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Will Kendrick Lamar's politically charged, personally anguished "To Pimp a Butterfly" win album of the year at the Grammys Monday night?

5 things to watch for at tonight’s Grammys, on CBS

December 17, 2018 at 6:19 p.m.

Everybody complains about the Grammys. But truth be told, the music industry's top honors have become a reliably entertaining television show, mixing star power, surprising musical combinations and a generally...

A detail of the bedroom of an Airbnb rental apartment in Chicago that has been outfitted by the Art Institute of Chicago to look like the one Van Gogh painted in "The Bedroom," subject of a new exhibition.

Inside Van Gogh’s newest bedroom

June 11, 2018 at 6:32 a.m.

The challenge, should you be lucky enough to land an overnight stay in the Art Institute's River North re-creation of Van Gogh's bedroom, will be to avoid saying the obvious...

Dread Scott, artist who invited Chicagoans to walk on the flag, is back

December 17, 2018 at 6:19 p.m.

The artist who incited controversy in Chicago — plus congressional and presidential denunciations — through an artwork that invited people to walk on the U.S. flag will be delivering a...

Beyonce performs onstage during the Pepsi Super Bowl 50 Halftime Show at Levi's Stadium on Feb. 7, 2016 in Santa Clara, Calif.

What do new Beyonce, OK Go videos teach us?

December 17, 2018 at 6:19 p.m.

Video did not end up killing the radio star, and it doesn't look like anything is going to be able to kill the music video, either. New, wildly disparate videos...

Red panda cubs are leaving Lincoln Park Zoo

June 12, 2018 at 2:31 a.m.

Red panda cubs, we hardly knew ye. Less than four months after going on exhibit at Lincoln Park Zoo, the institution's two red panda cubs, named Clark and Addison in...

"Van Gogh's Bedrooms," background, an Art Institute of Chicago exhibition, was curated by Gloria Groom, chairwoman of the European painting and sculpture department.

‘Van Gogh’s Bedrooms’ at Art Institute show artist’s quest for home

December 17, 2018 at 6:20 p.m.

"Van Gogh's Bedrooms," the intensely focused new exhibition at the Art Institute, contains many unusual things. There are 19th-century wren's nests, borrowed from the Field Museum to evoke the largely...

Super Bowl commercials: See how critics rank the best and worst

December 17, 2018 at 6:20 p.m.

The Monday after the Super Bowl you get to go on the Web to watch an ad that is the price of admission to still more ads, the Super Bowl...

Top 5 best and worst 2016 Super Bowl commercials

December 12, 2018 at 3:25 p.m.

By now, you've seen all of the Super Bowl commercials. These were the five best and five worst Super Bowl ads I saw during the game Sunday night: CREAM OF...

Super Bowl commercials 2016: Best and worst

April 5, 2019 at 6:00 a.m.

As Super Bowl 50 proved to be a defensive battle on the field, it was that way in the ads, as well. Paying a reported $5 million for 30 seconds,...

Sunday’s other big game: 5 Super Bowl ads I’m eager to see

June 11, 2018 at 5:38 a.m.

Each year at this time, while other people are deciding which Super Bowl party to attend, looking up chili recipes, or hastily buying a new and bigger television, I am...

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