Nancy Maes

Many TV shows for children find a second life on videos. They depict familiar characters that are good, bad and often educational. Barney may be a bulbous purple dinosaur, but...

During a Family Fun Concert at RAVINIA, some members of the JOFFREY BALLET of Chicago will perform pas de deuxes with dancers in wheelchairs and ride piggyback on their chairs...

The new Nickelodeon Live stage show called "U Pick Nick" could have been created by Julia Child on a sugar high. When the show's performers come to Chicago, lots of...

When children take an art expedition to explore the outdoor sculptures of PIER '97, they may wonder why Ted Garner called his work made out of steel and wood "Eyes...

When Jessica Thebus went to a garage sale and found a bottle labeled Colonel Wahoo's Electric Tonic, it was empty, so she didn't have a chance to see if the...

When Mr. Imagination found some sandstone left by a foundry in a vacant lot on the South Side, he rubbed two pieces of the material together and discovered how soft...

Chicago's oldest museum, the Chicago Academy of Sciences, was founded in 1857 but burned down in 1866 and went up in flames again during the Great Chicago Fire in 1871....

Children participating in the OZ FESTIVAL parade can disguise themselves as the Scarecrow, the Tin Man or the Lion, or put on red shoes and make-believe they're Dorothy. Then they...

In an exhibit at the Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum called "FANNING THE FLAME: THE ART OF CARLOS CORTEZ," families can view the artist's creations. They can also see why...

Children can test their gross motor skills and their risk-taking abilities at a new exhibit called "THE BIG ADVENTURE" at the Chicago Children's Museum. They can climb a wall that's...