diff --git a/src/assets/transparent.png b/src/assets/transparent.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..31726f4
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diff --git a/src/components/Card.jsx b/src/components/Card.jsx
index 7829616..2e996e9 100644
--- a/src/components/Card.jsx
+++ b/src/components/Card.jsx
@@ -21,19 +21,13 @@ class Card extends React.Component {
   constructor(props) {
     super(props)
     this.state = {
-      isHighlighted: false
+      isOpen: false
     }
   }
 
   toggle() {
     this.setState({
-      isHighlighted: !this.state.isHighlighted
-    }, () => {
-      if (!this.state.isHighlighted) {
-        this.props.onHighlight(this.props.event)
-      } else {
-        this.props.onHighlight(null)
-      }
+      isOpen: !this.state.isOpen
     })
   }
 
@@ -49,13 +43,14 @@ class Card extends React.Component {
     const categoryLabel = this.props.event.category
     const color = this.props.getCategoryColor(this.props.event.category)
 
-    return (
-      <CardCategory
-        categoryTitle={categoryTitle}
-        categoryLabel={categoryLabel}
-        color={color}
-      />
-    )
+    return null
+    // return (
+    //   <CardCategory
+    //     categoryTitle={categoryTitle}
+    //     categoryLabel={categoryLabel}
+    //     color={color}
+    //   />
+    // )
   }
 
   renderSummary() {
@@ -63,7 +58,7 @@ class Card extends React.Component {
       <CardSummary
         language={this.props.language}
         description={this.props.event.description}
-        isHighlighted={this.state.isHighlighted}
+        isOpen={this.state.isOpen}
       />
     )
   }
@@ -96,7 +91,7 @@ class Card extends React.Component {
 
     const source_lang = copy[this.props.language].cardstack.sources
     return (
-      <div className="card-col">
+      <div className='card-col'>
         <h4>{source_lang}: </h4>
         {this.props.event.sources.map(source => (
           <CardSource
@@ -136,49 +131,45 @@ class Card extends React.Component {
     }
   }
 
-  renderHeader() {
+  renderMain() {
     return (
-      <div className="card-collapsed">
-        <div className="card-row">
+      <div className='card-container'>
+        <div className='card-row details'>
           {this.renderTimestamp()}
           {this.renderLocation()}
         </div>
         {this.renderCategory()}
-        <br/>
         {this.renderSummary()}
       </div>
     )
   }
 
-  renderContent() {
-    if (this.state.isHighlighted) {
-      return (
-        <div className="card-bottomhalf">
-          {this.renderTags()}
-          {this.renderSources()}
-          {this.renderNarrative()}
-        </div>
-      )
-    } else {
-      return <div classname="card-bottomhalf"></div>
-    }
+  renderExtra() {
+    return (
+      <div className='card-bottomhalf'>
+        {this.renderTags()}
+        {this.renderSources()}
+        {this.renderNarrative()}
+      </div>
+    )
   }
 
   renderCaret() {
     return (
       <CardCaret
         toggle={() => this.toggle()}
-        isHighlighted={this.state.isHighlighted}
+        isOpen={this.state.isOpen}
       />
     )
   }
 
   render() {
+    const { isSelected } = this.props
     return (
-      <li className='event-card'>
-        {this.renderHeader()}
-        {this.renderContent()}
-        {this.renderCaret()}
+     <li className={`event-card ${isSelected ? 'selected' : ''}`}>
+        {this.renderMain()}
+        {this.state.isOpen ? this.renderExtra() : null}
+        {isSelected ? this.renderCaret() : null}
       </li>
     )
   }
diff --git a/src/components/CardStack.jsx b/src/components/CardStack.jsx
index f25e68a..4d37399 100644
--- a/src/components/CardStack.jsx
+++ b/src/components/CardStack.jsx
@@ -9,13 +9,18 @@ import {
 } from '../js/utilities.js'
 
 class CardStack extends React.Component {
-  renderCards(events) {
-    return events.map(event => (
+  renderCards(events, selections) {
+    // if no selections provided, select all
+    if (!selections)
+      selections = events.map(e => true)
+
+    return events.map((event, idx) => (
       <Card
         event={event}
         sourceError={this.props.sourceError}
         language={this.props.language}
         isLoading={this.props.isLoading}
+        isSelected={selections[idx]}
         getNarrativeLinks={this.props.getNarrativeLinks}
         getCategoryGroup={this.props.getCategoryGroup}
         getCategoryColor={this.props.getCategoryColor}
@@ -37,7 +42,11 @@ class CardStack extends React.Component {
 
