Life Is Beautiful: Dynamic Stories From Another Dimension

By David Alvarado

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Today In The Culture, October 10, 2022: You Are Beautiful Is Twenty | Western Illinois University Gets A Major Performance Center | LGBT… .
Something in the Water: At the Point, Swimming is Life I’ve been swimming at the Point since I moved to Chicago over twenty years ago, but I only became a regular, a true Point Swimmer, about a decade ago.
The Philatelist: How A Typewriter Brought A Writer Back to Life The paralysis I once felt as a writer, brought on by a fear of mistakes, has almost dissipated. Manual typewriters have set me free.
Paper Chase: The Fabulous World of Tom Greensfelder's Model Life The Greensfelder Design Studio is a childlike page in the story of our city. His studio is filled with 175 vintage and replica paper models of fairgrounds, gas stations, boats, trucks, castles, a chicken in a coop, and more. They are carefully constructed with eyes cast on history and fantasy.
Today In The Culture, May 8, 2023: Most Endangered Places | Boystown Boycotts Bud | Dance for Life .
Dime Stories: The Unbearable Whiteness of the G.O.P. It is time to take off the gloves.