtesy Knopf; author photo courtesy Basso Cannarsa) Gish Jen’s “Bad Bad Girl” is a ...

Trigger warning for any daughter who has ever had a fraught relationship with their mother: Gish Jen’s remarkable and heartbreaking latest book, “Bad Bad Girl,” may prompt a flood of feelings not felt ...

Lillian Diana Gish (October 14, 1893 – February 27, 1993) was an American stage, screen and television actress whose film acting career spanned 75 years, from 1912 to 1987. She was a prominent film ...

As the running back on the team that features the most prolific passer in Illinois High School Association history, Lincoln-Way East senior Brody Gish has learned a thing or two about patience. The ...

Baile Cangrejero is a centerpiece of the Pregones Puerto Rican Traveling Theater’s repertoire. It’s vibrant, rhythmic and oozing with cultural pride. Rosalba Rolón, the artistic director of the ...

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Actress Annabeth Gish is mourning the death of her beloved father, Robert Franklin Gish, who passed away at the age of 85 on September 1. The Mystic Pizzastar calls the grief she feels “a wild kind,” ...

The astute and revelatory latest from Jen (The Resisters) recounts the author’s tumultuous relationship with her Shanghai-born mother, Loo Shu-Hsin, and offers a fictionalized version of Loo’s early ...

THE main event of the week is the advent of Lillian Gish in “The Scarlet Letter” at the Central Theatre. Directed by Victor Seastrom, she brings an admirable maturity and understanding to the part ...

February can be a tough month. Winter settles in and doesn’t feel like it’s going anywhere, anytime soon. Snow forecasts no longer bring the tingle of anticipation. By February, joyful memories of ...

PREACHING the well known doctrine that war is hell, “The Enemy” arrived at the Astor Theatre. It is repetitious, plati- tudinous, obvious, and occasionally sloppily done. In spite of those few faults ...