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May 6, 2016 (April 28, 2016)

See ‘The Hayloft Gang’ on screen

Appalachian studies bluegrass film Illinois / regional music

The National Barn Dance was the nation’s most popular country music radio show during the 1930s and 1940s, predating the popularity of the Grand Ole Opry and serving as a […]

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April 29, 2016 (April 28, 2016)

Sensing Chicago awarded by the Illinois State Historical Society

american history author commentary authors awards Chicago Illinois / regional

Sensing Chicago: Noisemakers, Strikebreakers, and Muckrakers by Adam Mack has been given an award for Superior Achievement by the Illinois State Historical Society. The awards committee noted, “This scholarly book […]

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April 27, 2016 (April 27, 2016)

200 Years of Illinois: U.S. as in United States

american history Illinois / regional

“My family is American, and has been for generations, in all its branches, direct and collateral.” April 27 marks the 194th anniversary of the birth of Ulysses S. Grant, victor […]

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April 27, 2016 (April 25, 2016)

Kind of Blue

Illinois / regional sports history

With the Cubs shocking the monkey in the early going, the cry goes out: Kris Bryant for president. Or Anthony Rizzo. Or Jake Arrieta. Alas, they are all too young and, […]

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April 21, 2016 (April 21, 2016)

200 Years of Illinois: Dark Skies

Illinois / regional

April 21, 1967, dawned cool and foggy in northern Illinois. It had been a tough winter and the cold had yet to fully retreat. In fact, it would snow again three days […]

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April 21, 2016 (May 2, 2017)

Throwbacklist Thursday: Call of the Mild

Illinois / regional natural history photography

Until climate change renders snowball fights the exclusive preserve of those able to climb K2, May will remain the most welcome of months, for have mercy, it is spring. Natural history, […]

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April 13, 2016 (April 14, 2016)

Bumper crop

american history food Illinois / regional

What does America need? You probably have a long list. It might even include “a good five-cent cigar.” What does America NOT need? More corn. We’re swimming in corn. South America is […]

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April 4, 2016 (April 4, 2016)

Q&A with the editors of Women, Work, and Worship in Lincoln’s Country

american history author commentary authors biography Illinois / regional letters Lincoln women's history

Ann Dumville and her daughters Jemima, Hephzibah, and Elizabeth were not history makers in the way we traditionally think of such figures. None of these women held high political office […]

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March 22, 2016 (March 21, 2016)

Q&A with Painting the Gospel author Kymberly Pinder

art author commentary authors black studies Chicago Illinois / regional interviews religion

Kymberly N. Pinder is Dean of the College of Fine Arts at the University of New Mexico. Her book Painting the Gospel: Black Public Art and Religion in Chicago explores the […]

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March 14, 2016 (March 8, 2016)

Alan Harper’s blues odyssey

author commentary authors black studies blues Chicago Illinois / regional music

Alan Harper left his home in England in 1979 on a pilgrimage to find the blues. His journey led him to Chicago where he worked at a sandwich restaurant and […]

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February 22, 2016 (February 15, 2016)

Burn days at Prairie Crossing

Illinois / regional

Our new release Prairie Crossing looks at a suburban Chicago housing development founded as an experiment to use access to nature as a means to challenge America’s failed culture of suburban sprawl. […]

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February 10, 2016 (February 9, 2016)

The fate of Mr. Pitner

american history Illinois / regional women's history

In the new UIP release The Dumville Letters, Anne M. Heinz and John P. Heinz bring us the antebellum-era correspondence of Ann Dumville and her daughters Hepzibah, Jemima, and Elizabeth, as well as their […]

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