   renderNarrativeCards() {
     const { narrative } = this.props
-    return this.renderCards(narrative.steps)
+    const showing = narrative.steps.slice(narrative.current)
+    const selections = showing
+      .map((_, idx) => (idx === 0))
+
+    return this.renderCards(showing, selections)
   }
 
   renderCardStackHeader() {
diff --git a/src/components/Timeline.jsx b/src/components/Timeline.jsx
index ae42fb2..28aba21 100644
--- a/src/components/Timeline.jsx
+++ b/src/components/Timeline.jsx
@@ -34,18 +34,20 @@ class Timeline extends React.Component {
   }
 
   render() {
+    const { isNarrative, app, ui } = this.props
     let classes = `timeline-wrapper ${(this.state.isFolded) ? ' folded' : ''}`;
-    classes += (this.props.app.narrative !== null) ? ' narrative-mode' : '';
+    classes += (app.narrative !== null) ? ' narrative-mode' : '';
     return (
       <div className={classes}>
         <TimelineHeader
-          title={copy[this.props.app.language].timeline.info}
-          date0={formatterWithYear(this.props.app.timerange[0])}
-          date1={formatterWithYear(this.props.app.timerange[1])}
+          title={copy[app.language].timeline.info}
+          date0={formatterWithYear(app.timerange[0])}
+          date1={formatterWithYear(app.timerange[1])}
           onClick={() => { this.onClickArrow(); }}
+          hideInfo={isNarrative}
         />
         <div className="timeline-content">
-          <div id={this.props.ui.dom.timeline} className="timeline" />
+          <div id={ui.dom.timeline} className="timeline" />
         </div>
       </div>
     );
@@ -54,6 +56,7 @@ class Timeline extends React.Component {
 
 function mapStateToProps(state) {
   return {
+    isNarrative: !!state.app.narrative,
     domain: {
       events: state.domain.events,
       categories: selectors.selectCategories(state),
diff --git a/src/components/presentational/TimelineHeader.js b/src/components/presentational/TimelineHeader.js
index d75a605..f9ece09 100644
--- a/src/components/presentational/TimelineHeader.js
+++ b/src/components/presentational/TimelineHeader.js
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 import React from 'react';
 
-const TimelineHeader = ({ title, date0, date1, onClick }) => (
-  <div className="timeline-header">
-    <div className="timeline-toggle" onClick={() => onClick()}>
-      <p><i className="arrow-down"></i></p>
+const TimelineHeader = ({ title, date0, date1, onClick, hideInfo }) => (
+  <div className='timeline-header'>
+    <div className='timeline-toggle' onClick={() => onClick()}>
+      <p><i className='arrow-down'></i></p>
     </div>
-    <div className="timeline-info">
+    <div className={`timeline-info ${hideInfo ? 'hidden' : ''}`}>
       <p>{title}</p>
       <p>{date0} - {date1}</p>
     </div>
diff --git a/src/js/utilities.js b/src/js/utilities.js
index 751a93d..924e1f5 100644
--- a/src/js/utilities.js
+++ b/src/js/utilities.js
@@ -79,6 +79,29 @@ export function compareTimestamp (a, b) {
   return (parseTimestamp(a.timestamp) > parseTimestamp(b.timestamp));
 }
 
+/**
+ * Inset the full source represenation from 'allSources' into an event. The
+ * function is 'curried' to allow easy use with maps. To use for a single
+ * source, call with two sets of parentheses:
+ *      const src = insetSourceFrom(sources)(anEvent)
+ */
+export function insetSourceFrom(allSources) {
+  return (event) => {
+    let sources
+    if (!event.sources) {
+      sources = []
+    } else {
+      sources = event.sources.map(id => (
+        allSources.hasOwnProperty(id) ? allSources[id] : null
+      ))
+    }
+    return {
+      ...event,
+      sources
+    }
+  }
+
+}
 
 /**
  * Debugging function: put in place of a mapStateToProps function to
diff --git a/src/scss/card.scss b/src/scss/card.scss
index 8979937..a801f0e 100644
--- a/src/scss/card.scss
+++ b/src/scss/card.scss
@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@
   box-sizing: border-box;
   margin: 1px 0 0 0;
   padding: 15px;
-  border: 1px solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);
-  border-radius: 3px;
+  border: 1px solid $black;
+  // border-radius: 3px;
   transition: 0.2 ease;
-  background: $offwhite;
+  background: $darkwhite;
   color: $darkgrey;
   box-shadow: 0 19px 19px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3), 0 15px 12px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.22);
   font-size: $large;
@@ -39,10 +39,13 @@
   .card-row, .card-col {
     display: flex;
     flex-direction: row;
-    border-bottom: 1px solid $lightwhite;
     margin: 5px 0 10px 0;
     padding-bottom: 10px;
 
