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Posted inArts & Culture
Wakandacon is back with all things Black
Wakandacon returns for its second year with programming to reimagine Black futures in fictional universes and beyond.
Posted inBlogs
Kellye Howard records a live album, and more of the best things to do in Chicago this week
Free admission to the Adler Planetarium, “Saturday Night Live: the Experience,” and more goings-on November 13-16
Posted inBlogs
Chicago police have solved less than 20 percent of the murders committed in 2017, and other news
Also, 12 museums are offering free admission for CPS students this week.
Posted inBlogs
Where to watch the total eclipse in Chicago
Eclipse viewing parties at the Adler Planetarium and more Chicago spots on August 21
Posted inMusic
Anthony Janas makes sound art by sailing a boat
Anthony Janas makes sound art by sailing a boat, Fiesta del Sol celebrates ten years of its house-music festival, and more.
Posted inBlogs
The U.S. Pizza Museum, Adler After Dark, and more things to do this week in Chicago
Burgers and Beer 5K, Summer Night Market, and more happenings from July 18-21.
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Saint Louis is the final frontier on a 300-mile bike ride from Adler Planetarium
An Adler astronomer embarks Friday on Galaxy Ride—a 300-mile bike trip/science roadshow across the state of Illinois to Saint Louis.
Posted inMusic
Gossip Wolf: Ghetto-house pioneer DJ Funk releases a career retrospective
Ghetto-house pioneer DJ Funk releases a career retrospective, the Adler mashes up stars with rock stars, and more.
Posted inColumns & Opinion
The Lucas museum brings a vanity project to the lakefront
Whatever else George Lucas’s proposed museum is, it’s a vanity project, something its predecessors were not.
Posted inBlogs
This coming week early cinema abounds in Chicago
The 13th international Domitor conference, for scholars and fans of early filmmaking, takes place at U. of C. and Northwestern University from Saturday through Wednesday.
Posted inBlogs
The screening environment as choker hold
Certain movies are best appreciated in a pitch-black room.
Posted inBlogs
Cosmic Wonder is a blast, but prosaic wonder can be pretty good too
What the Adler Planetarium space shows teach us about moviegoing in general
Posted inBlogs
Tomorrow night, journey from the infinite to the microscopic at the Logan Center for the Arts
Previewing a multimedia event presented by the Film Studies Center
Posted inNews & Politics
What lies at the bottom of Lake Michigan
What lies at the bottom of Lake Michigan: historic shipwrecks and (maybe) perserved corpses