Nancy Maes

A tour and workshop Saturday will shed light on the rich colors and imagery of religious stained glass windows. Participants can visit four historic Evanston churches (Levere Memorial Temple, St....

The Chicago International Children's Film Festival, organized annually by Facets Multimedia, is the cinematic equivalent of F.A.O. Schwarz. Beginning Friday and running daily through Oct. 15, it offers many surprising...

The duo that make up Teatro Hugo e Ines are billed as puppet theatre, but, in fact, they are illusionists whose virtuoso pantomime transforms parts of their bodies into unbelievably...

It takes big bucks to buy a ticket to the land of Virtual Reality in the arcades, but there is a more reasonably priced way of getting there. An exhibit...

Some attitude, a whirl, dip and then the footwork. All signs that the grand finals of the 6th annual World's Largest Stepper's Contest is just around the corner. At 7...

We may know what a prairie looks like, but then again, perhaps not. It's not easy to find one these days because only one-tenth of 1 percent of the prairie...

Glowering eyes, frantic snorts, thundering hooves--Loop sidewalks can get pretty wild. But an even more awesome migration takes place in "Africa: The Serengeti," the first feature at Navy Pier's IMAX...

Fans of Barbra Streisand can purchase all manner of memorabilia--magazines, posters, CDs, vinyl records--and can watch a two-hour Streisand retrospective during something called Barbra the Convention. It's from noon until...

Real-life matchmaking has hit the theater scene. Famous Door Theatre's "Dating Game: Uncensored" offers three dating matches per show. A presumably lucky contestant chooses one of three potential dates (sight...

In its exhibit "Masters of the Night: The True Story of Bats," the Field Museum is trying to shed some light on this nocturnal flying mammal. Visitors to the exhibit...