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The Field Museum
Tribune staff reporterWithout fanfare, the doors at the new quarters of the Field Museum of Natural History opened at 2 p.m. on this date. "Speeches and music," noted one report, "would have been superfluous." Despite the lack of pomp and circumstance, some 8,000 people...Tags: Field Museum of Natural History, Adler Planetarium, Illinois, Grant Park, Marshall Field
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What do you love and hate?
May 21, 2009 I LOVE ... ... the colorful spring flowers planted at City Hall and the Daley Center. It gives me a "lift." -- Barbara Rieffel, Chicago . . . Phil, the Navy Pier trolley driver, who befriends every passenger and is such a wonderful...Tags: Tickets, Bars and Clubs, Popcorn, Rivers, Companies and Corporations
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Aquariums let you swim with the fishes
Chicago Tribune reporterI was kneeling under 12 feet of water when the sensation began, the feeling of something soft and velvety on the back of my neck. A minute passed, then another, and it was still there, a feathery pressure. There were nine sharks, including two very...Tags: Bodies of Water, Trips and Vacations, Travel, Neck, Animals
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Small signs of rebirth help buoy Big Easy
McClatchy NewspapersNEW ORLEANS—On a sunny spring afternoon, as the humidity rises and the temperature creeps toward 80, New Orleanians are enjoying a Sunday in their City Park. Rowdy young men in shorts and T-shirts play a friendly game of volleyball on the front...Tags: Bars and Clubs, Hurricanes, Painting, Tennessee, Meteorological Disasters
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Economic stimulus vote: 'Present'
The Swampby Mark Silva Rep. Dan Lipinski (D-Ill.) was the only one in the House who voted simply "present'' in the House's 246-183 vote for passage of the $787-billion economic stimulus bill today. Seven Democrats voted no, and no Republicans voted......Tags: Government, Barack Obama, National Government
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Family vacation hot spots in Chicago
- Field Museum. Chicago's natural history museum, the Field Museum houses the world's most complete T-rex - sweetly named Sue - as well as exhibits on African animals, underground bugs and Native Americans. Every age group gets involved.
- John G....Tags: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Cubs, Cloud Gate, Adler Planetarium, Chicago Sports Tickets
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May 18-22
Staff reporterDavis Miller - Candy Expo - Oceanarium - Planetarium Monday, May 18 Davis Miller 49 Lincoln Ave. Winnetka (847) 501-5511 Tuesday, May 19 Wednesday, May 20 2009 All Candy Expo www.allcandyexpo.com Thursday, May 21 John G. Shedd Aquarium New...Tags: Adler Planetarium
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Tips for a successful Chicago family vacation
What to consider when taking a family vacation in Chicago
- Get going as early as you can. Attractions like the Shedd Aquarium and the Museum of Science and Industry often have lines out the door by 11 a.m. in summer and on weekends.
- Jump the lines....Tags: Chicago Hotels, Dining and Drinking, Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Navy Pier, Broadway Theater
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Where to stay on your Chicago family vacation
Generally, the better located a hotel in Chicago, the more expensive it is, with hotels along North Michigan Avenue's leading the luxury pack. But there are a growing number of budget chain hotels off that avenue, and others close to Museum Campus (that...Tags: Bars and Clubs, Chicago Loop, Chicago Hotels, Dining and Drinking, Road Transportation
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Chicago, city of the uplifted gaze
Special to The TimesBy 8:50 a.m., they temporarily had to close the women's restroom at the Chicago ArchiCenter. "There were so many people here already, they had to restock all the toilet paper," said Elaine Rosen, a retired biology teacher from the Streeterville area of...Tags: Hyde Park, Rivers, U.S. Airways, Tourism and Leisure, Streeterville
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Rick Morrissey: Under scrutiny, Soldier Field is bearing up
Opponents of the "new" Soldier Field, the renovated Soldier Field, the tourists'-tax-dollars-at-work Soldier Field would like to see Mayor Richard M. Daley send his convoy of backhoes from Meigs Field to the stadium and turn it into the vacant-lot-that-...Tags: Architecture, Starbucks Corp., Arts and Culture, Richard M. Daley, Chicago White Sox
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Moist folks find a porpoise
Special to the TribuneStone-like outcroppings and caves hide me from an excited crowd at the Shedd Aquarium's Oceanarium amphitheater. People have been pouring in for the last half hour trying to snag the best ringside (make that poolside) seat to catch the antics of Kri,...Tags: Alaska, Nature, Medical Procedures and Tests, Lion (animal), Science and Technology
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