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Alyssa Lockard, 7, left, and her sister Hannah, 4, enjoy the confetti at the Noon Year's Eve celebration at the Chicago Children's Museum on Dec. 31, 2015.

Can a preschooler socially distance? Children’s museums say they’re ready for the challenge

May 12, 2020 at 1:15 p.m.

"How do you tell a 4 year old to social distance?" asks Mike Delfini, president and CEO of Kohl Children's Museum in Glenview. "I see grocery stores putting arrows on...

Work by Spyros Aggelopoulos presented by Dio Horia Gallery of Athens, Greece at Expo Chicago at Navy Pier, Sept. 19, 2019.

Another coronavirus change: Expo Chicago art fair moves to next spring

May 12, 2020 at 9:01 a.m.

Claiming a new date on the American visual arts calendar, Expo Chicago, the big fall art fair on Navy Pier, is being postponed until next spring, the organization announced Tuesday....

WBEZ’s Jenn White leaving to host national ‘1A’ for NPR

May 8, 2020 at 4:53 p.m.

Jenn White, the host of WBEZ-FM's weekday local affairs show "Reset," will be the new host of the nationally syndicated public radio news show "1A." After four years with WBEZ,...

Astronomer Lucianne Walkowicz looks at solar flares on the sun through a telescope at the Adler Planetarium's observatory Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2015. (Michael Tercha/baiduhai) 2435120 - ct-remarkable-lucianne-walkowicz

‘Far too many resemblances to me:’ Adler astronomer alleges an American Girl doll stole their likeness

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

Lucianne Walkowicz knew American Girl dolls were out there. "I don't have young children myself," said the Adler Planetarium astronomer. "So I am not, you know, terribly abreast of what...

Mark Witteveen, owner of The Chicago Flyhouse, places a city of Chicago flag mask on one of the lions outside the Art Institute on April 30, 2020.

Mask swiped from one of the lions at Art Institute of Chicago

May 1, 2020 at 3:40 p.m.

Two people remained at large Friday after stealing an oversize mask from one of the lions at the Art Institute of Chicago, according to police. By midafternoon, the museum had...

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker, left, along with Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot, foreground, and public health officials provide updated public guidance around the coronavirus during a press conference at the Thompson Center, Friday, Feb. 28, 2020, in Chicago. (Antonio Perez/ baiduhai)/baiduhai via AP)

Bobbleheads of Lightfoot, Pritzker coming soon as coronavirus collectibles

May 4, 2020 at 3:51 p.m.

Depending on how you look at a bobblehead, it can be nodding "yes," like a governor asked if he wants more PPE, or shaking "no," like a mayor urging people...

Masks up: Art Institute lions, Daley Center Picasso get coronavirus face coverings

April 30, 2020 at 3:24 p.m.

Gov. J.B. Pritzker required Illinoisans to begin wearing protective face masks in public beginning Friday. The Art Institute lions and the Daley Center Picasso jumped the gun. Crews Thursday morning...

Lightfoot leads ‘virtual field trips’ to major cultural institutions during coronavirus

April 27, 2020 at 12:26 p.m.

It takes clout — and a very compelling reason — to get through the locked doors of the city's leading cultural institutions in these days of coronavirus-forced closure. Mayor Lori...

Justin Reyes administers a COVID-19 test to Maria Suarez outside Heartland Health Centers in Chicago's Rogers Park neighborhood on July 10, 2020.

Chicagoans cope with another month at home: closing a pancake house, missing students and setting up routines

April 24, 2020 at 8:49 p.m.

OK, campers. Rise and shine. And don't forget your booties. Because it's cold out there today. It's just another Groundhog Day in Illinois, where Gov. J.B. Pritzker has extended the...

‘Biker archaeologist’ Julian Siggers named new Field Museum CEO

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

The Field Museum of Natural History has named as its new president and CEO Julian Siggers, the current director of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. An...

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