The above title comes from a George Gershwin and DuBose Heyward 1934 aria, used in the 1935 opera, Porgy and Bess. (This summer, the livin’ might not be as easy as past ones.) As we enter the real ...

“Summertime, and the livin’ is easy” begins the George Gershwin song I’ve loved since childhood, when a Chicago accordionist named Sam Porfirio and a nightclub singer named Georgia Drake, friends of ...

When school let out for the summer, The Forum ran stories on ways to keep youngsters occupied throughout the summer months. I'm a child of the 1950s - a different time, for sure - so I am amused and ...

The worldwide pandemic has threatened many of the businesses you rely on every day, but don’t let it take away your source for local news. Now more than ever, we need your help to ensure nothing but ...