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Malena is prepped for hip replacement surgery at Brookfield Zoo on Jan. 27, 2021.

Brookfield Zoo tiger recovering after second hip surgery to correct first

May 22, 2026 at 8:00 p.m.

Malena, the Brookfield Zoo tiger whose attempted high-tech hip replacement surgery last week didn't take, is said to be recovering nicely after a less ambitious procedure. The very arthritic 10-1/2-year-old...

Ciera McKissick, founder of AMFM and the Hyde Park Arts Center's director of public programming, sits by an installation she curated for the center's 'Artists Run Chicago 2.0' show in August, 2020.

Anonymous donor gives $560,000 to diverse Chicago art spaces via Hyde Park Art Center

May 22, 2026 at 8:00 p.m.

"Artists Run Chicago" was a wide-reaching, grassroots exhibition in 2009 and again last year. Now it is a fund, a big pile of money being distributed to the 50, wildly...

Brookfield Zoo tries ‘bionic hip’ replacement for arthritic tiger, but complications arise and second surgery is needed

May 22, 2026 at 8:00 p.m.

This story has been updated to reflect new information. The scene at Brookfield Zoo was a tribute to medical science, to cooperation on behalf of endangered animals and, especially, to...

"Little Arturs," one of six "Troll Hunt" wooden sculptures by artist Thomas Dambo at the Morton Arboretum on Jan. 28, 2021.

Morton Arboretum’s popular ‘Troll Hunt’ sculptures appear destined for recycling pile, despite petition drive to save them

May 22, 2026 at 8:00 p.m.

It's because the giant wooden trolls hanging out at Morton Arboretum are so expressive that Delilah Durbin wants to save them. A nanny in the neighboring town of Lisle, she...

The front of the Field Museum on Jan. 21, 2021 in Chicago.

Update: Museum of Science and Industry joins list of museums reopening this winter

May 22, 2026 at 8:00 p.m.

The Museum of Science and Industry Wednesday announced that it will reopen in early March, following the state's loosening of COVID-19 restrictions on indoor entertainment. Last week, the Art Institute...

Octopus tentacles decorate a front window of the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago ahead of the opening of the 2017 Takashi Murakami exhibit, "The Octopus Eats Its Own Leg."

MCA Chicago makes first layoffs of the pandemic

May 22, 2026 at 8:00 p.m.

In its first staffing cuts of the pandemic, the Museum of Contemporary Art this week laid off 11% of its staff, including 17 of 162 full-time personnel, officials with the...

Even with Ralph Fiennes and Carey Mulligan front and center, little in the trailer of "The Dig" seemed particularly promising,? I gave it a go and it's good. Some of it's true, too: Along the east coast of Britain in 1939, with war clouds looming, self-taught Suffolk archeologist Basil Brown was hired by ailing widow Edith Pretty to discover if anything of value lay beneath the earth mounds on her property. There was indeed, and the remains and artifacts of a sixth-century Anglo-Saxon burial ship stunned the world. Fiennes is Basil; Mulligan is Edith; around the halfway point of director Simon Stone's film, the focus (for better or worse) shifts to others in the orbit of the excavation effort, particularly characters played by Lily James and Johnny Flynn. Based on the 2007 novel by John Preston, "The Dig" freely mixes fact and invention, overloading the crises a bit but generally succeeding. A fair amount of screenwriter Moira Buffini's dialogue plays out as Terrence Malick-styled voiceover, while the camera focuses on the stark beauty of the surroundings, and men and women actually doing the work. The results are trim, well-made and quite moving. So much for my prejudgments. (Netflix) — Michael Phillips

What we’re watching: From ‘Walker’ reboot to Brit hit ‘The Sister’

January 22, 2021 at 11:53 a.m.

Wondering what to watch this weekend? Check out our weekly film and TV recommendations. We want to know what you're streaming, too. Tell us about it @ChiTribEnt on Twitter or...

Singers Jennifer Lopez, right, and Lady Gaga greet after performing at President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration, Jan. 20, 2021, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington.

Column: Watching the inauguration: Trump flies off, Biden takes the oath, and a nation exhales

January 20, 2021 at 5:12 p.m.

Many of the big things were different about the inauguration Wednesday of Joseph R. Biden as the nation's 46th president. Instead of people on the National Mall, there was a...

Top two MCA curators departing for Guggenheim, museum startup

May 22, 2026 at 8:00 p.m.

The top two curators at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago are leaving to take new posts elsewhere in the art world. Michael Darling, chief curator and the force behind...

The Shedd Aquarium down Roosevelt Road on Thursday, June 18, 2020. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Shedd Aquarium, Field Museum announce plans to reopen as COVID restrictions loosen

May 22, 2026 at 8:00 p.m.

Shedd Aquarium Tuesday became the first major cultural institution to announce reopening plans following the state's determination Monday that Chicago is now in improved Tier 2 COVID mitigation status. The...

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