I decided to speak with Dietrich Smith (pictured, courtesy of Open Fist Theatre Company) about his journey to adapt and direct the play, as well as his interest in Franz Kafka’s story. Thanks for ...

Did you know that Adolph Hitler named his special personal World War II train Amerika? I ran across this interesting fact while leafing through the British historian Martin Gilbert’s massive history ...

Steve Johnson, a freelance writer in Chicago, is a former longtime Chicago Tribune television critic. The September 1992 issue of the glossy Amerika was very much a newsmagazine of its moment. It ...