Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., author of fourteen novels and numerous short stories, was also a prolific visual artist during his lifetime. On display at the National Veterans Art Museum is Vonnegut’s Odyssey, showcasing over […]
We had to wait an extra month to kick of Chicago’s “nerd season” this year, but C2E2 is finally upon us as of Friday, and it’s been worth the extra month’s wait! […]
Some good things have come to us this week – the start of baseball season, the raising of a World Series banner, some sunny skies and amazing temperatures this weekend. Spring is […]
So much of our life, and in fact, everything in our little corner of the known universe, revolves around the sun. We want to find our place in the sun, soak up […]
Photography is a medium of great power. It can show us things we’ve never seen before, transport us places, and capture a moment in time like an insect in amber so that […]
As Carl Sagan famously said, “Look again at that dot. That’s here. That’s home. That’s us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human […]
This time last week, over 62,000 people were participating in a massive meeting of minds at McCormick Place. The topic? Housewares. Each year, our behemoth of a convention center houses the world’s […]
The Field Museum of Natural History, born out of the ashes of the Chicago Fire, is more than meets the eye. In fact, it’s an absolute marvel. For all of the […]
It’s not exactly an austere art gallery environment. The walls are painted vivid colors, in keeping with the palette and imagery of the fanciful art displayed. The rooms resound with pinball […]
Sparkling new cars lined up this Wednesday at McCormick Place’s Concept & Technology Garage to help kick off the 2017 Chicago Auto Show–the nation’s largest automotive exhibition featuring the latest innovations of the […]
February is a month that makes me want to wander. With the holidays over, I’ve lost affection for the brown-grey of winter, and I don’t wish for a fresh, sparkling blanket […]
Pulling in at this year’s Chicago Auto Show–the nation’s largest automotive exhibition held annually at McCormick Place–is the sleek and stylish 2017 Mazda MX-5 Miata. Equipped with an automatic convertible top and […]
