Museums
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Best Bets: Good vibrations as Brian Wilson, Al Jardine & Blondie Chaplin play GeneseeOct 21, 2021 6:00 am - Gourds aglow There's still time to marvel at the nearly 1,000 carved gourds on display as part of Pier Pumpkin Lights at Navy Pier, 600 E. Grand Ave., Chicago. Saturday ...
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Pumpkin Palooza returns to DuPage Children's Museum Oct. 30Oct 20, 2021 11:00 pm - Families are encouraged to come in costume and celebrate the colorful fall season during Pumpkin Palooza from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 30, at DuPage Children's Mu...
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Howl along at Naper Settlement's new 21+ Halloween event on Oct. 22-23Oct 17, 2021 11:00 pm - Join Naper Settlement for a howlin' good time at the museum's new Halloween event, "Howlin' at the Moon," for adults 21 or older, on Friday and Saturday, Oct. 22-23. Gu...
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National Indo-American Museum opens in LombardOct 15, 2021 1:00 am - The new National Indo-American Museum in Lombard officially opens its doors to the public on Saturday. Originally built as a midcentury medical office, the structure has...
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Tony Fitzpatrick returns to College of DuPage for one last museum show, but 'it's not the end of anything'Oct 15, 2021 1:00 am - He's a man of many trades, varied interests, disparate influences. He grew up in an Irish-Catholic household in Lombard, an “accomplished delinquent” in his youth. He's ...
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Pioneer Day shows life in the 19th centuryOct 12, 2021 11:00 pm - Glen Ellyn Historical Society's Pioneer Day celebrated the pioneer lifestyle as well as the 175th anniversary of Stacy's Tavern Museum. On a sunny afternoon, more than 3...
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Civil War historian to speak on 'Chicago's Memory of the Civil War' Oct. 23Oct 12, 2021 11:00 pm - On Saturday, Oct. 23, the Glen Ellyn History Center, 800 N. Main St., will host noted Civil War historian, author and consultant Robert I. Girardi on "Chicago's Memory o...
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Best Bets: Olympic gymnasts bring 'Gold Over America Tour' to Rosemont's Allstate ArenaOct 12, 2021 11:00 pm - Glorious gymnasts Expect a show with pop concert energy when Olympic gymnasts Simone Biles, Jordan Chiles, Jade Carey, Grace McCallum, Laurie Hernandez and more star in ...
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Sculpture by Arlington Heights artist finds a new home at Oakton Community CollegeOct 12, 2021 6:00 am - Sculptor Joseph Burlini has lived - and sculpted - in Arlington Heights for 50 years, and seeing his work installed in public areas never gets old. That was the case las...
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Cleve Carney Museum of Art hosts final exhibit by Chicago artist Tony FitzpatrickOct 11, 2021 11:00 pm - The Cleve Carney Museum of Art in Glen Ellyn opens its inaugural season with "Tony Fitzpatrick: Jesus of Western Avenue." This will be the final museum exhibition by wo...