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Final ‘Colbert Report’: Colbert confers self immortality, sings ‘We’ll Meet Again’

April 5, 2019 at 9:41 p.m.

So, apparently, there might be more of "Stephen Colbert," the fictional wing-nut talk show host portrayed so winningly by Stephen Colbert during nine-plus years of "The Colbert Report" on Comedy...

Best of Museums 2014: The big stories, from ‘Bowie’ to orchids

June 18, 2018 at 3:04 a.m.

The biggest museum story in Chicago in 2014 was, of course, the one that's on the horizon. During the year, billionaire filmmaker George Lucas chose Chicago for his Lucas Museum...

Stephen Colbert departs, and his Nation mourns

April 5, 2019 at 9:39 p.m.

Watching the first episode of "The Colbert Report," I remember thinking, He cannot possibly sustain this. Mine wasn't the early-days concern I have heard expressed most often as Stephen Colbert...

Review: ‘The Real World: Skeletons’ on MTV

June 18, 2018 at 3:29 a.m.

The best thing about the Tuesday debut of the new, set-in-Chicago season of MTV's "The Real World" is that it's a sure sign taping is over and these people have...

Shedd reveals winning name of rescued sea otter pup

August 18, 2019 at 6:25 p.m.

And she shall be "Luna." So sayeth the people of the Internet about the former Pup 681, the Shedd Aquarium's rescued baby sea otter-turned-media superstar. Shedd officials Friday morning revealed...

Pup 681 plays on the side of the pool at the Shedd Aquarium in November. After a naming contest, the rescued sea otter pup was named Luna on Friday.

A new name for sea otter Pup 681, live Friday

June 18, 2018 at 3:52 a.m.

The new, friendlier name for Pup 681, the Shedd Aquarium's rescued baby sea otter and resident media darling, will be announced at 8 a.m. Friday, the morning after voting was...

Construction continues on the Smithsonian Institute National Museum of African American History and Culture, at 14th St. NW and Constitution Avenue in Washington, D.C.

Talking to Lonnie Bunch about his Smithsonian-size task

June 18, 2018 at 3:41 a.m.

Lonnie Bunch had a good thing going in Chicago. He was running the Chicago Historical Society, helping to guide its transition to eventually becoming the more outward facing Chicago History...

Dolphin calve Merlin swims with his mother Tapeko as they glide along Brookfield Zoo's Seven Seas Underwater Viewing Gallery

Dolphin is born but dies at Brookfield Zoo

April 5, 2019 at 9:29 p.m.

A male dolphin died shortly after being born at Brookfield Zoo on Friday, zoo officials said. The calf surfaced, as is normal, after its 8:45 a.m. birth to 11-year-old first-time...

A look at the Museum of Contemporary Art for Steve Johnson's continuous pieces on Chicago museums. December 2, 2104. (Phil Velasquez/baiduhai)

Museum of Contemporary Art: An easy-to-like place for difficult art

April 5, 2019 at 9:26 p.m.

A recent visit to Chicago's Museum of Contemporary Art discovered in its galleries: * A photograph depicting a photograph of the photographer's eye as it bathed in a darkroom solution....

The Doane Observatory recently underwent renovations.

Adler’s Doane Observatory reopens to public

June 18, 2018 at 5:21 a.m.

With an Adler After Dark event last week, the Adler Planetarium's Doane Observatory quietly reopened for public use after a renovation that improved access to the building's 20-inch mirrored telescope,...

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