Nancy Maes

The Oriental Institute is continuing its series of documentaries from the Arts and Entertainment TV series "The Great Pharaohs of Egypt." Episode II focuses on military rulers and the most...

At the Garfield Park Conservatory kids can make a desert inside a terrarium. They can put small, slow-growing succulents, such as cactuses, inside an enclosed container to create a scene...

When Kucha Brownlee tells audiences about Kwanzaa, she sets a table with the various symbols of the African-American holiday including food items and photos of her family. She doesn't just...

Families may know singer Susan Salidor from her recordings such as "Color Me Singing," and storyteller Denise Berry-Hanna from her CD "Snug in a Rug Stories." Now parents and children...

The Museum of Contemporary Art has scheduled a series of films about postcolonial Africa in conjunction with the exhibition "The Short Century: Independence and Liberation Movements in Africa 1945-1994." They...

At the Children's Museum of Immigration, an American pioneer log cabin and a 19th Century farmhouse like the ones built by Swedish immigrants will be decorated for Christmas the way...

"The Hidden Fortress," directed by Akira Kurosawa, will be shown as part of the on-going series called "International Dinner & a Movie," featuring a foreign language film preceded by a...

The Harold Washington Library Center has followed the lead of a number of other libraries across the country and recently closed its collection of 16 mm films because of the...

The Texas-based Asylum Street Spankers are coming to Chicago to accompany the 1928 silent film "Steamboat Bill, Jr." with their original score. In the movie, Buster Keaton plays the role...

"Tellabration" is the name of a series of annual events held around the world this weekend to celebrate the art of storytelling. At North Park Village Nature Center, visitors can...