A membership to the Art Institute of Chicago starts at $115 per year, with benefits including free admission, access to special programs and museum hours, and parking discounts.

Science dioramas of yesteryear can highlight the biases of the time. Exhibit experts are reimagining, annotating — and sometimes mothballing — the scenes.

The Art Institute of Chicago’s latest addition to its North ... “The Milk of Dreams,” winning the Golden Lion for best participant. She also convened a group of artists, academics and ...

There’s no place for originality in architecture! Nobody can improve on the buildings of the past!”  Those are the second and ...

You never get a second chance to make a first impression, unless you’re an impressionist painter. In that case, each day ...

From Aruba to Vancouver, these picturesque races (and one vertical challenge) will inspire you to lace up and run 26.2 miles.

Highlights this weekend include Bruce David Klein’s chronicle of Liza Minnelli, a Lunar New Year festival at The Met and Aloe ...

Friday, July 1-3, 1949 — New York City to Chicago ... art and culture. Elizabeth Paepcke, whose droll sense of humor made her a wonderful storyteller, took up the tale of the Schweitzers’ arrival in ...

Chicago's eastern ... Chicago Chinese Cultural Institute lies a variety of Asian grocery stores and craft shops. You'll also find interesting zodiac-influenced art throughout Chinatown Square ...

“If you look at the employment numbers, they’re massively down prior to the strikes, and they aren’t showing a ton of signs of recovering,” said Kevin Klowden, a Milken Institute economist ...

Albert Schweitzer From his keynote address, Goethe Bicentennial, Aspen, 1949 The high ideals of Dr. Albert Schweitzer ...

As a Chicago ... Gate and the Art Institute. It’s also a short jaunt to places like Navy Pier and the Magnificent Mile. Kasama is a cozy, yet modern, Filipino restaurant that serves meals, pastries, ...