One-page, four-folded flier for the Jan. 29, 2009 Critical Mass "Annual January Polka Ride," known that year as the Polk-Obama Ride. Features map of route past Obama-related sites, articles on punk polka band The Polkaholics, cold-weather cycling and Craft Party events on Jan. 31 and Feb. 1, 2009.
A vivid memoir by one of the country's best visual chroniclers of courtroom proceedings, offering glimpses of defendants like the Chicago 7 Radicals, the Black Panthers, John Wayne Gacy, the El Rukns, and various mobsters. A unique perspective on local history since the 1960s.
An anthology of Chicago's Maritime history, complete with vagabonds, romance, commerce, lighthouses and shipwrecks. Starting in 1673 when voyageur Louis Jolliet first realized the potential utility of the place that was to become Chicago and through the ensuing centuries, learn about this lively world of waterway history through a collection of writings, photos and artifacts.