The DuSable Museum of African American History began on the ground floor. Literally. Originally, the oldest and until very recently the largest caretaker of African American culture in the US was housed on […]
A note from the editor: Museum docents are formally trained volunteers who are stationed in museums to provide guided tours in the museum’s exhibition halls, and oftentimes have either a […]
It’s about to be Museum Week in Chicago. Every January, while it’s too cold to enjoy the lakefront, rooftop bars and generally being outside for more than five minutes, the […]
Now that the turkey’s gone and the pumpkin pie a memory, it’s time to get in the full swing of the holiday season. The Magnificent Mile’s had its lighting and […]
It should first be said that the accounts that Holocaust survivors have of their time in the concentration camps, the ghettos and occupied countries, fighting for their lives and witnessing […]
Skokie, Illinois has a lot of things going for it – Old Orchard Mall, a beautiful piece of the lakeshore, and some fantastic theaters and performing arts venues. It was […]
[soliloquy id=”19975″] Saturday Night Live is an institution. For 43 seasons, you’ve been able to tune to NBC at 10:30pm Chicago time and be in that same familiar […]
The Field Museum‘s had a busy year. Leading off in March, they brought visitors behind the scenes to the work scientists, curators and creatives do every day to put out […]
Seattle is a good city to have friends and family in. I consider myself lucky to have a place to stay on Puget Sound, a simple ferry’s ride away from […]
Jack Kerouac wrote On the Road in what is often described as a three-week burst of creativity. He typed furiously (100 words a minute) on his Underwood portable typewriter and […]
Angela Haseltine Pozzi’s relationship with art was lifelong. She was born into a family of artists and grew up to be an art educator, with a Master’s Degree in Arts […]
You may have been to craft fairs before. After all, there are lots of art fests around the city and suburbs year-round. Maybe you feel like if you’ve seen one, […]