ZOO HAPPENINGS
No passports are needed to take a trip around the world. Visitors to the Brookfield Zoo ($7 adults, $3.50 children; 708-485-0263) can now journey into the heart of the Congolese...
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`ROBIN HOOD’ GOES OUTSIDE
When actors portray the story of "ROBIN HOOD" on stage, a crucial element is missing: a real-life natural setting. The Equity Library Theatre Chicago has found a way to make...
MUSEUM GETS A NEW `NEIGHBOR’
It's always a beautiful day in the neighborhood where Mr. Rogers lives and kids will have a chance to be a part of it at an exhibit at the CHICAGO...
THE ART OF DINOSAUR SOUNDS
Michael Mulcahy, trombonist with THE CHICAGO CHAMBER MUSICIANS admits that he hadn't given much thought to the sounds that dinosaurs used to make when the ensemble commissioned Bruce Adolphe to...
EGGS-TRAORDINARY FINDINGS
Although the Easter bunny hops along at a leisurely pace as he hides eggs, kids had better put on their running shoes when they set out to find them because...
DINOSAURS DESCEND ON PIER
Paleontologist Paul Sereno and his team didn't travel light when they went to the Sahara to search for dinosaurs. Among other things, they took 250 pounds of pasta, 1,200 granola...
FREE FUN OFFERED IN THEATER FEVER
Saturday is a great day for young theatre-goers. SEARS THEATER FEVER which includes workshops where kids can get into the act at four theaters in the city and one in...
MASKS PUT A FACE ON CULTURE
Masks may cover up the face, but they reveal a great deal about human beings. People throughout the world put them on to transform themselves into aggressive beings or to...
`TRUE VOICE’ A MUSICAL QUEST
Soprano Lielle Berman goes on a quest in a performance with members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra called "My Own True Voice." She plays the role of a young girl...
NATURE MUSEUM LOOKS AT `TRUTH’
An exhibition called "A Question of Truth" at the Nature Museum asks visitors to ask themselves what they think they know and why they think it's true. Lots of hands-on...