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The map of Germany as featured in "Maps" by Aleksandra Mizielinska and Daniel Mizielinski.

Visual Detective: ‘Maps’ by Aleksandra Mizielinska and Daniel Mizielinski

May 9, 2019 at 4:05 p.m.

So rarely do we get to see the earth's bald spot. "Maps," Aleksandra Mizielinska and Daniel Mizielinski's collection of 52 maps of the world, is a charmingly selective tour across...

People listen in as Rachel Barton Pine performs with Ars Antigua during the 2011 Chicago Humanities Festival at Francis Parker School in Chicago on Saturday, Nov. 12, 2011.

Some alternate Chicago Humanities Festival highlights

May 9, 2019 at 4:04 p.m.

The Chicago Humanities Festival kicks off a strong lineup for its fall festival next Sunday — a program so strong that tickets have already sold out for several events, including...

"Skulduggery" (2012) by James Allen. Image from "Art Made From Books: Altered, Sculpted, Carved, Transformed" compiled by Laura Heyenga.

Visual Detective: ‘Art Made from Books’ compiled by Laura Heyenga

May 9, 2019 at 4:04 p.m.

A while back, I stumbled into an exhibition of Brian Dettmer's work at the Packer Schopf Gallery in the West Loop. Dettmer, a Chicago native, carves sculpture from books. He...

Review: ‘The Lowland’ by Jhumpa Lahiri

May 9, 2019 at 4:03 p.m.

The lowland at the heart of Jhumpa Lahiri's new novel is a few acres of land behind two oblong ponds in a Calcutta neighborhood. After the monsoon, rain would fill...

Visual Detective: ‘Iranian Living Room’

June 18, 2018 at 5:12 p.m.

The face we present in public is not the same as the one that softens when we nuzzle with our dogs or that slackens as we slouch into the couch...

Review: ‘Hot Doug’s: The Book’ by Doug Sohn with Kate DeVivo

May 9, 2019 at 3:58 p.m.

It's clear from "Hot Doug's: The Book" that Sohn understands great food is a prerequisite for a good restaurant. But a beloved restaurant? That requires a great story, too. "Hot...

Review: ‘The Art of Migration’ by Peggy Macnamara

May 9, 2019 at 3:57 p.m.

Few sights are as mesmerizing as a flock of starlings in fall — those great clouds of birds that rise up into the sky, swarming and shifting as if they're...

Review: ‘For You the Traveller’ edited by Nabil Sabio Azadi

May 9, 2019 at 3:56 p.m.

A couple years ago, Nabil Sabio Azadi crashed on Heather Feather's couch for about three weeks. He was her friend's brother, and he'd made it to New York just in...

Kids: Tell us about your summer reading

May 9, 2019 at 9:31 a.m.

Printers Row Journal invites children ages 5-16 to submit book reviews to the second annual Children's Read & Write program. Last year, we received dozens of submissions, including this one...

Kids: Tell us about your summer reading

December 24, 2018 at 3:14 a.m.

Printers Row Journal invites children ages 5-16 to submit book reviews to the second annual Children's Read & Write program. Last year, we received dozens of submissions, including this one...

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