Chrysanthemum Day

September 10, 2013

BIRTHDAYS Otis Redding 1941Michelle Johnson 1965B.J. Armstrong 1967 ____________________________________________________ Have You Seen City Newsstand Since We Remodeled? Dave Hoekstra of the Chicago Sun-Times dropped by City Newsstand and Mike gave him a tour of the store. Read the story and see the video here:http://blogs.suntimes.com/hoekstra/2013/02/city_newsstand_read_and_see_al.html ______________________________________________________________________ City Newsstand is on Facebook! Come like us on Facebook.. read more →

Labor Day

September 3, 2013

BIRTHDAYS Milo Hamilton 1927Horace Silver 1928Billy Preston 1946 ____________________________________________________ Have You Seen City Newsstand Since We Remodeled? Dave Hoekstra of the Chicago Sun-Times dropped by City Newsstand and Mike gave him a tour of the store. Read the story and see the video here:http://blogs.suntimes.com/hoekstra/2013/02/city_newsstand_read_and_see_al.html ______________________________________________________________________ City Newsstand is on Facebook! Come like us on Facebook.. read more →

Women’s Equality Day

August 27, 2013

BIRTHDAYS Lee DeForest 1873Leon Redbone 1949Melissa McCarthy 1970 ____________________________________________________ Have You Seen City Newsstand Since We Remodeled? Dave Hoekstra of the Chicago Sun-Times dropped by City Newsstand and Mike gave him a tour of the store. Read the story and see the video here:http://blogs.suntimes.com/hoekstra/2013/02/city_newsstand_read_and_see_al.html ______________________________________________________________________ City Newsstand is on Facebook! Come like us on Facebook.. read more →

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STRANGE PHENOMENA

August 23, 2013

An occasional feature of the MAGBAG is Strange Phenomena. Culled from the pages of magazines like FATE, Fortean Times, and Strange, these oddities give perspective to our workaday world, and enrich our humdrum lives with a taste of the unexpected. Here then is a compendium of a few of the conundrums of science we’ve highlighted in past issues. read more →