Her first book “Two Minds” is a collection of nearly 50 poems dedicated to her father. It’s a celebration more than elegy.
Callie Siskel’s poetry book ‘Two Minds’ connects with her late father Gene Siskel
Category: Arts
Koalas are coming to Brookfield Zoo for the first time
With the very Australian-sounding names Willum and Brumby, the 2-year-old marsupials will make their debuts for zoo visitors over Memorial Day weekend.
Upcoming Met Gala exhibit ‘Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion’ aims to be a multi-sensory experience
Open to the public beginning May 10, “Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion” features 250 items that are being revived from years of slumber in the institute’s vast archive, with some in such a delicate state of demise that they can’t be draped on a mannequin or shown upright. These garments will lie in glass coffins — yes, like Sleeping Beauty herself.
EXPO Chicago announces 2024 lineup and speakers including Chance the Rapper, Asma Naeem and Nate Freeman
Expo Chicago, an international exposition of contemporary and modern art, returns to Navy Pier this year April 11-14.
Museum of Science and Industry closed Wednesday as military artifacts are moved
The Museum of Science and Industry in Hyde Park closed to the public Wednesday, according to statements from the museum. The closure on April 3 was for “unplanned museum maintenance.” Museum officials told the Tribune that the MSI was “relocating some military artifacts from the Museum’s archives. Out of an abundance of caution, and to […]
Architectural Artifacts is closing — if you want a chunk of Frank Lloyd Wright or French carousel lions, it’s your last chance.
An old cheese case from Parma, Italy. A rusted CTA fare box. A dozen fruit-picking ladders. Or as owner Stuart Grannen calls his wares: “Completely useless stuff.”
For Your Eyes Only: Visiting the unlikely gadgets of MSI’s ‘007 Science’ exhibit
The last time we saw James Bond he was being blown to bits. Sorry, but “No Time to Die” is three-years old now and the spoiler statue of limitations has expired. Chris Corbould blew him up. He’d been trying to blow up 007 since 1977, beginning with “The Spy Who Loved Me.” We met the other day at the Museum of Science and Industry in Hyde Park, which has a new exhibit of Bond gadgets and Bond vehicles and Bond-centric lessons in physics, technology, deception and staging some insanely large explosions. It’s called “007 Science: Inventing the World of James […]
The Newberry Library’s first female president is making big plans
If you don’t know this Chicago gem on Walton Street well, its new leader Astrida Orle Tantillo is determined to make you aware of it.
Often overlooked, Turtel Onli, an advocate for Black artists in comics, has a new exhibition in Café Logan
Turtel Onli’s art is created with African and European influences, and a heady sprinkle of fantasy, suggesting past and future.
Landmarks: Roots of Black aviation in America can be traced to a short flight from Robbins to Oak Lawn
Landmarks: Roots of Black aviation in America can be traced to a short flight from Robbins to Oak Lawn