Here are hundreds of Chicago artists posing for a group photo
When hundreds of artists get together for probably the largest group photo Chicago's community of makers has seen, what burst of creativity do they come up with to utter at...
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Colorful return for ‘Chagall for Children’ at Kohl Children’s Museum
The artist Marc Chagall, whose places of residence and modernist work brought him into conflict with two of the most oppressive regimes of the 20th century, doesn't seem the most...
Floodwaters force Farnsworth House closure
UPDATED: Flood waters, a recurring problem at Mies van der Rohe's glass-walled Farnsworth House, have once again disrupted the historic structure in Plano, Ill., near the Fox River. A tweet...
The problem with Chicago radio: the songs remain the same
This town, it turns out, is radio nowhere. Or at least it is music radio nowhere. Why do I make this assertion, borrowed from one of the better latter-day Bruce...
5 most popular music stations in Chicago
The five most popular music stations in Chicago, according to Nielsen, are all owned by out-of-town companies and play predominantly hit-music formats. WVAZ-FM 102.7 FM Format: Urban adult contemporary Slogan:...
Cleaning Sue the T. rex takes patience and feathers
The Tyrannosaurus rex, scientists now believe, may have had feathers. At the Field Museum Thursday morning, then, Sue the T. rex was getting intimate with bodily adornments from her past....
Chicago’s Legacy Walk a tour into gay history
"The term probably needs some explaining," Victor Salvo tells the half-dozen high school students, "but we used to call it a 'beard.'" This comment, perhaps surprisingly, has nothing to do...
Shedd Aquarium’s baby dolphin is a boy
The dolphin born this week at Shedd Aquarium is a boy, specialists have determined. After its sex was initially unknown, the calf born to Pacific white-sided dolphin Piquet early Monday...
Grateful Dead at the Field Museum: Artifacts and tribute bands for July 4th weekend
The logo, of Sue the T. rex wearing a crown of roses like the human skeleton on the Grateful Dead's self-titled seventh album, says it all: The Field Museum is...
Rare dolphin born at the Shedd Aquarium
There's a new dolphin at the Shedd Aquarium. A calf was born to resident Pacific white-sided dolphin Piquet at 12:10 a.m. Monday, aquarium officials said. The baby's sex is undetermined,...