In Chicago’s early days, Irish pubs were part cultural center and social service agency. Today, many are the product of marketing genius. My Irish ancestors arrived in Chicago more than 130 years ago, ...
A less-hectic pseudo-Irish holiday than St. Patrick’s Day, Bloomsday commemorates the novel "Ulysses" by James Joyce, a groundbreaking masterpiece whose 700-plus pages chronicle a single day (June 16) ...