Fun and Games – Page 14

Kids get to wear their Halloween costumes early at Trunk-or-Treat in Space, Oct. 10, at the Cernan Earth and Space Center at Triton College in River Grove. (Triton College)

Cernan Earth and Space Center treating kids to candy, sky show

By Myrna Petlicki

September 28, 2026 at 5:07 p.m.

The third annual Trunk-or-Treat in Space is planned for Oct. 10 at the Cernan Earth...

FILE – A Tickle Me Elmo doll is photographed in New York on Dec. 4, 1996. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File)

Bingo and Tickle Me Elmo nominated for Toy Hall of Fame. Will Care Bears also make it this year?

By Mark Kennedy

September 16, 2026 at 12:02 p.m.

Tickle Me Elmo dolls, the game of chance Bingo and the humble playground slide are...

Lowell's Harvest Tyme is one of 20 farms in North America that joined the corn maze campaign in a fundraising effort to benefit Dolly Parton's nonprofit organization, Imagination Library. (Photo provided by Jason Wisniewski)

Dolly Parton-themed corn maze in Lowell to raise funds for Imagination Library

By Anna Ortiz

September 16, 2026 at 10:58 a.m.

This Saturday, fans will get a chance to get lost in the late country icon’s...

Former Gov. Jim Edgar, left, and Gov. JB Pritzker talk at the conclusion of the Jim Edgar Reading Room Dedication at the Illinois State Library, May 28, 2025, in Springfield. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)

The Tribune’s Quotes of the Week quiz for May 31

By Claire Malon

May 31, 2025 at 4:17 p.m.

Think you know what went on in the world of Chicago politics, sports and pop...

Paula Stovall, of Country Club Hills, was named the Big Catch Angler Association’s Angler of the Year during a club meeting last month in Chicago Heights, just 12 years after learning how to fish. “The Lord has blessed me with a talent that I didn’t know I had," she said. (Paula Stovall)

Big Catch group’s first female Angler of the Year ‘blessed with talent I didn’t know I had’

By Jeff Vorva

May 28, 2025 at 3:16 p.m.

Paula Stovall, 62, of Country Club Hills, became the first female to win Angler of...

U.S. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., talks to the media after the House narrowly passed a bill forwarding President Donald Trump's agenda at the U.S. Capitol on May 22, 2025, in Washington. The tax and spending legislation, called the "One, Big, Beautiful Bill" Act, redirects money to the military and border security and includes cuts to Medicaid, education and other domestic programs. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty)

The Tribune’s Quotes of the Week quiz for May 24

By Grace Miserocchi

May 24, 2025 at 5:00 a.m.

Think you know what went on in the world of Chicago politics, sports and pop...

People take in a DJ set at Virgin Hotels Las Vegas on May 17, 2025, in Las Vegas. (Madeline Carter/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Las Vegas luring millennials, Gen-Z visitors with pool parties, craft cocktails, influencer experiences

By Las Vegas Review-Journal

May 23, 2025 at 11:35 a.m.

Nearly half of Las Vegas' visitors last year were millennials or Gen-Z, according to the...

Mount Carmel High School freshman Timmy Carter, 15, of Alsip, is a member of the school’s Caravan Sailing Club and volunteers as an instructor at the Jackson Park Yacht Club. (Susan DeGrane/Daily Southtown)

Once a sport for the wealthy, competitive sailing attracts fresh crew at Mount Carmel

By Susan DeGrane

May 23, 2025 at 4:52 a.m.

The South Side sailing community is helping foster interest in a sport once reserved for...

The e-edition page of the summer reading list story in the Sunday supplement that was included in the Chicago Sun-Times. (Chicago Sun-Times)

Chicago Sun-Times Sunday insert contains 10 AI-generated fake books in summer reading list

By Robert Channick

May 21, 2025 at 11:06 a.m.

The special section inserted into the Sunday Chicago Sun-Times featured fun summer activities, including a...

Kourtney Stallings, from left, her sister Kelly Stallings, Dominique Shelton, and third sibling Elizabeth Stallings, fan themselves outside Soldier Field before the first Chicago night of Beyoncé’s "Cowboy Carter" tour, May 15, 2025. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

The Tribune’s Quotes of the Week quiz for May 17

By Claire Malon

May 17, 2025 at 5:00 a.m.

Think you know what went on in the world of Chicago politics, sports and pop...

FILE – Shoppers look at Apple products in the Apple Store at the Walden Galleria in Buffalo, NY, on Saturday, Nov. 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

Fortnite says it’s offline on Apple’s iOS around the world

By Wyatte Grantham-Philips

May 16, 2025 at 3:05 p.m.

Fortnite says it’s now unavailable on Apple’s iOS globally because the tech giant blocked a...

This image provided by King.com Limited shows the “Candy Crush Saga” video game. (King.com Limited via AP)

How AI helps push Candy Crush players through its most difficult puzzles

By Sarah Parvini

May 11, 2025 at 9:31 a.m.

Players swiping their way through more than 18,700 levels of Candy Crush Saga might be...

Newly elected Pope Leo XIV celebrates Mass with the College of Cardinals inside the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican on May 9, 2025, the day after his election as 267th pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church. (Vatican Media)

The Tribune’s Quotes of the Week quiz for May 10

By Grace Miserocchi

May 10, 2025 at 5:00 a.m.

Think you know what went on in the world of Chicago politics, sports and pop...