By Helene Smith
Reflecting Chicago.
(ENLARGE FOR PROPER VIEWING)
Posted on August 26, 2016
At Roosevelt University | The American Dream Reconsidered
By Roosevelt University
What does the American Dream mean today?
That’s the topic of a major conference Roosevelt University will be hosting Sept. 12-15 in Chicago.
At more than a dozen lectures and discussions, leading American scholars, activists and entrepreneurs will analyze the American Dream and how it affects millennials, education, health care, real estate, immigration, politics and more.
Posted on August 25, 2016
The Best, Most Incredible Cosplay Of Wizard World Chicago 2016
By Michael Does Life
The weekend in Rosemont left this YouTuber “highly impressed.”
“Bigger and better.”
“Awesome.”
Check out his video of the best cosplayers:
Posted on August 22, 2016
Beachwood Photo Booth: Summer Ghost
(God Has A Plan For This Insufferable House-Flipping Couple That Doesn’t Include Living In Chicago
See important update below!
Reddit comments (300-plus) vs. YouTube comments (5,000-plus).
Posted on August 16, 2016
Beachwood Photo: Proceed To Checkout
(Illinois State Bird Immortalized On U.S. Forever Stamp
By Joe Brockert/United States Postal Service
Hi,
I’m with the Postal Service and wanted to give you a heads up that Illinois’ state bird has been commemorated on a Forever stamp. The Northern Cardinal appears as one of our Songbirds in Snow stamps that were just issued last week. Here’s the link to the news release.
Posted on August 10, 2016
Chicagoetry: Whirl
By J.J. Tindall
Whirl
What is a whirlwind?
They happen every day, somewhere.
The world, we know, whirls.
Rain whirls: a waterspout
Of converging rain and lake water whirled
Off Navy Pier as a front
Rolled in.
Posted on August 9, 2016
Did Jack The Ripper Live In Chicago?
By Robert Walsh/The Line Up
“I am Jack the . . . ”
These were supposedly Dr. Thomas Neill Cream’s last words, somewhat interrupted by the trapdoors opening as he was hanged.
Dr. Cream swore to do no harm, then built a career out of doing little else. He favored the poison strychnine, which he used to kill mostly women – and mostly prostitutes, at that – between 1881 and 1892. His killing method of choice, as well as his eventual residence in the Lambeth area in London earned him the nickname, “The Lambeth Poisoner.”
Posted on August 8, 2016
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