Lagunitas in Pilsen: Culture, tours and tastes all under 7-acre roof
"OK," the short, bearded guy with the gravelly voice said into the microphone, "we've now reached that portion of the tour where we're running out of shiny things to point...
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Field Museum celebrates Sue the T. rex’s 25th birthday
Twenty-five years ago today, the vehicle of a dinosaur hunting crew planning to leave a site in western South Dakota at the end of an expedition was found to have...
Review: Jon Stewart hits right notes in his ‘Daily Show’ exit
You knew Jon Stewart was serious about this final-show thing because it took place on Thursday, the same night ten GOP presidential candidates crowded a debate stage, most clamoring for...
If statues could talk — they might sound like David Schwimmer
It would almost be enough to have your cellphone ring and the identifying text say there's an incoming call from "Abraham Lincoln," or "Benito Juarez," or "Cloud Gate." That's a...
Fixing Frank: Unity Temple gets a sorely needed $23 million restoration
The Rev. Emily Gage chose not to take what happened shortly after she started at Frank Lloyd Wright's Unity Temple as an omen. "Right after I began, in the fall...
Michael Brown exhibit sparks controversy
A life-sized simulation of Michael Brown's body lies face-down on the floor, surrounded by police tape and traffic cones while above him, a video image of Eartha Kitt sings about...
5 things we can learn from European museums
At the entrance to London's Natural History Museum, the city's behemoth plant-and-animal repository, a massive dinosaur skeleton stands sentinel. Sound familiar, Field Museum fans? But unlike the menacing T. rex...
The former Brookfield’s Children’s Zoo has gone wild
Somehow in the long and careful planning for its all-new Hamill Family Wild Encounters attraction, Brookfield Zoo left out a warning sign: "Caution: Tippi Hedren May Want to Think Twice...
Museums caught in middle of state budget showdown
The signs all over the Illinois Artisans gallery in the State of Illinois building this week were not exactly conducive to commerce: "In preparation for the closure of the Illinois...
Cyrus Tang Hall of China opens at Field Museum: New tech, ancient stories
For years, the Field Museum covered the culture and people of China in about a dozen glass cases in a space that was sort of a balcony, an uncharacteristically anemic...