Patrick T. Reardon

Scientia est potentia (Knowledge is power): Wauconda publisher makes mark with quirky, classical mix of ideas -- Aug. 4 Adolf Hitler is looming on the horizon for Marie and Lou...

"Not your father's Lincoln museum: With a sly blend of scholarship and showman-ship, a new museum reintroduces our 16th president and places us in his world." It has been a...

Another Clue: Literary publisher gets mysterious role on ABC's "Lost" Getting "Lost" was a great stroke of luck for the small but prestigious literary publishing house Dalkey Archive, based in...

16. 1:33 p.m. -- Mile: 58 In the summer of 1978, mural mania caught fire in the alley between Racine and Clifton Avenues through the 2100 block in Lake View....

- Gasoline Alley -- The 87-year-old comic strip created by Frank King and centered on an auto-repair garage in an alley. It was modeled after a garage on the South...

In the 1980s, Dominic Colletta got a surprise after he dumped a 55-gallon drum of trash into the rear of his crew's garbage truck. "I got hit in the chest...

- On Oct. 8, 1871, fire broke out in Mrs. O'Leary's barn at the alley north of DeKoven Street between Jefferson and Clinton Streets. Strong winds blew the fire across...

Today begins Tempo's weeklong salute to Chicago's alleys, all 1,900 miles of them, most of any city on the planet. The alley? You ask. The alley??? Yes. The alley! Shaper...

A fascinating Lakota elder, an unexpectedly boring storyteller, a rollicking line of poetry -- they all were part of the first weekend of this year's Chicago Humanities Festival. Here are...

"Tonight" Tonight, tonight, The South Side's shining bright, Tonight the White Sox rule the world! Tonight, tonight The town bleeds black and white And somewhere, Cub fans hurl. Tonight, I'm...