Decades before Irish were Chicago political royalty, they lived in a ramshackle slum called Kilgubbin
In the 1850s and 1860s, Kilgubbin was often mentioned in the pages of the Tribune and other Chicago newspapers. The name ...
Museum founder Peggy Montes established Women's History Month in Chicago — and still is a 'lady in motion'
Peggy Montes started Bronzeville Children's Museum, worked to elect Mayor Harold Washington and sought to empower, inspire ...
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‘Division Street Revisited’ introduces Studs Terkel to the podcast generation
For Studs Terkel, Chicago was a microcosm of the world. The legendary writer, historian and radio personality made the ...
Field Museum’s union rallies against low wages
Members of the Field Museum’s labor union and their supporters rallied outside the natural history museum on Wednesday to ...
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Inside the fossil hunt: Digging for the monsters of Illinois’ Mazon Creek
From batch sales of unopened rocks on eBay to discreet phone calls to higher-dollar patrons, Illinois’ commercial fossil ...
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Top Things to Do in Chicago: Must-See Attractions & Hidden Gems
Source Chicago—it’s not your average U.S. city. Its larger-than-life energy never ceases to amaze. A city that proudly wears ...
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago receives $10m gift to support performance programme
The Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago (MCA) has received an anonymous ... new works dealing with questions of identity and shared history. The goal of the On Stage performance series, Orr says ...
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Long-Awaited National Public Housing Museum Opening Next Month In Little Italy
The museum, in the works since the late '90s, will open in the last remaining building from the Chicago Housing Authority's ...
With 100 Pounds of Blue Pigment, an Artist Conjures Spirits of the Past
The ghost of George Washington Carver hangs over the studio of Amanda Williams, where hues are inspired by the Alabama soil ...
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Women’s History Month: Notable women in the Chicago-area CRE industry
Kelly Strusinski knew she wanted to be an architect since she was in high school and has been very pleased to see how many ...
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Views from the nation’s press
Some of the president’s most devoted followers like to think of the U.S. as uniquely virtuous and their hero as practically infallible. But to avoid repeating America’s past sins, it’s critical to ...