CHICAGO – YIPPIE! It’s back, in the neighborhood of its roots. YippieFest 2023 will be August 4th-6th in the Lakeview/Buena Park venue of PRIDE ARTS, 4139 North Broadway in Chicago. The space is less than a half mile from the former Mary-Arrchie Theatre, whose “Abbie Hoffman Festival” was the template for the three-day performance celebration. YippieFest currently has slots for theater acts, including one-act plays, monologue, sketch, improv, vaudeville and other stage performance arts. Artists get free admission to the rest of the festival, so click YiPPIE FEST 2023 to sign up.
Leave it to Beaver
In Memoriam: Slideshow of Celebrities Who Passed Away in 2022 By Photographer Joe Arce
Submitted by PatrickMcD on January 11, 2023 - 1:25pm- 2022
- Barbara Walters
- Bob Saget
- Exclusive Portrait
- Gilbert Gottfried
- GoodFellas
- HollywoodChicago.com Content
- In Memoriam
- Joe Arce
- Kirstie Alley
- Leave it to Beaver
- Louise Fletcher
- Madeleine Albright
- MASH
- Meat Loaf
- Naomi Judd
- Nichelle Nichols
- Patrick McDonald
- Paul Sorvino
- Slideshow
- Star Trek
- The Exorcist
- Tony Dow
CHICAGO – The grim reaper spares no one, despite even having a celebrity status. But photographer Joe Arce, who has taken thousands of Exclusive Portraits of famous folks, gives some notables one more memorial image as we say adios to last year. Through his lens, from Barbara Walters at the end of December back to January, below is the Slideshow of Celebrities who passed away in 2022.
In Memoriam: Unpublished Exclusive Photo of Child Star Tony Dow
Submitted by PatrickMcD on July 31, 2022 - 10:59amTOPANGA, CALIF – Tony Dow is still dead. The featured cast member of the iconic 1950s sitcom “Leave it to Beaver” joined the ranks of Mark Twain and Generalissimo Francisco Franco on the list of deaths that were announced before the individual had died. On July 26th, 2022, a rep inadvertently leaked that Dow had passed, after a battle with cancer. His family had to intervene, expressing that he was still alive. Dow officially died on July 27th at his home in Topanga, California.
Slideshow: 15 Portraits from ‘The Hollywood Show,’ in Chicagoland on March 23 & 24, 2019
Submitted by PatrickMcD on March 21, 2019 - 9:34amCHICAGO – The TV, movie and entertainment world is coming back to Chicagoland with The Hollywood Show on March 23rd and 24th, 2019, at the Hyatt Rosemont/Chicago O’Hare Hotel in Rosemont, Ill. The event gives fans and admirers an opportunity to meet and get pictures with celebrities and take advantage of vendors offering show business memorabilia.
Feature: Top 20 Celebrity Photos of 2018, by Joe Arce of HollywoodChicago.com
Submitted by PatrickMcD on January 10, 2019 - 4:39pm- 10
- 2018
- 25
- Al Roker
- Best
- Bob Mackie
- Bob Odenkirk
- Carey Mulligan
- Carol Burnett
- Chance the Rapper
- Entertainment News
- Ethan Hawke
- Ginger Zee
- HollywoodChicago.com Content
- Joe Arce
- Leave it to Beaver
- Liam Neeson
- List
- Megan Mullally
- Nichelle Nichols
- Nick Offerman
- Patrick McDonald
- Photography
- Photos
- Pictures
- Portraits
- Sean Hayes
- Ten
- Terrence Howard
- Thiffani Thiessen
- Top 20 2018
- Viola Davis
CHICAGO – 2018 was a killer year. I lost both my father and my childhood guitar idol|/mentor Ed King (of Lynyrd Skynyrd) within four days of each other. Both men played instrumental roles in starting and supporting my chosen photographic journey.
Slideshow: 20 Portraits From The Hollywood Show in Chicagoland on March 17-18, 2018
Submitted by PatrickMcD on March 15, 2018 - 2:17pm- Angie Dickinson
- Bambi
- Buck Rogers
- Dawn Wells
- Ed Asner
- Film News
- Gilligan’s Isle
- HollywoodChicago.com Content
- HollywoodChicago.com Slideshow
- Hyatt Rosemont/Chicago
- Illinois
- Leave it to Beaver
- Patrick McDonald
- Richard Chamberlain
- Rosemont
- Seinfeld
- Soup Nazi
- Stefanie Powers
- The Hollywood Show
- The Mary Tyler Moore Show
- The Nelsons
CHICAGO – The TV, movie and entertainment world is coming back to Chicagoland with The Hollywood Show on March 17th and 18th, 2018, at the Hyatt Rosemont/Chicago O’Hare Hotel in Rosemont, Ill. The event gives fans and admirers an opportunity to meet and get pictures with celebrities and take advantage of vendors offering show business memorabilia.
