Visual Arts
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Aurora's Virtual First Fridays offers art, music and more May 1Apr 28, 2020 11:00 pm - First Fridays returns to the virtual world on May 1. Stay at home and enjoy art, music, and more on Friday night. Visit Aurora Downtown and other participating venues on...
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Bahamian artist says Elk Grove is copying his heart swing sculptureApr 23, 2020 11:00 pm - A Bahamian artist contends Elk Grove Village is improperly copying an original art installation of his, and he wants proper credit for it. While village officials acknow...
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DuPage Children's Museum develops online activities for kids and parentsApr 23, 2020 6:00 am - The DuPage Children's Museum in Naperville is temporarily closed because of the coronavirus pandemic. So the museum has bumped up its online content to help out families...
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Schaumburg public works holds drawing contest for kidsApr 21, 2020 11:00 pm - Elementary school students in Schaumburg already in their second month at home can direct their energies toward a special project thanks to the village's Engineering and...
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4 memorable artifacts at Cantigny's First Division MuseumApr 21, 2020 6:00 am - We recently asked the staff at the First Division Museum at Cantigny Park in Wheaton to consider which artifacts on display in the museum's closed galleries they would m...
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College of DuPage promises 'bigger and better' Frida Kahlo show after delayApr 20, 2020 5:30 am - In a self-portrait she painted after her spinal surgery, Frida Kahlo gave an intimate view of the chronic pain she suffered from a bus accident in 1925. “The Broken Colu...
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Constable: You're bored at home? Try living in the now, Lake Barrington psychologist saysApr 18, 2020 1:00 am - It's been a month since Gov. J.B. Pritzker issued the stay-at-home order, and some people might be feeling a little restless. Working from home and sheltering in place w...
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Favorite artifacts from Elmhurst History Museum that you'll eventually be able to see againApr 17, 2020 6:00 am - We recently asked the Elmhurst History Museum staff to consider which artifacts on display in the museum's closed galleries they would most like to share with the public...
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Elk Grove Village hopes heart-shaped swing brings lots of loveApr 17, 2020 5:30 am - Inspired by a tourist attraction he saw in the Bahamas, Elk Grove Village Mayor Craig Johnson is bringing a decorative heart-shaped swing to town that could likewise att...
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Addition to Prospect Heights chalk mural is a sign of the timesApr 17, 2020 5:00 am - Prospect Heights artist Kate Tully's chalk murals on her garage door have taken on a life of their own. The one she created last fall, of German physicist Albert Einstei...