One summer evening, back in the ‘80s, I filed into a Chicago theater and beheld my city on the big screen, pretty much for the first time. I saw "The Blues Brothers," the crazy car-crash comedy ...

It’s hard to find a more iconic Chicago movie than “The Blues Brothers.” A Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist shares new stories he uncovered while researching the making of this cult favorite and love ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi debuted the Blues Brothers on 'SNL' in 1978. - Credit: Al Levine/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal/Getty ...

Blues Brothers Con — The Sequel: Head to the Old Joliet Prison where Dan Aykroyd and Jim Belushi will host a lineup of Chicago blues performers for another year of Blues Brothers Con. Curtis Salgado, ...

Fans of “The Blues Brothers” have been looking forward to the return of a festival billed as the world’s greatest tribute to the iconic 1980 film. After being postponed in 2023 due to the Screen ...

CEO of the Joliet Area Historical Museum Greg Peerbolte joins Wendy Snyder (in for Bob Sirott) to talk about Wendy’s experiences from the first Blues Brothers Con and who will be joining the ...

'The Blues Brothers' are still hitting the right notes after being ranked among the greatest rock movies of all time.

Jake (John Belushi) and Elwood Blues (Dan Aykroyd) tear through an abandoned shopping mall with a small army of police cars in hot pursuit, turning the Dixie Square Mall into a demolition derby of ...

The following is adapted from “The Blues Brothers: An Epic Friendship, the Rise of Improv, and the Making of an American Film Classic,” published March 19 by Atlantic Monthly Press. The author ...