Steve Johnson – Page 110

Blacktip reef shark, Carcharhinus melanopterus in the Great Reef exhibit at the The Shedd Aquarium.

Shedd Aquarium takes bite out of Shark Week

June 17, 2018 at 10:52 a.m.

Shark Week is not an official holiday. Not yet. But the annual celebration of things toothy and cartilaginous now gets marked in dozens of countries around the world and even...

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

Field Museum: Packing in science and much, much more

June 17, 2018 at 10:59 a.m.

The only way Chicago's Field Museum could have had a better benefactor is if there had been a generous turn-of-the-last-century tycoon named "Natural History." Considering the unlikelihood of that, "Field"...

Vintage Bill Murray video from Second City stage

June 17, 2018 at 11:38 a.m.

If you're a website touting a new series called the Second City Archives, there's probably no better way to start it off than with a vintage Bill Murray clip. You...

Michael Jackson's business acumen is explored in Zack O'Malley Greenburg's new book, "Michael Jackson, Inc."

Review: ‘Michael Jackson, Inc.’ by Zack O’Malley Greenburg

May 9, 2019 at 4:43 p.m.

Michael Jackson made a few brilliant business decisions in his life and a lot of cruddy ones. But probably his most effective move of all — from a financial sense,...

Seal Training and Feeding demonstration at Kovler Sea Lion Pool at the Lincoln Park Zoo.

Lincoln Park Zoo: 8 reasons to love it

June 17, 2018 at 11:41 a.m.

There are so many ways to enjoy Chicago's Lincoln Park Zoo that it might be best just to list them. 1. As a place to see exotic animals. Lincoln Park...

Ira Glass hates Shakespeare

May 23, 2019 at 9:34 p.m.

Ira Glass loves the fine storytelling done on his public radio show, the Chicago-based "This American Life." He's not so fond of the storytelling done by an English writer named...

More museums skip admission

June 17, 2018 at 12:04 p.m.

Let's start with this: Any cultural institution that has even a smidgen of belief in the part of its mission statement that talks about education and outreach and community service...

A bust of Jean Baptiste Point du Sable at the DuSable Museum of African American History.

South Side creates its own Museum Campus

June 17, 2018 at 12:00 p.m.

The idea sat roughly in the middle of the city's Cultural Plan 2012, a bullet point among scores of bullet points: "Development of a 'Museum Campus South' that connects major...

The U-505 exhibit at the Museum of Science and Industry.

Museum of Science and Industry: Science and showmanship at the MSI

June 18, 2018 at 8:54 a.m.

The Museum of Science and Industry lives, vibrantly, in the last remaining building from Chicago's storied World's Fair of 1893. Then, it was the Palace of Fine Arts, made of...

A flame dress worn by Cruella DeVil in the 2000 film "102 Dalmatians."

MSI Disney exhibit extended until January

June 17, 2018 at 12:09 p.m.

There's more time for Disney at the Museum of Science and Industry. The exhibition "Treasures of the Walt Disney Archives," which blends Disney artifacts and the Chicago-born animator's life story,...

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