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Lance Tawzer, curator of "Beer Chicago" at the Elmhurst Historical Museum, said he wanted to put together an exhibit that might bring young adults to the museum.

How hops changed history: ‘Beer Chicago’ at the Elmhurst Historical Museum

December 17, 2018 at 6:45 p.m.

Pull one of the tap handles at the "Beer Chicago" exhibition and out comes a heady steinful of information, delivered by a chatty bartender on a video screen. That's one...

Nike Whitcomb, executive director of the American Writers Museum, is seen Oct. 27, 2015, sitting in front of a projection of a planned exhibit space at a news conference announcing the museum's planned location. The American Writers Museum is slated to open at 180 N. Michigan Avenue in spring 2017.

New American Writers Museum is slated to open in 2017 on Michigan Avenue

December 17, 2018 at 6:46 p.m.

The American Writers Museum, a Chicago project long in the works, now has a home, and it's on North Michigan Avenue, the fledgling institution announced Tuesday. The museum will occupy...

Ira Glass’ dance-radio mashup finally comes to Chicago

December 17, 2018 at 6:46 p.m.

If writing about music is, as the saying goes, like dancing about architecture, then what is dancing about radio? Chicagoans will get a chance to discover the answer when Ira...

Peter Singer speaks during a Chicago Humanities Festival event at Northestern University's McCormick Auditorium in Evanston, Ill., on Saturday, October 24, 2015.

Panel asks: What is the best way to give away your money?

December 17, 2018 at 6:46 p.m.

Peter Singer, speaking Saturday in a Northwestern University auditorium, was a little like the dinner guest who stimulates the conversation even as he questions the host's cooking skills. Pushing the...

A group of children rest before marching in the Halloween Gathering Parade on South Columbus Drive on Oct. 24, 2015, in Chicago.

Halloween Gathering Parade a fun ‘Thriller’ for those who dodged raindrops

December 17, 2018 at 6:46 p.m.

It's not every parade that includes Lupe Fiasco in a skyscraper costume, low riders, an homage to Michael Jackson's "Thriller" video and architects pushing iconic Chicago buildings on wheels. But...

Cesareo Moreno, chief curator of the National Museum of Mexican Art, at the Pilsen museum.

This year’s ‘Day of the Dead’ exhibit in Pilsen has somber theme — children

June 16, 2018 at 1:18 p.m.

"I think the name 'Day of the Dead' scares some people," said Cesareo Moreno, chief curator of the National Museum of Mexican Art. "But it really is a celebration of...

Host Aasif Mandvi speaks onstage at the 28th Annual Lucille Lortel Awards on May 5, 2013 in New York City.

Chicago Humanities Festival: Everything you need to know

December 17, 2018 at 6:48 p.m.

What: The Chicago Humanities Festival annually presents more than 100 events at venues across Chicago and in Evanston. The lectures, conversations, plays, films, art events and tours are generally, but...

The 2015 Chicago Humanities Festival appearance of author Audrey Niffenegger, shown in 2013, is sold out.

A view to the hottest of the hot at the Humanities Festival

June 16, 2018 at 2:09 p.m.

There is a thread in the contemporary American narrative that goes, roughly speaking, like this: Boy, aren't we dumb. We don't trust science. We base public policy on emotion and...

The Chicago History Museum's newest exhibit, "Chicago Authored," is set to open Oct. 17, 2015. The four themes of the exhibit — door, window, keyhole and mirror — spotlight the different perspectives Chicago writers have offered.

‘Chicago Authored’: Our city’s prose as history

December 17, 2018 at 6:49 p.m.

Chicago writers have told their share of radical stories through the years, from Upton Sinclair exposing worker mistreatment at the city's stockyards in "The Jungle" to Mike Royko laying bare...

Stanley Cup will be at the Field Museum

December 17, 2018 at 6:49 p.m.

Chicagoans will get another shot at seeing – and having photographs taken with – the Stanley Cup when the hockey championship trophy makes an appearance at the Field Museum Wednesday...

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