Cartoonist Johnny Sampson finally got his dream job at MAD magazine. Now he’s one of the only artists keeping the legendary publication going.
Tag: National Geographic
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Jane Goodall and Hedy Lamarr: Bold, beautiful, and brilliantly unschooled
Two recent documentaries, Jane and Bombshell, profile women whose modest educations left them open to new ideas.
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Paul Salopek pauses his global trek to reflect on politics back home
The former Chicago Tribune correspondent is walking out of Africa, through Asia, and down through the Americas, tracing humanity’s own first journey.
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‘Women of Vision’ brings the world to the Field Museum
A new exhibition features the work of 11 award-winning National Geographic photographers—all of whom happen to be female.
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Former Trib correspondent Paul Salopek is taking an eight-year walk
National Geographic is chronicling the journalist’s journey from Ethiopia to Tierra del Fuego
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Reader’s Agenda Mon 2/10: Paul Nicklen, Everybody Street, and Difficulties
What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Monday, February 10
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Modernism with a side of vicarious travel: Chef Tim Graham on Travelle
How coastal Mediterranean wound up on the second floor of Mies’s 330 North Wabash.
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Nuns, superspies, wild animals, and the rest of this week’s movies
New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue
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Department of Corrections
Camels are artiodactyls, not perissodactyls. Everybody knows that!
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National Geographic’s top ten literary cities
Chicago is not one of the top ten literary cities, per National Geographic
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Secondhand style in Pilsen
I’m known among friends as the queen of Craigslist, specifically the “Free” section. I scour it daily and have found amazing things, such as a Scandinavian credenza, 250 vintage National Geographic magazines, and a pair of Nelson-inspired bubble lamps. So when it comes time for me to clean out my apartment, I like to return […]
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What’s Happening With Sulzer Library’s VHS Tapes?
(Not to mention the chairs and tables)
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Chi Lives: little shop of oysters
Calumet Fisheries, take-out shack at the foot of the 95th Street bridge