Museums and Zoos
A new primate habitat was unveiled at Brookfield Zoo Thursday, which will include four outdoor habitats for western lowland gorillas, Bornean orangutans and several species of monkeys.
“Freedom in Form: Richard Hunt” opens Friday at the Loyola University Museum of Art, spotlighting America’s most prolific public art sculptor.
Through Oct. 5, this show explores the artist’s depictions of men, a focus more intense than that of virtually any other French painter of his time.
Shedd announced the results of recent on-site voting for the name of its newest nonreleasable southern sea otter, who was rescued in Marina, Califonia.
The Art Institute of Chicago has two works on display by one of the world’s great landscape painters, J.M.W. Turner, born 250 years ago.
Over 50 people had voted in person Wednesday morning, choosing among the names Esa, Jade, Marina and Rey for the 3-year-old female sea otter, now going by Otter 937.
The free searchable database will feature 7,000 pieces from the museum’s 35,000-item collection. About 1,000 images have been uploaded so far.
Reptiles Alive! has a spider-tailed horned viper on display, the only one of its kind currently in the United States. The exhibit will run until April 2026 and features 20 live reptiles from Madagascar, Southeast Asia and New Guinea, models and specimens from the museum archives.
The DuSable Black History Museum and Education Center hosted its Juneteenth Annual Community BBQ on Thursday, filled with food, educational panels and music.
The six female alpacas range in age from 1-24 years old. Their names are Starlight, Zsa Zsa, Maya, Sara, Grettle and Gracie.
The male calf was born Saturday morning and seemed to be healthy, but he suddenly became unresponsive Wednesday evening and died, the zoo said.
Researchers believe this 4.6-billion-year-old piece of rock could reveal compounds present at the beginning of the solar system and the building blocks of life.
The Chicago Blues Festival, Tony Award-winning musical “Kimberly Akimbo” at CIBC Theatre and Ribfest Chicago are among the highlights in the week ahead.
The Skokie museum closed Monday. Some exhibits will be available at a smaller satellite site this summer at the former Broadcast Museum, 360 N. State St., which will be open seven days a week 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The renovated space will reopen in 2026.
Centered on the extraordinary appeal of “The Great Wave Off Kanagawa” by Katsushika Hokusai, this exhibition offers a smartly curated overview of the larger artistic and cultural milieu from the era which the iconic artwork emerged.
Rondeau, who allegedly disrobed during a flight, said he deeply regrets “this incident and the impact it has had on the museum and on my colleagues.”
Intuit now boasts a room devoted to its gift shop and entry, an educational and art-making studio and a first-floor, centerpiece gallery housing rotating displays from its permanent collection.
The anonymous “Paddle 1231” won most of the priciest artifacts, including a lock of Lincoln’s hair and a pair of blood-stained gloves.
“42 Balloons” at Chicago Shakespeare, the Sueños Music Festival in Grant Park and the 40th Belmont-Sheffield Music Fest are among the highlights in the week ahead.
Beyoncé brings her Cowboy Carter Tour to town, Asian American Showcase highlights established and emerging filmmakers, and the Lincoln Roscoe Art & Craft Fair kicks off the summer fest season. These are among the highlights in the week ahead.