Fiction, Lit, Reviews

Review: Bewitching Hollywood Flappers and Fairies in Kathleen Rooney’s From Dust to Stardust

At one point in Kathleen Rooney’s bewitching new novel From Dust to Stardust, the iconic Hollywood flapper Doreen O’Dare says to an interviewer, “What I’ve figured out is that the […]

Elizabeth Niarchos Neukirch /
Fiction, Interviews, Lit, Previews

Interview: Kathleen Rooney on Silent Film Stars, Fairies, and Her New Book From Dust to Stardust

I first encountered Chicago author Kathleen Rooney years ago at The Neo-Futurists’ funky New Year’s Eve bash, where her collective Poems While You Wait was delightfully typing up custom poetry […]

Elizabeth Niarchos Neukirch /
Art & Museums, Beyond, Museum, Museums

So Lit: The Museum of Science and Industry’s Christmas Around the World and Holidays of Light Shines, Educates

The turkey’s been made and eaten (mostly) and Black Friday’s come and gone. Welcome to Cyber Monday, and, much more importantly, the official start of the holiday season. Now, no […]

Marielle Bokor /
Beyond, Museums, Uncategorized

GALLERY: 75 Years of Christmas Around The World at MSI

Now that the turkey’s gone and the pumpkin pie a memory, it’s time to get in the full swing of the holiday season. The Magnificent Mile’s had its lighting and […]

Marielle Bokor /
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Your Chicago Curated Weekend: 11/16 – 11/19

The holiday season is definitely here as it’s the first weekend of Lincoln Park Zoo’s Holiday Lights (for members and their guests only) andall the decorations begin to fill out […]

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