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    May 22, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  1. Summer to-do list

    <strong>Take the challenge</strong>
    Take the challenge The big finish As running events go, few set themselves apart like the Soldier Field 10 Mile. The 10th-anniversary course makes its way along the lakefront and then finishes, spectacularly, on the 50-yard line of Soldier Field, with...

    Tags: Soldier Field, U.S. Cellular Field, Entertainment Events, Chicago White Sox, Nellcote

    2. May 20, 2013 |Story| RedEye

  2. Google giving away free admission to three Chicago museums

    Feel like a field trip?
    RedEye
    Feel like a field trip? Just in time for a three day weekend, Google has announced users of its Field Trip app can snag free admission to The Adler Planetarium, The Field Museum and The Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago. The free admission to...

    Tags: Field Museum of Natural History, Travel, Google Inc., Trips and Vacations, Arts and Culture

    3. May 14, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  3. 'Cosmic Wonder': New Adler show goes deep into universe

    I've seen three shows now in Adler Planetarium's still new, still state-of-the-art central domed theater, and I remain amazed at the quality of the celestial imagery and at the precision with which it is projected up on the dome.
    I've seen three shows now in Adler Planetarium's still new, still state-of-the-art central domed theater, and I remain amazed at the quality of the celestial imagery and at the precision with which it is projected up on the dome. Journeys into distant...

    Tags: Orion Space Mission, Microsoft Corporation, Arts and Culture, NASA, Human Interest

    4. May 2, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  4. Museums

    Adler Planetarium 1300 S. Lake Shore Drive; 312-922-7827, adlerplanetarium.org America's first planetarium has one of the world's greatest collections of antique astronomical instruments. One of those is the fully restored Gemini 12 spacecraft flown by...

    Tags: Field Museum of Natural History, Jim Lovell, China, Boy Scouts of America, L (movie)

    5. Apr 18, 2013 |Story| Tribune Media Services

  5. Taking the kids to Chicago

    The hardest thing about visiting Chicago is deciding where to take the kids first &mdash; Chicago's famous Lakefront where you can ride bikes and in-line skate, or Lincoln Park where you can visit one of the few free zoos (<a href=&quot;http://www.lpzoo.org">http://www.lpzoo.org</a>) in the country. (Kids especially love the polar bears.)
    The hardest thing about visiting Chicago is deciding where to take the kids first — Chicago's famous Lakefront where you can ride bikes and in-line skate, or Lincoln Park where you can visit one of the few free zoos (http://www.lpzoo.org) in the...

    Tags: Willis Tower, Field Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC, Art Institute of Chicago, Sculpture

    6. Apr 18, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  6. Harris: Project gets off to 'beautiful' start

    The stickers are simple and, well, beautiful.
    The stickers are simple and, well, beautiful. Printed on reflective silver, they're cut in the size and shape of a nametag and say "you are beautiful" in bold, black print. They're the "all-encompassing" artistic statement of Chicago graphic...

    Tags: Science and Technology, Sotheby's Holdings Incorporated, Auction Service, Corn Products International Incorporated, Melissa Harris

    7. Mar 13, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  7. Chicago museums reeling after building sprees

    The turn of the millennium was a heady time for many Chicago cultural institutions. Cheap loans, high investment returns and swelling endowments spawned a slew of new attractions along the lakefront and around downtown.
    The turn of the millennium was a heady time for many Chicago cultural institutions. Cheap loans, high investment returns and swelling endowments spawned a slew of new attractions along the lakefront and around downtown. The Art Institute built its Modern...

    Tags: University of Chicago, Renovation, Corporate Officers, Shedd Aquarium, Unemployment

    8. Mar 8, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  8. Dinosaur-size debt

    For many people the defining moment in the Field Museum's recent history was the bid at a 1997 auction that made Chicago home to the Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton known as Sue.
    For many people the defining moment in the Field Museum's recent history was the bid at a 1997 auction that made Chicago home to the Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton known as Sue. But that choice could have far less impact on the Field's future than another...

    Tags: Soldier Field, Lobbying, Corporate Officers, Budgets and Budgeting, Rentals

    9. Mar 31, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  9. 10 years after Daley's Meigs Field raid, the makeover of Northerly Island is slow to take shape

    Ten years ago as Mayor Richard M. Daley worked through political channels to accelerate federal approval to build new runways at the airport his father had dearly called &quot;O'Hara," the mayor also issued an infamous order to destroy Chicago's little lakefront airport.
    Ten years ago as Mayor Richard M. Daley worked through political channels to accelerate federal approval to build new runways at the airport his father had dearly called "O'Hara," the mayor also issued an infamous order to destroy Chicago's little...

    Tags: Rahm Emanuel, Live Nation, Entertainment Events, Science and Technology, 2016 Olympic Games

    10. Mar 20, 2013 |Story| RedEye

  10. O'Hare UFO sighting in 2006 one of the most famous reported

    The city of Chicago isn&rsquo;t known as a hotbed of UFO activity, but O&rsquo;Hare Airport is the home of one of the most publicized sightings of the last decade.
    For RedEye
    The city of Chicago isn’t known as a hotbed of UFO activity, but O’Hare Airport is the home of one of the most publicized sightings of the last decade. A “flying saucer-like object” was spotted over Concourse C of the United...

    Tags: Stranger Than Fiction, Unexplained Phenomena, Air Transportation Industry, Electronics, O'Hare International Airport

    11. Mar 20, 2013 |Story| RedEye

  11. Chicago X-files: Center studies UFOs

    Opening a file cabinet at the Center for UFO Studies reveals manila folders marked with spine-tingling titles such as &quot;Alien Luggage Report," "Project Moonwater" or "The CIA's role in UFO Studies." Yet, elsewhere there's a conspicuous lack of secret laboratories with test tubes that hold mysterious substances. Bearded men in white coats and tinfoil hats babbling about far-fetched conspiracy theories are nowhere to be found. And the center's director isn't even convinced that little grey men flying around in disc-like spaceships actually exist.
    For RedEye
    Opening a file cabinet at the Center for UFO Studies reveals manila folders marked with spine-tingling titles such as "Alien Luggage Report," "Project Moonwater" or "The CIA's role in UFO Studies." Yet, elsewhere there's a conspicuous lack of secret...

    Tags: Police Investigations, Stranger Than Fiction, Unexplained Phenomena, Teachers, Norwood Park

    12. Feb 25, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  12. Naperville teen misses final cut for 'American Idol'

    Talented Naperville teenager Alex Oechsel loves to sing. She also acts, dances and plays guitar, but she mainly loves to sing.
    Talented Naperville teenager Alex Oechsel loves to sing. She also acts, dances and plays guitar, but she mainly loves to sing. Perhaps that's why, after surviving multiple elimination rounds but missing the final cut to appear on the "American Idol"...

    Tags: American Idol (tv program), Jesus Christ Superstar (musical), Martina McBride, Music, Arts and Culture

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