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Visitors at the Museum of Broadcast Communications' opening-night party for "Saturday Night Live: The Experience" in October, 2017.

Museum of Broadcast Communications picks Chicago journalist Susy Schultz as new executive director

May 22, 2026 at 8:10 p.m.

As the Museum of Broadcast Communications continues to remake itself as a smaller, leaner operation, it has picked Chicago journalism veteran Susy Schultz to be its new executive director, the...

Talini, a female polar bear, walks outside in the snow at the Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago in late January 2019.

Lincoln Park Zoo to remain free until 2050 — and why the contract was extended early

May 22, 2026 at 8:10 p.m.

Last year, Lincoln Park Zoo celebrated its 150th birthday as one of the last remaining free zoos in the country. This year, it locked into place an arrangement that will...

‘Go Down Moses’ at Chicago’s MoCP moves from contemplation to cacophony (and back)

May 22, 2026 at 8:10 p.m.

"Go Down Moses," the deeply resonant new exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Photography, begins with contemplative photos. The museum's first gallery features shots of open roads, of body fragments....

Bees pollinate flowers in the Circle Garden, a garden that focuses on the shape of the flower and how it is conducive to the pollinator, as part of the "Bees & Beyond" program at the Chicago Botanic Garden on Monday, July 23, 2019 in Glencoe.

Talking about the bats and the bees: Pollination is a theme this summer at Chicago Botanic Garden

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

In a typical pollination scenario, the spiky, genome-packed pollen from a flower's male stamen attaches itself to the fuzzy torso of a bee. The bee travels to the next flower...

Dana Forsythe, project manager at Adler Planetarium, poses for a guest at the entrance to the new sky show "Imagine the Moon."

‘Imagine the Moon’ opens at Adler, a gorgeous new sky show well-timed with Sunday’s eclipse bash

May 22, 2026 at 8:09 p.m.

When he was very little, our older son would spot that glowing crescent or circle in the sky and almost bay at it. "Moooooon," he would say, reverent and excited....

Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle's "La Tormenta" hangs in the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services building in Chicago and mimics a storm.

‘Genius grant’ art show set for Chicago in 2021

May 22, 2026 at 8:09 p.m.

Chicago will be awash in "genius" in 2021. The University of Chicago's Smart Museum of Art will organize a citywide group exhibition that summer featuring artworks by more than two...

Ruth, one of two African elephants, splashes herself inside the watering hole of her new enclosure Tuesday, July 9, 2019 at the Milwaukee County Zoo.

Retired from many circuses and zoos, where do elephants go now? Milwaukee and its new $16.6 million exhibit.

May 22, 2026 at 8:09 p.m.

The elephant news from Milwaukee this spring was, on a certain level, surprising. "The Milwaukee County Zoo is proud to announce its new Elephant Exhibit," said the April press release....

Artist Diane Simpson in the attic of her Wilmette home, where she stores materials to create sculptures. Simpson's work can be seen in the Whitney Biennial 2019 exhibition in New York.

These Chicago artists made it into New York’s exclusive Whitney Biennial — but one refused the honor

May 22, 2026 at 8:09 p.m.

The Whitney Biennial is the "most important group show in the U.S.," in the words of Chicago-raised sculptor Simone Leigh. She should know. She's been making art for decades, and...

Garth Brooks performs at Joe's in Chicago on July 15, 2019, on the first stop of his Dive Bar tour.

What’s it like to see Garth Brooks in a ‘dive bar’?

July 16, 2019 at 11:21 a.m.

It may not be the Oasis, but Joe's on Weed Street was an acceptable stand-in as country superstar Garth Brooks began his seven-stop "Dive Bar Tour" there Monday night and...

Frontman Clinton Clegg and The Commonheart perform Wednesday at Fitzgerald's in Berwyn.

FitzGerald’s American Music Fest still going strong

July 5, 2019 at 9:51 a.m.

Going on last, just before midnight on Wednesday's opening night of the 38th annual FitzGerald's American Music Festival, Jon Langford said, "We're the room clearers for the greatest roots music...

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