Museums
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Best Bets: Scottish Festival & Highland Games moves onlineAug 06, 2020 11:11 am - Top pick Highlanders online Watch bagpipers, dancers and “heavy sports” competitors from the safety of your home via the 2020 Virtual Scottish Festival & Highland Games ...
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Online art brings more than just wasting time
Jul 28, 2020 7:20 am - As the pandemic grinds on, I find myself trying to be more disciplined about wasting time, especially online. I want to go there only with a purpose, not just to while a...
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Blue Moon Gallery features new art from Zion artist Michael Litewski in 'Going Home' collection opening July 25Jul 24, 2020 6:00 am - Blue Moon Gallery plans to open from 6-9 p.m. Saturday, July 25, with four art exhibits featuring local and regional artists , including Michael Litewski, a Zion-based m...
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Arlington Heights Historical Museum artifacts hold plenty of mysteriesJul 16, 2020 6:56 am - We recently asked the Arlington Heights Historical Society staff to consider which artifacts on display in the museum's closed galleries they would most like to share wi...
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Best Bets: 'Troll Hunt' continues at Morton ArboretumJul 16, 2020 8:40 am - Trolls outdoors Danish artist Thomas Dambo's “Troll Hunt” outdoor art installation continues through 2021 at the recently reopened Morton Arboretum, 4100 Illinois Route ...
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'It's a piece of history': Volo museum won't remove General Lee displayJul 06, 2020 5:52 pm - The General Lee is staying put. That's the message from the director of the Volo Auto Museum, home to the last surviving 1969 Dodge Charger from the first season of the ...
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City, suburban museums cautiously reopen with Phase 4 guidelinesJul 01, 2020 6:42 am - Some Chicago and suburban museums are slowly and cautiously welcoming back guests as part of the state's Phase 4 of Restore Illinois. But caution is the operative word....
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'This is like normal': Suburbs move into Phase 4 of reopening planJun 30, 2020 8:29 am - Restaurants began serving customers indoors. Museums and movie theaters started reopening with limited occupancy. People could visit zoos, work out at gyms and gather in...
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Mount Prospect Historical Society shows off items from Victorian eraJun 16, 2020 7:14 am - We recently asked the Mount Prospect Historical Society staff to consider which artifacts on display in the museum's closed galleries they would most like to share with ...
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Ease back into traveling with a Midwest getawayJun 21, 2020 7:36 am - Sick of self-isolating? Cheer up, regional travel destinations are beginning to open during the COVID-19 pandemic so you can start thinking ahead to a Midwest road trip....