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Sue the T. rex strikes a pose in its old location at the Field Museum. This is not the T. rex that toured the empty museum.

Inspired by Shedd’s ‘field trip’ penguins, Field Museum T. rex takes own tour

March 25, 2020 at 2:40 p.m.

In the new world being shaped by coronavirus, penguins have become influencers. Over the weekend, Shedd Aquarium animal handlers took advantage of the big, empty building to let some of...

‘Little Fires Everywhere’ only a so-so suburban drama plus what else is on TV, Wednesday, March 18

March 18, 2020 at 9:44 a.m.

"Little Fires Everywhere" wants to be the next "Big Little Lies," a slow-burn drama about well-to-do people intersecting with, and kind of trampling on, the not-so-posh in a way that...

Young visitors on a troll hunt get a close up view of one of the six larger than life trolls at Morton Arboretum in Lisle on June 14, 2018.

Some big Chicago-area nature parks remaining open … for now

March 18, 2020 at 7:12 a.m.

UPDATE, 5:22 p.m., March 17: Chicago Botanic Garden said Tuesday it will close effective at 5 p.m. through April 30. The move follows "the recommendations of federal, state, and county...

Jackie’s possible threesome on ‘The Conners’ plus what else is on TV Tuesday, March 17

March 17, 2020 at 10:29 a.m.

After Roseanne Barr blew up her TV comeback with a racist tweet about Chicago political operative Valerie Jarrett, it seemed her classic sitcom's improbable success in its reboot was over....

Museum closings: MSI, Art Institute, Field Museum, others join Shedd Aquarium, Lincoln Park Zoo in closing out of coronavirus caution

March 13, 2020 at 9:13 p.m.

The Museum of Science and Industry, Art Institute of Chicago, Adler Planetarium and Field Museum have joined Shedd Aquarium in announcing Friday a coronavirus related temporary closure, less than a...

A photo of a young Apsáalooke girl from the early 1900s.

‘Apsáalooke Women and Warriors’ is Field Museum’s first major show curated by a Native American scholar

May 22, 2026 at 8:04 p.m.

In the Field Museum's new exhibition "Apsáalooke Women and Warriors," the story of one Native American people, more widely known as the Crow of the northwest plains, is told by...

People walking by the front of the Art Institute of Chicago.

Art Institute cancels public events amid coronavirus pandemic but will stay open

March 12, 2020 at 2:37 p.m.

The Art Institute of Chicago will remain open to the public but cancel all public events at the museum at least through April 10 as a result of the coronavirus...

Duro Olowu: Seeing Chicago at the MCA, Friday, Mar. 6, 2020. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)

Chicago art heist: Fashion designer Duro Olowu raids city’s walls to create exuberant ‘Seeing Chicago’ at MCA

May 22, 2026 at 8:04 p.m.

So many art exhibitions are precise, exacting, mixed like a bracing cocktail and meant to be taken in sips. "Seeing Chicago," the MCA's new eclectic gathering of Chicago-owned art convened...

Room of Remembrance at the Illinois Holocaust Museum in Skokie Monday, March 2, 2015.

Holocaust Museum cancels fundraising event over coronavirus concerns

May 22, 2026 at 8:04 p.m.

Due to coronavirus concerns and a guest list featuring the elderly, the Illinois Holocaust Museum on Tuesday called off its big annual Humanitarian Awards Dinner. The 2,000-attendee Holocaust Museum event,...

Bill FitzGerald, right, looks on as the Cash Box Kings perform at his FitzGerald's Nightclub in Berwyn on Aug. 1, 2017.

After selling, Bill FitzGerald says farewell to his namesake music club

March 5, 2020 at 2:59 p.m.

On the night of Bill FitzGerald's last day as owner of his namesake Berwyn music club, as he and wife Kate received hugs from a steady stream of well wishers,...

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