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    May 24, 2013 |Story| RedEye

  1. Reminder: Bike the Drive is Sunday

    Drivers will need to steer clear of Lake Shore Drive on Sunday morning.
    RedEye
    Drivers will need to steer clear of Lake Shore Drive on Sunday morning. Lake Shore Drive will be closed to vehicular traffic to allow cyclists to pedal for 30 miles all the way from Bryn Mawr Avenue to the north and 57th Street to the south for the MB...

    Tags: Bike the Drive, MB Financial Inc.

    2. Feb 1, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  2. Candid Candace: Innovation shines at Black Creativity Gala

    For the 30th anniversary of the Black Creativity Gala, there were more than 700 guests at the Museum of Science and Industry on Jan. 26 to celebrate this year's exhibition themed "Innovation." During the opening reception, guests enjoyed a juried showcase of more than 100 colorful works of art created by African-American artists from across the country as well as 30 pieces submitted by local high school students.
    For the 30th anniversary of the Black Creativity Gala, there were more than 700 guests at the Museum of Science and Industry on Jan. 26 to celebrate this year's exhibition themed "Innovation." During the opening reception, guests enjoyed a juried showcase...

    Tags: Northern Trust Corporation, Anne M. Burke, Arts and Culture, Pat Quinn, Illinois Supreme Court

    3. May 24, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  3. Gerard Pawlicki, 1921-2013

    Gerard Pawlicki was just out of DePaul University when he joined Enrico Fermi, Walter Zinn, George Weil and other seasoned scientists as they lifted their paper cups filled with Chianti wine, celebrating the first controlled nuclear chain reaction under...

    Tags: DePaul University, University of Chicago, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Art Institute of Chicago, Merchandise Mart

    4. Nov 16, 2011 |Story| South Florida Sun-Sentinel

  4. New EcoDiscovery Center opens at Fort Lauderdale's Museum of Discovery and Science

    The new $25 million EcoDiscovery Center at the Museum of Discovery and Science in downtown Fort Lauderdale has opened.
    The new $25 million EcoDiscovery Center at the Museum of Discovery and Science in downtown Fort Lauderdale has opened. For all the bells and whistles it includes for the entertainment of youngsters -– from an otter habitat to an indoor airboat...

    Tags: Arts and Culture, Science, Family, Netherlands, Fort Lauderdale

    5. Mar 13, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  5. Chicago museums reeling after building sprees

    The turn of the millennium was a heady time for many Chicago cultural institutions. Cheap loans, high investment returns and swelling endowments spawned a slew of new attractions along the lakefront and around downtown.
    The turn of the millennium was a heady time for many Chicago cultural institutions. Cheap loans, high investment returns and swelling endowments spawned a slew of new attractions along the lakefront and around downtown. The Art Institute built its Modern...

    Tags: Unemployment, Corporate Officers, Colleges and Universities, Michigan Avenue, Career and Workplace

    6. Aug 22, 2012 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  6. At the Lincoln Park Zoo, camping out under the monkeys

    The campfire was in a metal pit, under a great, wide roof. The tents were pitched on a well-tended lawn, with help from people who work for an outdoors store. Bears were a threat only if someone had forgotten to lock an enclosure door.
    The campfire was in a metal pit, under a great, wide roof. The tents were pitched on a well-tended lawn, with help from people who work for an outdoors store. Bears were a threat only if someone had forgotten to lock an enclosure door. And dinner was...

    Tags: Field Museum of Natural History, Lincoln Park Zoo, Yosemite National Park, Brookfield Zoo, Brooklyn (New York City)

    7. Nov 7, 2012 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  7. 'Charlie Brown and the Great Exhibit': Good, not great, grief

    "Charlie Brown and the Great Exhibit" is a big, reasonably well-stuffed celebration of one of the great achievements in American popular culture, the "Peanuts" newspaper comic strip by lachrymose Minnesotan Charles Schulz.
    "Charlie Brown and the Great Exhibit" is a big, reasonably well-stuffed celebration of one of the great achievements in American popular culture, the "Peanuts" newspaper comic strip by lachrymose Minnesotan Charles Schulz. In section after section of...

    Tags: A Charlie Brown Christmas (tv program), Artists, Psychology, Halloween, Arts and Culture

    8. May 7, 2013 |Story| RedEye

  8. CTA, University of Chicago reach bus deal

    The CTA board is poised to approve an agreement Wednesday with the University of Chicago that would allow the CTA to continue to operate four campus bus routes for five years.
    RedEye
    The CTA board is poised to approve an agreement Wednesday with the University of Chicago that would allow the CTA to continue to operate four campus bus routes for five years. The buses that would continue to run are the Nos. 170-U. of Chicago/Midway,...

    Tags: University of Chicago, Education, Agricultural Research and Technology, Agriculture, Colleges and Universities

    9. May 1, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  9. Rosenthal: Rejuvenation of South Side the fair thing to do

    President Grover Cleveland pressed an electric switch, powering the pumps for massive fountains. The jets of water in turn cued the unfurling of flags. What was described as "profound silence" gave way to a cacophony, and the World's Columbian Exposition officially opened a few minutes past noon on May 1, 1893.
    President Grover Cleveland pressed an electric switch, powering the pumps for massive fountains. The jets of water in turn cued the unfurling of flags. What was described as "profound silence" gave way to a cacophony, and the World's Columbian...

    Tags: Architecture, White House, Daniel Burnham, Arts and Culture, Colleges and Universities

    10. Apr 18, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  10. Breakfast standards and so much more

    For Spiros Argiris and Gus Sellis, the story of their lives is written on the walls.
    For Spiros Argiris and Gus Sellis, the story of their lives is written on the walls. Argiris points around the room at the Valois Cafeteria's murals: the Museum of Science and Industry, Hyde Park Bank, the South Side lakeshore. Then he points to the...

    Tags: Chicago White Sox, Steaks, Barack Obama, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Fried Potatoes

    11. Nov 28, 2011 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  11. Ndamukong Suh's night out with Bears player, Forest Whitaker co-hosting benefit, Zach Gilford dines at People

    Not everyone is upset with the Detroit Lions&rsquo; <strong>Ndamukong Suh</strong> these days. The Bears&rsquo; <strong>Amobi Okoye</strong> joined Suh -- who was ejected from Thursday&rsquo;s game against the Green Bay Packers for stomping on an opposing player -- during his night out in Chicago Friday.
    Not everyone is upset with the Detroit Lions’ Ndamukong Suh these days. The Bears’ Amobi Okoye joined Suh -- who was ejected from Thursday’s game against the Green Bay Packers for stomping on an opposing player -- during his night out in...

    Tags: Lance Briggs, Arts and Culture, Literature, Ndamukong Suh, Wicker Park

    12. Apr 12, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  12. Culture clash: New history of Chicago taps into our malaise

    &quot;The Third Coast: When Chicago Built the American Dream" has an elegant, unflinching, non-nostalgic clarity about Chicago that you rarely see in books about Chicago.
    Thomas Dyja looked at me with abject horror, then humor, then, as his face crumbled in defeat, resignation. A face that said, "See? This is why I wrote a 412-page cultural history of Chicago at midcentury that — as much as it pulls together...

    Tags: Architecture, Imperial and Royal Matters, Colleges and Universities, Lake Forest College, Elizabeth II

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