Midwesterners talk about the weather a lot. We try to avoid it, but with the way things have been this past week, let’s face it: March isn’t the time for […]

The 1897 image on pages 110 through11 of Jeremy Black’s A History of the Railroad in 100 Maps is a striking bird’s-eye view of Chicago, looking across downtown to the […]

Brushes with fame create anecdotes; brushes with infamy leave a scar. Such is the case with author Courtney Lund O’Neil’s mother Kimberly Byers-Lund, and by extension O’Neil herself. In her […]

The key moment in John William Nelson’s important, original, and eye-opening history of the place that became the city of Chicago—Muddy Ground: Native Peoples, Chicago’s Portage, and the Transformation of […]

It’s that time of year again! Convention season kicks off with C2E2 but of course doesn’t stop there. Fan Expo Chicago kicks off in just a few hours over in […]

People love to complain. This year, the main complaint about C2E2 was its lineup. And whether or not it’s to your liking, our opinion is there’s always something interesting to […]

Everyone knows they’ll die, but few people believe it. For the sole species aware of its mortality, personal nonexistence is inconceivable. Many have come near death. A number of folks […]

A strikingly drawn and boldly colored map, attributed to the Jesuit priest and explorer Jean de Brebeuf, is the image used on the cover of Mirela Altic’s Encounters in the […]

The Stray Shopping Carts of Eastern North America: A Guide to Field Identification By Julian Montague Second edition, 2023, University of Chicago Press Julian Montague published his first edition of The […]

There were so many great celebs lined up on Saturday’s panel schedule we figured we’d have to do nothing but sit in panels all day long and only leave when […]

Friday was the first full day of Fan Expo Chicago 2023 and with that comes lots and lots of celebrity guest appearances in panels. This year, things are a little […]

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