Named a best book of 2020 by The New York Times, The Washington Post, NPR, TIME, Slate, Smithsonian, The New York Post, and Amazon, Hidden Valley Road is the heartrending story of a midcentury American family with twelve children, six of them diagnosed with schizophrenia, that became science's great hope in the quest to understand the disease.
Wednesday, August 19, 2020.
We can't take bus trips right now but, thanks to the internet, we can explore the world from the comfort of our homes. Every Wednesday, we're presenting a series of links to cultural institutions in Chicago and beyond. Today we'll go far from Chicago by visiting the International Space Station.
Wednesday, August 12, 2020.
We can't take bus trips right now but, thanks to the internet, we can explore the world from the comfort of our homes. Every Wednesday, we're presenting a series of links to cultural institutions in Chicago and beyond. Today we'll visit the the Rockefeller Memorial Chapel.
Wednesday, August 05, 2020.
We can't take bus trips right now but, thanks to the internet, we can explore the world from the comfort of our homes. Every Wednesday, we're presenting a series of links to cultural institutions in Chicago and beyond. Today we'll visit The American Writers Museum.
Wednesday, July 29, 2020.
We can't take bus trips right now but, thanks to the internet, we can explore the world from the comfort of our homes. Every Wednesday, we're presenting a series of links to cultural institutions in Chicago and beyond. Today we'll visit Michigan Avenue's The Fine Arts Building.
Wednesday, July 22, 2020.
We can't take bus trips right now but, thanks to the internet, we can explore the world from the comfort of our homes. Every Wednesday, we're presenting a series of links to cultural institutions in Chicago and beyond. Today we'll visit Frida Kahlo's Blue House.
Wednesday, July 15, 2020.
We can't take bus trips right now but, thanks to the internet, we can explore the world from the comfort of our homes. Every Wednesday, we're presenting a series of links to cultural institutions in Chicago and beyond. Today we'll visit the Museum of Broken Relationships.
Wednesday, July 08, 2020.
We can't take bus trips right now but, thanks to the internet, we can explore the world from the comfort of our homes. Every Wednesday, we're presenting a series of links to cultural institutions in Chicago and beyond. Today we'll visit the Musée d'Orsay.
Wednesday, July 01, 2020.
We can't take bus trips right now but, thanks to the internet, we can explore the world from the comfort of our homes. Every Wednesday, we're presenting a series of links to cultural institutions in Chicago and beyond. Today we'll visit the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
Wednesday, June 24, 2020.
We can't take bus trips right now but, thanks to the internet, we can explore the world from the comfort of our homes. Every Wednesday, we're presenting a series of links to cultural institutions in Chicago and beyond. Today we'll visit the home of Secretary of the Treasury, Alexander Hamilton.
Wednesday, June 17, 2020.
We can't take bus trips right now but, thanks to the internet, we can explore the world from the comfort of our homes. Every Wednesday, we're presenting a series of links to cultural institutions in Chicago and beyond. Today we'll visit Oregon's Crater Lake National Park.
Wednesday, June 10, 2020.
We can't take bus trips right now but, thanks to the internet, we can explore the world from the comfort of our homes. Every Wednesday, we're presenting a series of links to cultural institutions in Chicago and beyond. Today we'll visit Kansas City's American Jazz Museum.
Wednesday, June 03, 2020.
We can't take bus trips right now but, thanks to the internet, we can explore the world from the comfort of our homes. Every Wednesday, we're presenting a series of links to cultural institutions in Chicago and beyond. Today we'll visit Writers Theatre in Glenview.
Wednesday, May 27, 2020.
We can't take bus trips right now but, thanks to the internet, we can explore the world from the comfort of our homes. Every Wednesday, we're presenting a series of links to cultural institutions in Chicago and beyond. Today we're taking a virtual bus trip to Cantigny Park.
Wednesday, May 20, 2020.
We can't take bus trips right now but, thanks to the internet, we can explore the world from the comfort of our homes. Every Wednesday, we're presenting a series of links to cultural institutions in Chicago and beyond. Today visit the Joffrey Ballet.
Wednesday, May 13, 2020.
We can't take bus trips right now but, thanks to the internet, we can explore the world from the comfort of our homes. Every Wednesday, we're presenting a series of links to cultural institutions in Chicago and beyond. Today visit the Adler Planetarium.
Wednesday, May 06, 2020.
We can't take bus trips right now but, thanks to the internet, we can explore the world from the comfort of our homes. Every Wednesday, we're presenting a series of links to cultural institutions in Chicago and beyond. Today visit the The Art Institute of Chicago.
Wednesday, April 29, 2020.
We can't take bus trips right now but, thanks to the internet, we can explore the world from the comfort of our homes. Every Wednesday, we're presenting a series of links to cultural institutions in Chicago and beyond. Today visit the Library of Congress and explore its digital collections.
Wednesday, April 22, 2020.
We can't take bus trips right now but, thanks to the internet, we can explore the world from the comfort of our homes. Every Wednesday, we're presenting a series of links to cultural institutions in Chicago and beyond. Today visit the Busy Beaver Button Museum.
Wednesday, April 15, 2020.
We can't take bus trips right now but, thanks to the internet, we can explore the world from the comfort of our homes. Every Wednesday, we're presenting a series of links to cultural institutions in Chicago and beyond. Today get your theatre fix with one of these short videos from Chicago Shakespeare and First Folio Theatre.
Wednesday, April 08, 2020.
We can't take bus trips right now but, thanks to the internet, we can explore the world from the comfort of our homes. Every Wednesday, we're presenting a series of links to cultural institutions in Chicago and beyond. Join us today as we visit Chicago and beyond.
Wednesday, February 19, 2020, 8:45 AM - 3:00 PM. $20.00.
A world-renowned research library since 1887, the Newberry preserves and makes accessible an extensive collection of rare books, maps, music, and manuscripts, spanning more than six centuries. Explore the newly renovated library and view a new exhibit presented by the Newberry and the Poetry Foundation focusing on the extraordinary accomplishments of poet and photojournalist Jun Fujita.
Friday, January 10, 2019, 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM. $25.00.
Showcasing fashions from Paris, New York, Chicago, and Hollywood, Silver Screen to Mainstream tracks how, in the 1930s and '40s, the reach of Hollywood's costume designers extended across the globe. This is a self-explored exhibit, so plan on visiting other part of the museum too.
Thursday, December 05, 2019, 12:00 - 7:00 PM. $70.00.
The seducer. The philanderer. The libertine who lives only for his own pleasure. All three are Don Giovanni, antihero in Mozart’s drama of lust and revenge. Filled with thrilling music and drama, including a finale so overpowering that it changed music forever, Don Giovanni is justly celebrated as the perfect opera.
