Here’s a roundup of free days at Chicago-area museums, zoos and other cultural institutions. Plus 15 places that are always free.

Dozens of schools, museums, libraries and even restaurants across the Chicago area will be closed Friday due to brutally cold ...

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Organizers hope that the exhibition, which features Connell’s well-known “Pictures for Charis,” will help the former Columbia College Chicago prof and mentor gain exposure.

Few creative and pop culture figures from the last 70 years are more widely recognized than Yoko Ono, the 92-year-old peace activist and former collaborator with such famed musicians as John Cage, ...

In which Observer's Arts Editor sets out to have as many art and art-adjacent encounters as possible in the Windy City in just two days. Anish Kapoor’s Cloud Gate, better known as the Bean. Photo: ...

The exhibit is giving a look inside many ordinary and extraordinary objects, including artifacts from the museum. ABC7 was joined by Griffin MSI head curator, Dr. Voula Saridakis, on Thursday. Dr.