Museums
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What the DuPage Children's Museum is doing to adapt during the COVID-19 pandemicOct 16, 2020 11:00 pm - In pre-pandemic times, families would spend hours exploring the interactive displays strategically woven through the DuPage Children's Museum in Naperville. Groups of sc...
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Halloween happenings: 13 spooky, scary, safe ways to celebrate the seasonOct 10, 2020 7:00 am - While the coronavirus has curtailed or canceled many Halloween celebrations, some venues and organizations are gearing up to deliver seasonal scares while obeying public...
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How Glenview could've been home to one of Chicago's major airportsOct 08, 2020 1:00 am - Few Glenview residents may even be aware that the village they now call home was once envisioned as the site of Chicago's major commercial airport. By 1927, Chicago alr...
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City of Elmhurst designates Oct. 24 as Frank Lloyd Wright DayOct 06, 2020 11:00 pm - This fall, the city of Elmhurst will be host to two special exhibits honoring the legacy of internationally-famed architect, Frank Lloyd Wright. Elmhurst is home to the...
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Best Bets: Common teams with Chicago Children's Choir for world premiere videoSep 23, 2020 6:00 am - Common premiere Grammy Award-winning hip-hop star Common teams with the Chicago Children's Choir for a music video called "God is Love!" It receives its world premiere a...
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All Aboard Thomas the Tank Engine at Kohl Children's MuseumSep 23, 2020 1:00 am - Seventy-five years ago, Reverend Wilbert Awdry's 4-year-old son Christopher came down with a bout of the measles. To amuse him, the reverend began making up stories base...
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Best Bets: Former 'Jersey Boys' crooners, Felicia Fields take their concerts outdoorsSep 16, 2020 6:00 am - 'Lean on Me' Former “Jersey Boys” stars Michael Ingersoll and Christopher Kale Jones star in an Artists Lounge Live concert “Lean On Me: The Brotherhood of Rock and Roll...
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National Postal Museum carries a new relevance, even though it's closed
Sep 13, 2020 7:21 am - WASHINGTON - As far as interesting places go, the post office - with its harsh lighting, long lines and chain pens - in my mind ranked somewhere between a bank lobby and...
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A look at St. Charles' history of disastrous train wrecksSep 11, 2020 6:00 am - If someone were to say, “St. Charles is a train wreck,” it would be accurate - if it references the city's past bad luck with the rail system's tracks downtown and west ...
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How 4 suburban exhibits tell the suffrage storyAug 26, 2020 5:10 am - Gaining the right to vote took decades of work for women and their allies. Several suburban exhibits aim to make sure their work is not forgotten. Artifacts honoring th...