Chicago couple Barbara Koenen and Tim Samuelson have for many years sent homemade calendars as holiday gifts. They would cut and paste together pages with an eclectic assortment of birthdates — of ...

When Barbara Koenen describes her revelation, you picture time slowing, time stopping, time pausing on its unending march to oblivion. You imagine a young woman in Chicago struck suddenly with a ...

Last week the city announced an upcoming event honoring the retirement of Tim Samuelson, its first and—since there’s no plan to hire a replacement—only, cultural historian. After 19 years on this job, ...

A large, metal panel the color of molasses sits on a ledge — alongside pieces of the Wrigley Building and Navy Pier discarded during restorations — in a hallway leading to the office of Tim Samuelson, ...