Nancy Maes

It will be hard to remain immune when Bookamania strikes the Harold Washington Library Center on Saturday. The library's Children's Services Department and the Friends of the Chicago Public Library...

Musician Doug Greenfield says he was a Superman and Batman freak when he was growing up. "I almost broke my jaw taking off from the porch," he recalls. "I sincerely...

When Patti Ecker first started performing her show "Oh, Susannah: Folk Voices of America" for children, she included only songs. Then, to the delight of her audience and the chagrin...

Everyone knows how LEGOs fit together, but what's the connection between these small plastic building blocks and science? The new exhibit called "Invention Adventure" at the Museum of Science and...

Soul survivors: The Righteous Brothers borrowed the soulful formula of the Isley Brothers and Ashford and Simpson to create what has been dubbed "blue-eyed soul." At times, it sounded as...

When mime Doug MacIntyre received a commission from the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the Seattle Symphony and the National Symphony to create a work for mime and orchestra, he had to...

Curiosity may have killed the cat, but given the right context it can invigorate the child. "Children have this natural bent to explore the inner workings of objects, and we...

When children go to the Recycle Rally at the Chicago Children's Museum, they can take a Scrooge-like journey into the past, present and future. Only this mind trip follows Wendy...

Cool cash: Including video sales, dollars grossed from the feature film, associated merchandise, and the ice show, "Aladdin" has earned more than $1 billion. The ice show, "Walt Disney's World...

At first, Ira Carol McGill decided to do an activity for children called "Who Am I?" when she was asked to participate in the Kohl Children's Museum "Tribute to Teaching."...