Paul Eisenberg

Greenstone Church in Chicago's Pullman neighborhood gets its name from, the distinctive Pennsylvania stone that clads its exterior. But that exterior needs extensive restoration work.

Landmarks: It’s all hands on deck to save ‘an important community anchor’ as 140-year old Greenstone Church in Pullman gets a helping hand

February 8, 2021 at 9:48 a.m.

When George Pullman was building his company town in the 1880s he figured it needed a church. But only one. Being the town's only house of worship, it should have...

Landmarks: Dungeons & Dragons goes mainstream, offers a way to use imagination to conquer the pandemic doldrums

January 31, 2021 at 5:00 a.m.

Natalie DeJonghe was leading a group of adventurers when they stumbled upon a bugbear, a type of hobgoblin not known to be especially friendly. The bugbear had taken a hostage,...

Pollinators dine on a native aster flower in Paul Eisenberg's yard in Homewood.

Landmarks: Winter is a good time to recharge, make plans to create an outdoor sanctuary

January 24, 2021 at 6:00 a.m.

There are those who hate winter, but I'm not one of them. Sure, it's not my favorite season, but I'm not sure I'd be happy living somewhere without dusky, blustery,...

Landmarks: Waylon the Dollar Dog, rejected as a service dog because of a medical condition, had a lifetime of helping out anyway

January 22, 2021 at 3:01 p.m.

A few months after they had given up the dog they'd raised as a puppy, Bill Von Drasek and Debbie Tomasik got a call they never expected. Waylon, the golden...

Landmarks: With an eye toward the future, new year a good time to consider the literature of ideas — especially those of science fiction

January 3, 2021 at 8:17 a.m.

There's a term in the science fiction community that for many of us could describe the bulk of 2020: "cozy catastrophe." Coined by author Brian Aldiss in the 1970s, it...

In this image provided by the U.S. Navy, the American flag flies from the gonning tower of a captured German submarine U-505 near Cape Blanco in French West Africa on June 4, 1944 during World War II. (AP Photo/U.S. Navy)

Landmarks: The pandemic has ushered in an age of virtual everything, making it an excellent time to go exploring

December 20, 2020 at 11:19 a.m.

After receiving one of those DNA test kits over the summer as a birthday present, results from my mailed-in spit reported I was about 25% Scottish. I was adopted as...

Landmarks: With concerts a no-go, Southland musicians are pursuing other projects — and learning about themselves in the process

December 13, 2020 at 11:12 a.m.

As Fat Tuesday approached, I became more and more apprehensive. It had been less than a year since I acquired a tuba at a garage sale, and more than 25...

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