+    &.details {
+      border-bottom: 1px solid $lightwhite;
+    }
+
     .card-cell {
       flex: 1;
    }
@@ -120,6 +123,7 @@
       height: 0;
       overflow: hidden;
     }
+
   }
 
   .card-toggle p {
@@ -197,6 +201,7 @@
   .summary {
     overflow: auto;
     margin-top: 0;
+    border-bottom: none;
   }
 
   .tag {
@@ -204,4 +209,12 @@
     margin: 0;
     margin-right: 5px;
   }
+
+  &.selected {
+    background: $offwhite;
+  }
+
+  .card-row {
+    border-color: darkgray;
+  }
 }
diff --git a/src/scss/cardstack.scss b/src/scss/cardstack.scss
index da6ca92..0b83da3 100644
--- a/src/scss/cardstack.scss
+++ b/src/scss/cardstack.scss
@@ -11,17 +11,16 @@ $timeline-height: 170px;
   right: 10px;
   max-height: calc(100% - 208px);
   height: auto;
-  overflow: auto;
+  overflow: hidden;
   box-shadow: 0 19px 38px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3), 0 15px 12px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.22);
   z-index: $header;
   color: white;
-  -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;
 
   &.narrative-mode {
     right: auto;
     left: 10px;
     top: $narrative-info-max-height + 12px;
-    height: calc(100% - #{$narrative-info-max-height} - #{$timeline-height});
+    height: calc(100% - #{$narrative-info-max-height} - #{$timeline-height} - 12px);
   }
 
   &.full-height {
diff --git a/src/scss/timeline.scss b/src/scss/timeline.scss
index 2205ce1..24666a4 100644
--- a/src/scss/timeline.scss
+++ b/src/scss/timeline.scss
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-
 .timeline-wrapper {
   position: fixed;
   box-sizing: border-box;
@@ -67,6 +66,10 @@
     }
 
     .timeline-info {
+      &.hidden {
+        display: none;
+      }
+      width: calc(#{$card-width} - 20px);
       position: absolute;
       margin-top: -70px;
       margin-left: 10px;
diff --git a/src/selectors/index.js b/src/selectors/index.js
index 76cb8ad..d560a00 100644
--- a/src/selectors/index.js
+++ b/src/selectors/index.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { createSelector} from 'reselect'
-import { parseTimestamp, compareTimestamp } from '../js/utilities'
+import { parseTimestamp, compareTimestamp, insetSourceFrom } from '../js/utilities'
 
 // Input selectors
 export const getEvents = state => state.domain.events
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ export const getTagTree = state => state.domain.tags
 export const getTagsFilter = state => state.app.filters.tags
 export const getTimeRange = state => state.app.filters.timerange
 
+
+
 /**
 * Some handy helpers
 */
@@ -90,8 +92,8 @@ export const selectEvents = createSelector(
  * and if TAGS are being used, select them if their tags are enabled
  */
 export const selectNarratives = createSelector(
-    [getEvents, getNarratives, getTagsFilter, getTimeRange],
-    (events, narrativesMeta, tagFilters, timeRange) => {
+    [getEvents, getNarratives, getTagsFilter, getTimeRange, getSources],
+    (events, narrativesMeta, tagFilters, timeRange, sources) => {
 
       const narratives = {}
       const narrativeSkeleton = id => ({ id, steps: [] })
@@ -109,7 +111,8 @@ export const selectNarratives = createSelector(
 
           // add evt to steps
           if (isInNarrative)
-            narratives[narrative].steps.push(evt)
+            // NB: insetSourceFrom is a 'curried' function to allow with maps
+            narratives[narrative].steps.push(insetSourceFrom(sources)(evt))
         })
       })
 
@@ -173,6 +176,8 @@ export const selectLocations = createSelector(
   }
 )
 
+
+
 /**
  * Of all the sources, select those that are relevant to the selected events.
  */
@@ -183,21 +188,7 @@ export const selectSelected = createSelector(
       return []
     }
 
-    // NB: return source object if exists, otherwise null
-    const srcs = selected
-      .map(e => e.sources)
-      .map(_sources => {
-        if (!_sources) return []
-        return _sources.map(id => (
-          sources.hasOwnProperty(id) ? sources[id] : null
-        ))
-      }
-      )
-
-    return selected.map((s, idx) => ({
-      ...s,
-      sources: srcs[idx]
-    }))
+    return selected.map(insetSourceFrom(sources))
   }
 )