Entertainment, Reference, Education, Government, Research
Burnham Pavilions Summary Document >>
This paper is an internal document I prepared to record the process of building the temporary pavilions in Millennium Park for the Centennial Committee, and for future researchers using the Burnham Centennial archive at the Ryerson and Burnham Libraries of the Art Institute of Chicago.
The Burnham Plan Centennial: Bold Plans. Big Dreams >>
I edited this Educators Resource Guide, a collection of resources that facilitates incorporating the study of metropolitan Chicago into daily teaching. The guide includes clickable links to and PDFs of lessons, activities and multiple educational resources as well as images presented in PowerPoint format and as digital files.
The following are encyclopedic entries I wrote for Chase’s Calendar of Events, the authoritative guide to special occurrences, holidays, anniversaries, celebrity birthdates, religious observances, sporting events and more from around the world. Librarians, marketers, journalists and other professionals have come to rely on it to find out what’s going on that day, in a week, or even a year ahead. The annual reference book is produced by an in-house team of editors and researchers.
Mexican War of Independence and Mexican Revolution >>
Vancouver Olympic Winter Games >>
Greensboro Lunch Counter Sit-In >>
I profile a pair of Russian artists who ventured to Thailand, taught some elephants to paint and may have saved the species from extinction in the process.
Guy 101: How to Catch the Perfect Wave >>
Surf punk Stacy Peralta gives me a step-by-step demonstration of how to catch the perfect swell.
The Playboy Blog: Palin v. Walker >>
September 2, 2008
Shortly after John McCain announced a relative unknown as his Presidential running mate, I laid out some ways to distinguish Gov. Sarah Palin from TV’s Karen Walker.
Interview: Rob Thomas >>
I interview the Matchbox Twenty frontman about surviving bad reviews, meeting his wife Marisol, getting high with Willie Nelson and much more.
Woman on the Verge: Drea de Matteo >>
Before she became a Sopranos series regular, I profiled the up-and-coming ingenue.
Woman on the Verge: Sofia Vergara >>
Before she became Modern Family‘s scene-stealing trophy wife, I profiled this emerging actress and determined exactly how she earned the nickname “Sofia Viagra.”
After her Academy Award wins for Butterfield 8 and Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf, violet-eyed beauty Elizabeth Taylor went to England where she thrashed about in a rash of campy, “messy-hair movies” that you can only find on late-night TV or cult video stores. I slogged through them all to write this in-depth run-down.
Well before he was featured in the movie Wordplay, I profiled young crossword puzzler Trip Payne in a cover story about the world of crossword obsession.