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Students explore the "Numbers in Nature: A Mirror Maze," a new permanent exhibit at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago.

‘Numbers in Nature’ hides math in plain sight — and in mirror maze

December 17, 2018 at 8:44 p.m.

The fine new "Numbers in Nature: A Mirror Maze" exhibition serves two purposes for the Museum of Science and Industry. It gives the museum a permanent exhibit that covers, in...

Different tribal clothing of some of the Native American tribes on display in the Great Lakes exhibit at the Field Museum.

Field joins Tribune, Sound Opinions in curated movie trend

June 17, 2018 at 6:20 a.m.

With a public screening of "Jurassic Park" Friday guided by one of its top dinosaur scientists, the Field Museum is getting in on one of the city's notable recent arts...

Lucas Museum gives most detailed version yet of its vision

June 18, 2018 at 7:40 a.m.

Pledging to "challenge the way people think about museums," the coming Lucas Museum of Narrative Art will feature "popular art from illustration to comics, an insider's perspective on the cinematic...

Field receives $3 million gift from Boeing

June 17, 2018 at 6:44 a.m.

The Field Museum of Natural History has received a $3 million gift from the Chicago-based Boeing Company, the museum announced Wednesday. The money will go to the museum's Action Center,...

Greg Wittstock and Brian Helfrich who star in Nat Geo Wild's Pond Stars TV show at the Aquascape, Inc. headquarters in St. Charles.

Reality TV has a ripple effect for ‘Pond Stars’

June 17, 2018 at 6:49 a.m.

The title of the new series "Pond Stars" may just sound like an easy play on the already running "Pawn Stars," but it is very serious about the pond part...

Never mind that he was already 55 years old. Jonathon Brandmeier, the one-time king of hyper-energetic Chicago talk radio, was supposed to revivify WGN-AM. But the ratings never took off, and now 'GN runs former afternoon man Steve Cochran in the mornings while it pays Brandmeier to do his show on the Internet and, more recently, on the low-powered newcomer, WGN-FM 87.7.

Chicago Fire Festival fizzle not alone among city’s arts duds

June 17, 2018 at 6:45 a.m.

Redmoon Theater's attempt to celebrate the Great Chicago Fire on the Chicago River Saturday fizzled when the houses it had built on boats wouldn't light. No floating inferno. No spectacle....

Caribbean Callaloo, a performance group of dancers from Trinidad, perform a limbo dance in the UniverSoul Circus.

Many moving parts combine to make the one and only UniverSoul Circus

June 17, 2018 at 6:37 a.m.

A circus is, in essence, a variety show, Ed Sullivan under a peaked tent. One act after another spills out into the center ring, and the audience cheers it on...

Fleetwood Mac performs at the United Center.

Review: Fleetwood Mac at the United Center

December 17, 2018 at 8:46 p.m.

Suddenly, Fleetwood Mac seems like it might be thinking about tomorrow again. After touring since 1998 in various incomplete incarnations and with varying levels of comfort with each other, the...

A Claudine Longet album in "The 1968 Exhibit."

In ‘1968,’ an overseas war, riots in Chicago and a year worth revisiting

June 17, 2018 at 6:46 a.m.

So let's start with this little mathematical nugget: 1968 was almost half a century ago. I make that point to underscore that the year, monumental in American culture, is not...

Shedd Aquarium executive vice-president of animal care and animal training, Ken Ramirez feeds a fish to Cruz, a blind sea lion.

Animal training expert Ken Ramirez leaves Shedd Aquarium

June 17, 2018 at 6:36 a.m.

Ken Ramirez, executive vice president of animal care and training and frequent public face for Shedd Aquarium, has taken a new job with a firm that focuses on positive reinforcement...

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