The throne and the British throne have been linked for centuries. From John Harington’s associations with Queen Elizabeth and flush toilets to Thomas Crapper’s lavatory attendance to Edward VII, muckety-mucks mingled with muck.
John Harington raised Queen Elizabeth’s hackles. She …
The Smiths sang, “A dreaded sunny day, so let’s go where we’re wanted and I meet you at the cemetery gates.” Steampunks, let’s meet at Graceland Cemetery and go strolling. We will meet up on Sunday August 21, 2016, at …
On July 16, 1892, the Whitechapel Club cremated the body of Morris Allen Collins on a pyre along the shore of Lake Michigan. Collins willed his body to Chicago’s secretive society. They sang, recited poetry, and made the ashes part …
Joseph Smith was no friend of johnny law. He faced accusations of a fortune hunting con in New York in 1826, being a disorderly person in New York in 1830, conspiracy to commit murder in Ohio in 1837, bank fraud …
Debra Ann Miller goes beyond historical costuming. She has made a living by portraying historical figures. She kindly took the time to answer a few of our questions.
You’ve performed as Mary Todd Lincoln, Jane Austen, Louisa May Alcott and …
On May 6, 1905, Robert Sengstacke Abbott published the first issue of the self-professed World’s Greatest Weekly, The Chicago Defender. Although Abbott originally cobbled it together from other newspaper articles and sold it door to door, the circulation would …
On April 19, 1891, the No. 14 fast mail train crashed into the No. 21 Toledo express outside of Kipton, OH. The Great Kipton Train Wreck hinged on a conductor’s pocket watch.
If you were westbound through Ohio from Cleveland …
Some people just can’t mind their own business. American prude Anthony Comstock sought to curb the flow of post-Civil War pornography. The Comstock Law, passed on March 3, 1873, forbade obscene material to be distributed through the U.S. Post Office. …
Vincent Van Gogh painted three versions of Bedroom in Arles. The Art Institute of Chicago shows all three for the first time in North America. The exhibit runs February 14 – May 10, 2016.
Inspired by a malady that …
The Alley has supplied Chicago land with dark couture for almost forty years. It has been a mainstay of punks, goths, freaks, geeks, poseurs, and devotees of unpopular culture. Owner Mark Thomas closes shop on January 19, but not before …
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