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Scrapbook compiled by Stella Skiff Jannotta for her son Joseph Edward Jannotta,
1930s.

‘What Is the Midwest?’ at Newberry Library shows a region that’s more than just milquetoast

May 22, 2026 at 8:08 p.m.

The Midwest, in the current national culture, is a dampened dish towel, a church hymn sung at half voice, a seven-layer salad with a side of stale chips. Maybe that's...

Sahar, the resident male at Lincoln Park Zoo's Kovler Lion House, paces before visiting with Zalika and Kamali, two lionesses recently brought in as companion animals, during a meeting session Aug. 18, 2015, in Chicago.

Lincoln Park Zoo’s former male lion dies suddenly at Kansas zoo

May 22, 2026 at 8:08 p.m.

The 9-year-old male lion that had been at Lincoln Park Zoo since 2012 died unexpectedly at his new home in a central Kansas zoo, the two institutions said. Rolling Hills...

Carneil Griffin takes in the "Figures of Speech," the Virgil Abloh exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago.

The Virgil Abloh effect: An MCA exhibit on streetwear brought new crowds, sold stuff and tested everyone’s idea of art

May 22, 2026 at 8:08 p.m.

"Figures of Speech," the big exhibition at MCA Chicago celebrating the artistic output of Rockford-raised, streetwear-turned-high-fashion designer Virgil Abloh, is not like other art museum shows you might have seen....

Here are 2019’s MacArthur ‘genius grant’ winners, including cartoonist Lynda Barry and Chicago urban designer Emmanuel Pratt

September 25, 2019 at 9:17 a.m.

Urban designer Emmanuel Pratt and cartoonist Lynda Barry are two of the 26 winners of the 2019 MacArthur Foundation "genius grants," the no-strings-attached $625,000 prizes given annually to artists, scholars...

Linda Johnson Rice interviews Lonnie Bunch at the Chicago History Museum.

Smithsonian head Lonnie Bunch on what it took to make the National Museum of African American History and Culture a smash hit

September 24, 2019 at 1:25 p.m.

More than 16 years ago, when Lonnie G. Bunch III was heading the Chicago Historical Society, the oral historian Studs Terkel introduced him to Mamie Till-Mobley, the mother of Emmett...

Made-over galleries at the Oriental Museum at the University of Chicago.

The Oriental Institute has a 100th birthday makeover wish — to no longer be Chicago’s ‘hidden gem’

May 22, 2026 at 8:08 p.m.

Yes, you can go to the British Museum in London to see ancient artifacts from the Middle East. But there's the expense and inconvenience of travel to consider, the crowds...

Bartlett native Chris Bukowski (left) chats with show host Chris Harrison on the premiere of 'Bachelor in Paradise' Season 6. Harrison is not the person to whom he proposed.

On ‘Bachelor in Paradise’ finale, a Chicagoan proposes, but will it really work out?

September 17, 2019 at 11:11 p.m.

Warning: Spoilers ahead. In the end, there were two Chicago-area men left on the 2019 "Bachelor in Paradise" beach. One, ex-NFL player Clay Harbor, punted on potential love during Tuesday's...

Former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton attends the 45th edition of the annual "The European House Ambrosetti" forum on economy on Sept. 6, 2019 at Villa D'Este in Cernobbio, near Como, northern Italy.

Hillary, Chelsea Clinton join upcoming Chicago Ideas Week panel

May 22, 2026 at 8:08 p.m.

Hillary Rodham Clinton and daughter Chelsea have been added to the list of Chicago Ideas Week speakers, the organization announced this week. The Clintons will be part of a 9-person...

This image released by HBO shows, Tony Hale, left, and Julia Louis-Dreyfus in a scene from, "Veep." Writing TV shows based on real life in Washington has always been a challenge. But since Donald Trump became president, writers of such series as â€œMadam Secretary,â€ â€œHouse of Cardsâ€ and â€œVeepâ€ say their job is tougher than ever. The twists and turns of the Trump Administration keep the writers on their toes as they attempt to create their own make-believe plot twists that wonâ€™t seem dull by comparison. (Justin M. Lubin/HBO via AP)

Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Patti Smith join full roster of Chicago Humanities Festival speakers, but you can’t buy tickets just yet

May 22, 2026 at 8:08 p.m.

Fresh off her Emmy-winning run as the star of HBO's "Veep," Julia Louis-Dreyfus will be one of the headliners at this fall's Chicago Humanities Festival, the organization announced Friday, but...

How to reach people with poetry? ‘Fault in Our Stars’ author John Green, Chicago Poetry Foundation are trying YouTube

May 22, 2026 at 8:08 p.m.

The words on the page reveal themselves first with a title and then a phrase at a time. "Poetry "I, too, dislike it: "There are things that are important beyond...

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