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Dinosaur Petting Zoo a different look at dinos
Not every petting zoo contains cuddly, pint-size quadrupeds. For that matter, not every petting zoo features actual living creatures. Sydney-based visual-spectacle performance troupe Erth Visual and Physical Inc. brings its collection of prehistoric...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Millennium Park, Australia, Museums, Science and Technology
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Google giving away free admission to three Chicago museums
RedEyeFeel like a field trip? Just in time for a three day weekend, Google has announced users of its Field Trip app can snag free admission to The Adler Planetarium, The Field Museum and The Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago. The free admission to...Tags: Arts and Culture, Adler Planetarium, Museums, Google Inc., Travel
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Watch Chicago's baby Falcons live from your desk
The ‘Hawks aren’t on tonight, but the Falcons are playing right now in Chicago. Two recently hatched Falcons and their territorial mother are currently perched atop 1130 S. Michigan Avenue, and the property – in conjunction with...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Chicago Blackhawks, Museums, Stanley Cup Playoffs
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The Bean featured as cover photo on Bing search engine
The Bean just got Binged. People doing online searches Tuesday via Bing were being treated to a full-screen image of Cloud Gate, the official name of the sculpture in Chicago's Millennium Park, as it reflects some of the city's skyscrapers. A "Like"...
Tags: Millennium Park, Cloud Gate, Microsoft Corporation, Online Media Industry, O'Hare International Airport
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The Bean featured as cover photo on Bing search engine
Tribune reporterThe Bean just got binged. People doing online searches Tuesday via Bing were being treated to a full-screen image of Cloud Gate, the official name of the glassy sculpture in Chicago's Millennium Park as it reflects some of the city's skyscrapers. A...Tags: Millennium Park, Arts and Culture, Microsoft Corporation, Cloud Gate, Online Media Industry
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How Chicago can help migrating flocks survive
If you're out and about in downtown Chicago in the wee hours, you may see small groups of people nosing around the bases of skyscrapers, looking intently at the sidewalks — and picking up things. Those "things," in this case, are birds. Every...
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Asides: News of Triangle arts, in brief
The News & ObserverInteract with dinosaurs Saturday is the premiere of "Dinosaurs in Motion," a new exhibit at the N.C. Museum of Natural Sciences in which visitors can interact with 14 life-size metal dinosaur sculptures. Lever-and-pulley systems and remote controls...Tags: Music, Ben Elton, Arts and Culture, Duke Energy Corporation, John Payne
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Museums
Adler Planetarium 1300 S. Lake Shore Drive; 312-922-7827, adlerplanetarium.org America's first planetarium has one of the world's greatest collections of antique astronomical instruments. One of those is the fully restored Gemini 12 spacecraft flown by...Tags: Arts and Culture, Buzz Aldrin, Shedd Aquarium, Youth Organizations, Adler Planetarium
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Anti-war demonstrators at Boeing annual meeting protest drones
Tribune reporterAbout a dozen anti-war activists protested Boeing's annual meeting at the Field Museum of Natural History on Monday, arguing against the world's largest plane maker's production of drones and its financial support by the city of Chicago. While most...Tags: Annual and Special Corporate Meetings, Military Equipment, Protest, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Boeing Co.
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Field has mulled selling artifacts
When the Field Museum sold more than 30 works of 19th-century Western art for millions of dollars in 2004, it eased controversy by announcing plans to spend the proceeds on new artifacts and by holding on to four of the best paintings from the collection....
Tags: Business Enterprises, University of Miami, Museums, Science and Technology, Career and Workplace
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Boeing CEO says 787 grounding didn't have big financial impact
Tribune reporterJust days after Boeing's 787 Dreamliner was officially cleared to fly by U.S. regulators, Boeing CEO Jim McNerney said the plane's 100-day grounding did not and will not have a significant financial impact on the Chicago-based aircraft maker. McNerney,...Tags: Aerospace Manufacturing, Japan, Air Transportation Industry, Manufacturing and Engineering, Federal Aviation Administration
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Taking the kids to Chicago
The hardest thing about visiting Chicago is deciding where to take the kids first — Chicago's famous Lakefront where you can ride bikes and in-line skate, or Lincoln Park where you can visit one of the few free zoos (http://www.lpzoo.org) in the...
Tags: Metal and Mineral, Millennium Park, Arts and Culture, Chicago Tribune, Cloud Gate
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