ALCHEMY OF BONES
CHICAGO’S LUETGERT MURDER CASE OF 1897
ALCHEMYOFBONES.COM
BUY THIS BOOK

Failed Dreams: Chicago’s transit history is littered with grand plans that never quite got off the ground CHICAGO MAGAZINE
Pitchfork Roundtable: Top Storylines and Must-See Acts NEWCITY
Industrial revolution: See how small-biz owners are giving factories new life CRAIN'S CHICAGO BUSINESS
Crain’s Best Entrepreneurs 2014: David Kalt of Chicago Music Exchange CRAIN'S CHICAGO BUSINESS
Crain’s Best Entrepreneurs 2014: Nick Floyd of Three Floyds Brewing CRAIN'S CHICAGO BUSINESS
How a New Documentary Captured Roger Ebert’s Last Months CHICAGO MAGAZINE
Where did they go? Environmental threats shrink the numbers of Illinois’ beloved state insect, the monarch butterfly ILLINOIS ISSUES
After Haymarket: Anarchism on trial and a city in search of its soul WBEZ CURIOUS CITY
In 1890s Chicago, bicycles were all the rage CHICAGO TRIBUNE
How Bloodshot Records has lasted so long CRAIN'S CHICAGO BUSINESS

11 Questions for Harold Ramis: An Unpublished Interview CHICAGO MAGAZINE
A fresh look at Freedom Wall WBEZ CURIOUS CITY
Native numbers: How many Chicagoans were born in the city? WBEZ CURIOUS CITY
Impoverished in Illinois ILLINOIS ISSUES
Can the Empty Bottle/Longman & Eagle team tap into another success? CRAIN'S CHICAGO BUSINESS
How the World Media Covers Chicago CHICAGO MAGAZINE
Chicago's Strange History With Pneumatic Tubes CHICAGO MAGAZINE
Chicago's Flag Is a Much Bigger Deal Than Any Other City's Flag CHICAGO MAGAZINE
Play reviews for MAKE IT BETTER magazine: "Brigadoon" / "The White Snake" / "Henry V" / "In the Garden" / "Venus in Fur" / "Buzzer" / "Russian Transport" / "Luna Gale" / "Tribes"
Theater preview columns for MAKE IT BETTER magazine: March / April / May / June-July
NEW IN CHICAGO — A weekly report about new businesses CRAIN'S CHICAGO BUSINESS WEBSITE

Past print and radio stories on HISTORY • MUSIC • STAGE • BOOKS • ART • NEWS • BUSINESS • LAW

My blog — with concert photos and reviews, and other occasional arts commentary: UNDERGROUND BEE

My blog posts for

Follow me on and

Email me at loerzel@comcast.net

CONCERT PHOTO GALLERY

PUBLISHED PHOTOS

See more photos on Underground Bee