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“I Don’t Know What I Stand For Anymore”: Fun., Postmodern Angst, and Civil...
The casual radio listener cannot avoid the chart topping hit “Some Nights” by the band Fun. As with their other recent hit, “We Are Young,” Fun. produces upbeat tempos and soaring harmonies that belie...
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Around the Web (October 2012)
Periodically, a Lakefront Historian contributor surveys recent public history-related content that emerges on the Internet. In this installment, Anne E. Cullen shares pop cultural videos, Facebook...
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A Time to Remember
It is Christmas time again, and the Magi along Sheridan Road slowly make their way to the manger outside the Mundelein Center for the Fine and Performing Arts. This nativity scene is seen by, or at...
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Oh The Spaces We Go. Citizens and family in historical spaces.
This upcoming May, I will be getting married. My future in-laws, The Hicks family, are multi-generational residences of Columbus, Georgia. They are proud of their city and eager to share its history...
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A Public History Mixed Tape: Famous Figures
My colleagues have filled the Lakefront Historian with a number of critical reviews of historical fiction films. And this year there so were many films to choose from: Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter,...
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Navigating the Past from our Pockets : Instagram and Public History
Anyone that knows me personally knows I’m quite the nerdy hobby photographer. Just read my archives on this blog to find out for yourself. So, when I caved and finally purchased my first smart phone...
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