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December 9, 2021 (December 10, 2021)

Chicago Architecture: Beyond Eccentric Avenue

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Concluding our look at a few of Chicago’s quirkier architectural treasures with the Guide to Chicago’s Twenty-First-Century Architecture, by the Chicago Architecture Center and John Hill. See here and here […]

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December 6, 2021 (October 26, 2021)

Chicago Architecture: Back to Eccentric Avenue

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Continuing our look at a few of Chicago’s quirkier architectural treasures with the Guide to Chicago’s Twenty-First-Century Architecture, by the Chicago Architecture Center and John Hill. See here for the […]

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December 2, 2021 (October 26, 2021)

Chicago Architecture: Eccentric Avenue

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Chicago architecture can overwhelm natives and newcomers alike. No doubt you’ll prepare for your jaunt(s) with a list of must-see destinations with the Guide to Chicago’s Twenty-First-Century Architecture. Very wise. […]

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November 12, 2021 (October 26, 2021)

Architecture Tour: Still More Chicago Green Spaces

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Concluding our tour of Chicago’s outdoor architectural sites with the Guide to Chicago’s Twenty-First-Century Architecture, by the Chicago Architecture Center and John Hill. See here and here for the other […]

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November 5, 2021 (November 9, 2021)

Architecture Tour: More Chicago Green Spaces

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Continuing our tour of Chicago’s outdoor architectural sites with the Guide to Chicago’s Twenty-First-Century Architecture, by the Chicago Architecture Center and John Hill. See here for the first entry in […]

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November 2, 2021 (November 9, 2021)

Architecture Tour: Chicago Green Spaces

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Architecture in Chicago brings the awe. But maybe you want to mix in some nature while visiting the city. Thankfully, the Guide to Chicago’s Twenty-First-Century Architecture pays special attention to […]

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July 10, 2018

A Triumph of Progressive Politics: Roger Biles on Mayor Harold Washington

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Roger Biles is Professor Emeritus of History at Illinois State University. His books include Richard J. Daley: Politics, Race, and the Governing of Chicago and The Fate of Cities: Urban America and the Federal […]

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June 4, 2018 (June 7, 2018)

University of Illinois Press Authors at Printer’s Row Lit Festival

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June 9-10, the streets of Dearborn and Polk will be flooded with booksellers, publishers, and book lovers for the annual Printer’s Row Lit Festival in Chicago! The University of Illinois […]

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March 20, 2017 (March 16, 2017)

200 Years of Illinois: Archaea, the third kind of life on earth

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Today we turn over the 200 Years of Illinois feature to Steven Lenz and Nicholas Hopkins, authors of an essay (reprinted below) in the new UIP book The University of Illinois: Engine […]

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December 23, 2016 (December 14, 2016)

Christmas in the Land of Milk and (Uncle) Honey

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Alan Guebert’s book The Land of Milk and Uncle Honey may have been inspired by a little homemade wine. Guebert, has been writing his nationally syndicated column “The Farm and Food […]

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January 15, 2016 (January 15, 2016)

Interview with Ruth Nicole Brown

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Please note this new interview with Ruth Nicole Brown, author of the UIP book Hear Our Truths: The Creative Potential of Black Girlhood and co-founder of Saving Our Lives Hear Our Truths (SOLHOT). […]

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January 14, 2016 (January 14, 2016)

Throwbacklist Thursday

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Drink bothered the Founding Fathers. Not on a personal level, of course. John Adams drank a tankard of hard cider with his breakfast and George Washington went on many a bender. […]

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