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Christmas traditions beloved by big kids as well as little
By the time many of you read this, we'll probably be watching the wombats. We start with the camels, my daughters and I, on our Christmas Day trip to Brookfield Zoo. Then we move on to the bats and wombats. After that comes the aardvark. The visit...
Tags: Travel, Religious Festivals, Trips and Vacations, Arts and Culture, Customs and Tradition
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Illinois couple enjoy reindeer games
— About 3,000 miles south of the North Pole, on the windswept prairie of central Illinois, Mark and Julie Hardy and their 16 reindeer are awaiting Santa and the long winter's nap that follows his visit. Now is the busiest time of year at Hardy's...
Tags: Fiction, Travel, Religious Festivals, Animals, Tourism and Leisure
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At the Lincoln Park Zoo, camping out under the monkeys
The campfire was in a metal pit, under a great, wide roof. The tents were pitched on a well-tended lawn, with help from people who work for an outdoors store. Bears were a threat only if someone had forgotten to lock an enclosure door. And dinner was...
Tags: Adler Planetarium, Museum of Science and Industry, Brooklyn (New York City), Field Museum of Natural History, Yosemite National Park
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"JoJo" finds mojo at Brookfield Zoo
WGNTV NEWSThe silverback gorilla named "JoJo" finds his "mojo" at the Brookfield Zoo. The 32 year-old was sent there from the Lincoln Park Zoo to accomplish once crucial task: Help expand the critically endangered western lowland gorilla species. During the...Tags: Birth Control, Family Planning, Health Treatments, Health, Lincoln Park Zoo
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Winter agenda: Events for the season
STAGE The Christmas Schooner Have yourself a City of Big Shoulders Christmas at the Mercury Theater, the current home of the beloved Chicago musical, “The Christmas Schooner.” Created by John Reeger and Julie Shannon, “Schooner”...Tags: Star Wars (movie), Palace Theater, Material Science, Morton Arboretum, Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum
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10 museum exhibits for your fall 2012
Here are some shows and exhibits to watch for at Chicago's museums and zoos this fall, roughly in order of appearance: "Kouzina": Annual celebration of Greek and Mediterranean cuisine. 6 to 9 p.m. Sept. 20 at the National Hellenic Museum, 333 S....
Tags: Charlie Brown (fictional character), Museum of Science and Industry, Shedd Aquarium, Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum, Field Museum of Natural History
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Oh, baby! New male gorilla at Brookfield Zoo gets to know potential mates
JoJo, an enormous silverback gorilla who recently moved into Brookfield Zoo, had brunch Tuesday with his new female friends Binti Jua and Koola atop a miniature mountain at his new home. But it wasn't their first date. As part of a breeding program, 32-...
Tags: Natural Resources, Wildlife, Environmental Issues, Lincoln Park Zoo, Conservation
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JoJo the gorilla settles in at Brookfield Zoo
Tribune reporterIt wasn’t their first date. JoJo, an enormous silverback gorilla from Lincoln Park Zoo, and his female companions, Binti Jua and Koola, met for brunch Tuesday atop a miniature mountain in west suburban Brookfield. As part of breeding program,...Tags: Natural Resources, Wildlife, Environmental Issues, Lincoln Park Zoo, Conservation
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Legoland debuts new interactive ride
TribLocal - Schaumburg » NewsAt Legoland Discovery Center Friday, children anxiously — or hesitantly, in some cases — boarded a new ride, a feature aimed at giving the Schaumburg …... -
A little town with a lot of appeal
Note to movie location scouts: La Grange Park offers the perennially Normal Rockwell-ish streetscapes you want for movies set in the 20th century.
Its dog-walking, baseball-playing, flag-waving residents would make congenial extras as they come and go...Tags: Riverside (Cook, Illinois), World War II (1939-1945), Metra, Edgewood, Forbes.com LLC
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Western Springs a small town with lots to offer
Covering only 2.62 square miles, Western Springs is small in size but has many things commuters want from a bedroom community. Streets canopied by old trees. A busy downtown within walking distance of every house. A diverse housing stock. Plenty of...Tags: Western Springs, Realty, Homes, Metra, Real Estate Buyers
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