Evanston native Kristin Lems has shared stages with John Prine and Gloria Steinem, and she’s currently working on a play with songs about Jane Addams.
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Happy belated birthday, Chicago! Here’s your life story, starting with the immigrants who founded you.
Also featured: the reversal of the Chicago River, the commodities trade, the Mayors Daley, and Jane Addams.
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Lois Weber laid down a marker for women in film
But her progressive ideas left something to be desired.
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Shame on Wheels, It’s a Wonderful Life, and more things to do in Chicago this weekend
Donut Fest, Irish Christmas Market, and more happenings from December 9-11.
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So what is a great Chicago book anyway?
Some more thoughts about greatness and Chicago-ness at our tournament’s halfway point.
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The Jungle vs. Twenty Years at Hull-House: The Greatest Ever Chicago Book Tournament round one
Two books by Progressive-era reformers square off in the opening round of our contest.
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Crunch time for the city’s other teachers’ union
As contract negotiations drag on, UIC United Faculty hosts a teach-in—and contemplates a walkout.
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The migration of the hipster
The migration of the hipster: A Chicago history, 1898-present
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Chikaming Country Club at 100
A centennial history of the Lakeside, Michigan, country club
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This week’s Culture Vultures recommend . . .
In-the-know Chicagoans recommend
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Women’s Land Armies: Events with Elaine Weiss
In a series of local appearances, journalist Elaine Weiss discusses her new book “Fruits of Victory: The Woman’s Land Army of America in the Great War.”
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One last thing on the Nobel Prize
Matt Taibbi has a compelling take on Obama’s win, though the obvious exception that may or may not prove the rule to this… “You never, ever get a true dissident from a prominent Western country winning the award, despite the obvious appropriateness such a choice would represent” … is MLK, though arguments could be made […]
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Pots not bombs
The Chicago Anarchist Film Festival’s opening night film, “On the Verge: The Smash EDO Campaign,” documents the five-year-long protest outside a British plant aimed at disrupting the supply of arms for the Iraq war.
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The dark side of the Vancouver Olympics
A 2007 documentary, The Five Ring Circus, details the high costs to Vancouver of its bid for the 2010 Winter Olympics. The film screens Friday at Jane Addams Hull-House Museum.
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Community Organizers vs. Village Idiots
The Republicans deserve merciless ridicule for their cynical attack on community organizers. Do the Democrats have the chops to deliver it?