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Field Museum scientists Pete Makovicky (left), Associate Curator of Dinosaurs, and Bill Simpson, Head of Geological Collections, use a cast of one of SUEís gastralia to show where they will be positioned on her skeleton. (Zachary James Johnston, The Field Museum); Stan, one of the largest and most complete Tyrannosaurus rex fossil discovered, is on display, Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2020, at Christie's in New York. The T. rex named after the paleontologist who first found the skeleton's partially unearthed hip bones, will be auction on Oct. 6, 2020 and will be on public view from Sept. 16 - Oct. 21, 2020 to pedestrians through Christie's floor-to- ceiling gallery windows and a limited number of in-gallery viewings by appointment. Stan's head on the display is a casting of the original, which is too heavy for the display. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Sue is no longer the priciest T. rex ever, but is it still the best specimen? Let’s go to the tape

May 22, 2026 at 8:02 p.m.

The Field Museum's Sue is no longer the most expensive fossil, T. rex or otherwise, ever sold at auction. That honor, after eye-popping bidding Tuesday night at Christie's in New...

Museum of Science and Industry gets a new CEO, its first Black and first woman leader

May 22, 2026 at 8:02 p.m.

Chevy Humphrey, the newly appointed president and CEO of Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry, told two very on-point stories about her career path. When Humphrey was interviewing for her...

Trees take on a spectral glow in Morton Arboretum's holiday lights show, titled Illumination.

Why Morton Arboretum decided to make its ‘Illumination’ holiday lights experience drive-thru this year

May 22, 2026 at 8:03 p.m.

It isn't immediately obvious why Morton Arboretum would make "Illumination," its holiday lights experience, drive-thru for the first time this year. CDC guidelines suggest that outdoor, socially distanced activities are...

Review: Was there humor in the chaos? How late-night TV handled the Trump-Biden debate

September 30, 2020 at 10:57 a.m.

The late-night network hosts, watching what passed for a presidential debate Tuesday night, had to be regretting their decision to go live with their comedy shows afterward. Debate viewers hoping...

Popular annual ‘Day of the Dead’ exhibit at National Museum of Mexican Art goes virtual

May 22, 2026 at 8:03 p.m.

Another tradition modified by COVID-19, this year's "Day of the Dead" exhibition at the National Museum of Mexican Art is being presented virtually, via periodic online tours. So instead of...

People tour the "Notorious RBG" exhibit about Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Sept. 24, 2020, at the Illinois Holocaust Museum.

After Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death, ‘Notorious RBG’ exhibit in Skokie shifts from commemoration to memorial site

May 22, 2026 at 8:03 p.m.

It wasn't Ruth Bader Ginsburg's body lying in state at the U.S. Capitol, but the "Notorious RBG" exhibit on view in Skokie nonetheless has been serving as a kind of...

"Camino al Mictlan" by Juan Carlos Torres Gonzalez and Dr. Pedro Ibarra Mosqueda is displayed at the National Museum of Mexican Art during a Dia de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead, celebration Oct. 28, 2018, in Chicago.

More ‘lip service,’ or is this a real moment of change for inclusion in Chicago arts and culture?

May 22, 2026 at 8:03 p.m.

Different people will point to different milestones in Chicago beginning to grapple seriously with its lack of broad ethnic representation in the arts, a gaping hole in the cultural tapestry...

Review: Trump interviewed, softly, on WGN America’s ‘NewsNation’

September 23, 2020 at 12:22 a.m.

Landing a one-on-one interview with President Trump would put the startup "NewsNation" "in the big time," an executive for the network crowed before the interview aired in Tuesday's first hour...

Docent Donna Yates walks near the ?Notorious RGB? exhibit at the Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center on Feb. 6, 2020 in Skokie. The exhibit features the ?life and times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg.?

Illinois Holocaust Museum’s ‘Notorious RBG’ exhibit could serve as memorial for the late Ruth Bader Ginsburg

May 22, 2026 at 8:03 p.m.

The Ruth Bader Ginsburg exhibition at the Illinois Holocaust Museum is likely to transform from a tribute to a memorial in the coming days, as Illinoisans take advantage of the...

Trees are decorated for the 2018 edition of the ZooLights festival at the Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago.

Lincoln Park ZooLights will go on, but with a new, $5 charge

May 22, 2026 at 8:03 p.m.

Lincoln Park Zoo's holiday ZooLights festival will go on this year, but with a first-time-in-decades cover charge to help the zoo offset pandemic-year losses, the institution announced Thursday. Tickets to...

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