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Schubas Tavern to close temporarily following new city COVID rules restrictions

October 30, 2020 at 2:57 p.m.

Schubas Tavern and its Tied House restaurant are closing temporarily because of the new city ban on indoor dining due to the worsening COVID-19 pandemic, the business said Friday. Schubas,...

Portrait of University of Chicago historian and author of "Bring the War Home" Kathleen Belew at Berger Park in Chicago on Thursday, Oct. 29, 2020.

Exposing the ‘disguise’: UChicago historian Kathleen Belew spotlights the rising white power movement

October 30, 2020 at 1:59 p.m.

Biden or Trump, the impending presidential election worries Kathleen Belew. The University of Chicago history professor made her academic name with a 2018 book chronicling the disturbing rise of white...

Review: For late-night hosts, a more muted presidential debate brings a more pointed response

October 23, 2020 at 7:07 a.m.

Americans who tuned in for the second and final 2020 presidential debate -- "Trump-Biden II: This Time It's Audible" -- got an earful. And getting only one ear filled with...

Brookfield Zoo to close for two months after holiday lights show

May 22, 2026 at 8:02 p.m.

Brookfield Zoo is planning a coronavirus-related hibernation. The zoo announced Wednesday that after its Holiday Magic seasonal lights show ends Dec. 31, it will shut down for two months out...

Simone Leigh poses for a photo at Stratton Sculpture Studios in Philadelphia.

Chicago sculptor Simone Leigh to become first Black woman to represent U.S. at Venice Biennale

May 22, 2026 at 8:02 p.m.

Chicago-born sculptor Simone Leigh will represent the United States at the prestigious Venice Bienniale, Boston's Institute of Contemporary Art announced this week. New work by Leigh, whose increasingly monumental sculptures...

Mexican gray wolves mingle with one another after feeding on a whole farmed deer carcass provided to them by keepers on Feb. 17, 2016, at the Brookfield Zoo's Regenstein Wolf Woods. The deer feedings are meant to provide more naturalistic nutrition and enrichment for the wolves.

‘Escape from Extinction’ film, Disney Plus ‘Meet the Chimps’ series showcase Brookfield and Lincoln Park Zoo conservation efforts

October 14, 2020 at 3:37 p.m.

"Escape from Extinction" aims to shift the contemporary film narrative about zoos and aquariums. Instead of an expose of alleged mistreatment of, say, a killer whale, this new documentary film...

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Schubas Tavern to close temporarily following new city COVID rules restrictions

Exposing the ‘disguise’: UChicago historian Kathleen Belew spotlights the rising white power movement

Review: For late-night hosts, a more muted presidential debate brings a more pointed response

Brookfield Zoo to close for two months after holiday lights show

Chicago sculptor Simone Leigh to become first Black woman to represent U.S. at Venice Biennale

‘Escape from Extinction’ film, Disney Plus ‘Meet the Chimps’ series showcase Brookfield and Lincoln Park Zoo conservation efforts

Por ser un ‘tesoro cultural’ el Museo Nacional de Arte Mexicano gana una subvención de $3.5 millones

For being a ‘cultural treasure,’ National Museum of Mexican Art wins $3.5 million grant

FitzGerald’s Nightclub in Berwyn closes temporarily after employee tests positive for coronavirus

Review: Late-night looks for laughs in a VP debate touched by coronavirus, upstaged by a fly