Chicago history, Design, Lit, Nonfiction

Review: Why Chicago Is Chicago, A History of the Chicago Portage, by Benjamin Sells

A History of the Chicago Portage: The Crossroads That Made Chicago and Helped Make America By Benjamin Sells Northwestern University Press Let me tell you: I’m a huge Chicago history […]

Patrick T. Reardon /
Lit, Reviews

Book Review—Binga: The Rise and Fall of Chicago’s First Black Banker

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Binga: The Rise and Fall of Chicago’s First Black Banker By Don Hayner Northwestern University Press, 312 pages, $24.95 Reviewed by Patrick T. Reardon A hallmark of the black nationalism […]

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Lit, Reviews, Stages

Review: Ensemble-Made Chicago Lets Us Peek Into Some of Chicago’s Most Inventive Theaters

Chicago is home to 200 to 250 theater companies, depending on who’s counting. Most of them are what we might call traditional theaters that stage scripted productions, both new works […]

Nancy S Bishop /