Among the highlights for winter entertainment are: an exhibition at the Griffin Museum of Science and Industry devoted to the award-winning costume designer behind both “Wicked” films, the stage ...

Dozens of schools, museums, libraries and even restaurants across the Chicago area will be closed Friday due to brutally cold ...

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Several iconic Chicago museums will be closed Friday as extreme cold grips the city and suburbs. According to the latest ...

Here’s a roundup of free days at Chicago-area museums, zoos and other cultural institutions. Plus 15 places that are always free.

Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival, Jimmy Sutton’s Four Charms and a Paul Tazewell costume exhibit at the Griffin ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A Chicago native is making history at the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum. Erin Amico will be the first African American to lead the museum in its 165-year history. "I am humbled and ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- It's one of Chicago's newer museums: the Museum of Illusions. The museum has more than 80 illusions and encourages guests to learn as they make their way through. It offers a brain ...

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CHICAGO (WPVI) -- A new attraction at the Field Museum promises to allow you to feel what it's like to fly like a bird, by merging the physical and visual. People have wanted to fly like birds forever ...

These new attractions highlighting local history, technology and science, among other topics. Others are adding onto their current facilities.