A piece of conceptual art consisting of a banana duct-taped to a wall sold for $6.2 million at an auction in New York on Wednesday.
Duct-taped banana sells for $6.2 million at art auction
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Chicago Fire Department reminds Thanksgiving cooks to remember one crucial ingredient: Safety
Using a pulley and standing a safe distance back, a Chicago firefighter dropped a frozen bird into a turkey fryer with too much hot oil, splashing the viscous liquid everywhere. The oil swiftly ignited, and despite a quick reaction from another firefighter wielding a hose, bright orange flames as tall and wide as a CTA bus engulfed the fryer. “Thanksgiving is one of the year’s busiest days for fire departments, with cooking-related fires leading the charge,” said Chicago Fire Department Commissioner Annette Nance-Holt Wednesday morning at the turkey-fry-gone-wrong demonstration. As families gear up for Thanksgiving gatherings stuffed with gratitude and […]
Alec Baldwin film ‘Rust’ has world premiere with dedication to cinematographer killed on set
Alec Baldwin’s Western “Rust” had its world premiere Wednesday at a film festival in Poland with a dedication to cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, who was fatally shot in an accident on the set three years ago.
Surrealist René Magritte’s ‘The Empire of Light’ sells for a record $121M at auction in New York
An eerie nighttime streetscape below a pale blue daytime sky by the Belgian surrealist René Magritte, “The Empire of Light,” sold for $121.2 million, a record for the artist, at an auction in New York.
‘Gladiator II’ review: Are you not moderately entertained?
Ridley Scott’s sequel to the 2000 “Gladiator” is bigger and bloodier — but more minimus than maximus.
Inktober exhibit in Evergreen Park displays ‘each student’s individual voice’
Libby McArthur, an Evergreen Park Community High School art teacher, and her students created art on 31 consecutive days in October.
Grocery chains vie for a place on Thanksgiving tables with turkey dinner deals and store brands
With Thanksgiving less than two weeks away, Walmart, Target, Aldi and other grocers are competing for a place on holiday tables with turkey dinner deals and other promotions to tempt Americans who haven’t recovered from recent food price inflation.
Liam Payne’s One Direction bandmates among the mourners at singer’s funeral
Harry Styles, Zayn Malik, Niall Horan and Louis Tomlinson joined friends and family to at the service for 31-year-old Liam Payne, who died after falling from a hotel balcony in Buenos Aires last month.
Comcast to spin off cable networks, once star performers at the entertainment giant
Comcast will spin off many of NBCUniversal’s cable television networks, including USA Network, CNBC and MSNBC, into a separate public company.
Artist-in-reticence: How a pianist of few words became the CSO’s newest ambassador
Russian pianist Daniil Trifonov is the orchestra’s new artist-in-residence. A well-attended recital this last weekend and a masterclass with music students on Monday were both windows into his kind of dedication.