A Self-Guided Chicago Women’s History Tour
We’ve asked people to identify a Chicago woman of history beyond Jane Addams, Jane Byrne, Oprah, or Michelle Obama. Sadly, they get stumped. Here we spotlight places of women’s history that you may not have visited or heard of. Or that you wouldn’t necessarily know as a place of women’s history at all! Marshall Field’s […]
Mixing It Up: Chicago House Music History
Chicago house music history may not spring to mind when you think of famous Chicago creations. Maybe you think of deep dish pizza, the Sears Tower, the Ferris Wheel, or Cracker Jacks. Perhaps even blues music or organized crime. But sweaty bodies dancing to relentless 4-4 beats in the darkness of warehouses in the 1980’s? […]