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by Keir Graff | November 13, 2023Fine Arts Building Act Three: Shabby Grandeur, Tom Graham to the Rescue
by Keir Graff | November 10, 2023Fine Arts Building Interlude: Curtains Rise and Fall, The Fine Arts Building’s Theaters
by Keir Graff | November 6, 2023Fine Arts Building Act Two: Depression and Decline, Charles Curtiss Dies
by Keir Graff | November 3, 2023Fine Arts Building Interlude: Footnote in the Footlights, Samuel Insull and Gladys Wallis
by Keir Graff | October 30, 2023Enduring Art: After 125 Years, the Fine Arts Building Is Defiantly Unmodernized and Ready for Its Next Act
by Dave Hoekstra | September 18, 2023Still Crazy After All These Years: The Veeck Family is a Saga of Triumph, Tragedy and Fun. Always Fun.
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by Dave Hoekstra | November 1, 2022In the Weeds: How Bartender, Poet, Musician and Artist Sergio Mayora Cultivated One of the Most Important Taverns in Chicago History
by David Witter | October 7, 2022A Killer and A Movie: When Two Brutal Murders Brought Fear to Chicago
by Dave Hoekstra | February 11, 2022The Fox and Friends: The Enduring Legacy of a Mild-Mannered Biology Teacher by Day, Superhero Eco-Saboteur By Night
by Brian Hieggelke | February 18, 2021The Tower Is Crumbling: What the Decline and Fall of the Chicago Tribune and the Shattering of Local Media Means