Long before ‘Tiger King,’ Chicago had its own Joe Exotic
See how much of this sounds familiar. A man develops a loosely organized roadside zoo. It becomes an area attraction for the likes of visiting Brownie troops and curious journalists,...
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Myriam Ben Salah to take reins at Renaissance Society
Myriam Ben Salah,a Paris-based curator and editor, has been appointed executive director and chief curator of the Renaissance Society. Ben Salah, 34, will take the reins at the highly regarded...
MCA makes ‘Seeing Chicago’ an online treat, plus four other museum visits during coronavirus closure
Looking ahead to a time when museums might be open again, MCA Chicago Tuesday announced it is extending "Duro Olowu: Seeing Chicago," its enthralling assembly of Chicago-owned art, through Sept....
Coronavirus deaths greater where Fox News viewers watched ‘Hannity’ more than Tucker Carlson, says U. of C. study
A new study published by the University of Chicago's Becker Friedman Institute for Economics makes a claim that will strike many as incendiary: "Greater viewership of 'Hannity' relative to 'Tucker...
Major summertime Frida Kahlo exhibit rescheduled for next year
"Frida Kahlo 2020" is now going to take place in 2021. The new title? "Frida Kahlo: Timeless." Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the College of DuPage's Cleve Carney Art Museum...
Monet, manna and minnows: Life at closed Art Institute, Shedd, Botanic Garden goes on
When the Art Institute closed due to coronavirus March 14, giant question marks suddenly joined the poster touting what was to have been the museum's big May Claude Monet exhibition....
Shuttered Chicago museums join COVID-19 fight with high-tech tools
As the Museum of Science and Industry was preparing to close due to COVID-19 last month, some of the people who work in its 3D printer lab got an idea....
John Prine: 10 essential songs, with picks from a former bandmate
When Angelo Varias was on the road with John Prine, as a drummer in his late 1970s backup band, it was a good vibe, Varias remembered, a bunch of Chicago...
John Prine, revered singer-songwriter from Maywood, dies at 73 of COVID-19 complications
Talking about the singer-songwriter John Prine, Bob Dylan said, "Prine's stuff is pure Proustian existentialism. Midwestern mind trips to the nth degree. And he writes beautiful songs." "Proustian existentialism?" Prine...
Toilet-paper cakes and more: Illinois museums already seeking coronavirus artifacts
In the struggle to stay safe and adapt to new, more conscripted realities, it can be easy to forget the coronavirus pandemic isn't just a challenge to daily existence, it's...