Museums
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Best Bets: Parmalee, SZA, new exhibits at MSI and Art InstituteFeb 14, 2023 11:15 am - Country bros at Joe's The platinum-selling North Carolina band of brothers (plus a cousin and a friend) Parmalee heads to Joe's Live, 5441 Park Place, Rosemont, as thei...
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Things to do Feb. 10-16: Chicago Auto Show, Long Grove Cocoa Crawl, Norge Winter Ski Jump & moreFeb 07, 2023 5:00 am - Ongoing "Big Fish": 1 and 7:30 p.m. Wednesdays; 7:30 p.m. Thursdays; 8 p.m. Fridays; 4 and 8 p.m. Saturdays; 1 and 5 p.m. Sundays, with select 1 p.m. Thursday shows, thr...
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Aurora's Schingoethe Center opens new exhibit focused on the theme of homeFeb 03, 2023 10:00 pm - The Schingoethe Center of Aurora University presents "No Place Like Home," an exhibition featuring artwork by 38 artists, including Theaster Gates, Dorothea Lange, Sally...
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Geneva History Museum holds contest to name Viking ship dragon head, tailJan 31, 2023 10:00 pm - Geneva History Museum is holding a contest to name the dragon head and tail of the replica Viking ship showcased in "Viking's Voyage: A 19th Century Ship's Journey from ...
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Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum retiring climate change exhibit, increasing admissionJan 31, 2023 4:00 am - After a six-year run, the climate change exhibit at the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum will close Feb. 5 to make way for an immersive gallery of Chicago-area nature that'...
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Best Bets: Hey Nonny Blues Week, Brian Posehn, AnthraxJan 25, 2023 5:00 am - 'Through Darkness' The exhibition "Through Darkness to Light: Photographs Along the Underground Railroad," showcasing works by photographer Jeanine Michna-Bales, opens t...
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Elmhurst Artists' Guild puts out call for art inspired by Andy WarholJan 23, 2023 10:00 pm - Andy Warhol was one of the most iconic artists of the 20th century. During the summer of 2023, the Cleve Carney Museum of Art in Glen Ellyn will display an important exh...
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Elmhurst History Museum explores 'How the World Arrived on Lake Michigan's Shores'Jan 22, 2023 10:00 pm - For generations, and at least since the first Algonquian-speaking tribes arrived here, the Chicago area has attracted people whose lives were disrupted by war, famine, r...
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Family's postcards help bring Schaumburg's history to lifeJan 17, 2023 5:00 am - When Kathy Reynolds of Roselle first connected with Schaumburg Township District Library's Local History Librarian Jane Rozek about 10 years ago, she wasn't quite sure w...
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166 years as a 'library of the natural world': You can see some of Notebaert museum's specimensJan 11, 2023 4:00 am - In an unassuming industrial building in the Ravenswood neighborhood of Chicago lie nearly 400,000 meticulously preserved natural specimens. The birds, mammals, plants, f...