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    Mar 13, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  1. Chicago museums reeling after building sprees

    The turn of the millennium was a heady time for many Chicago cultural institutions. Cheap loans, high investment returns and swelling endowments spawned a slew of new attractions along the lakefront and around downtown.
    The turn of the millennium was a heady time for many Chicago cultural institutions. Cheap loans, high investment returns and swelling endowments spawned a slew of new attractions along the lakefront and around downtown. The Art Institute built its Modern...

    Tags: Finance, Michigan Avenue, Colleges and Universities, Political Fundraising, Culture

    2. Mar 6, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  2. Ocean wonders abound in Field Museum's 'Creatures of Light'

    It's dark in the rooms that hold the new exhibition at the Field Museum, dark almost like in the deep ocean where many of the featured "Creatures of Light" live.
    It's dark in the rooms that hold the new exhibition at the Field Museum, dark almost like in the deep ocean where many of the featured "Creatures of Light" live. It's dim enough to get you wondering if you, too, after enough time in an environment...

    Tags: Science, Museum of Natural History, Arts and Culture, Entertainment Events, Nobel Prize Awards

    3. Mar 8, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  3. Dinosaur-size debt

    For many people the defining moment in the Field Museum's recent history was the bid at a 1997 auction that made Chicago home to the Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton known as Sue.
    For many people the defining moment in the Field Museum's recent history was the bid at a 1997 auction that made Chicago home to the Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton known as Sue. But that choice could have far less impact on the Field's future than another...

    Tags: Finance, Lobbying, Peabody Museum of Natural History, Colleges and Universities, Bill Kurtis

    4. Apr 3, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  4. Shark tooth weapons lead to biodiversity discovery

    The shark tooth weapons were the kind of cool stuff that drew marine conservation biologist Joshua Drew to the Field Museum of natural history in Chicago. The postdoctoral researcher was admittedly a bit burned out from a job search and the demands of a...

    Tags: Science, Arts and Culture, Marine Science, Weaponry, Science and Technology

    5. Apr 3, 2013 |Story| Petoskey News

  5. Police: Plant experts can help find West Michigan baby's remains

    LUDINGTON, Mich. (AP) — Authorities are hoping that plant experts will be able to help them find the remains of a West Michigan baby who disappeared nearly two years ago, police said Wednesday.
    LUDINGTON, Mich. (AP) — Authorities are hoping that plant experts will be able to help them find the remains of a West Michigan baby who disappeared nearly two years ago, police said Wednesday. Investigators think that botanical evidence found...

    Tags: Courtland, Prisons, Punishment, Science and Technology

    6. Mar 28, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  6. Field Museum again offers its curators early retirement

    The Field Museum is offering scientists early retirement packages for the third time in five years as the institution struggles to cope with flat revenues and a high debt burden.
    The Field Museum is offering scientists early retirement packages for the third time in five years as the institution struggles to cope with flat revenues and a high debt burden. The offer was distributed Friday to 16 of the museum's 27 curators —...

    Tags: Finance, Science, Arts and Culture, Culture, Science and Technology

    7. Mar 20, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  7. Exhibit at Field Museum sheds light on Lascaux caves

    “It's almost too beautiful,” said the first scientist to descend into the Lascaux caves, according to “Scenes From the Stone Age: The Cave Paintings of Lascaux,” an important and highly engaging new exhibit at the Field Museum.
    “It's almost too beautiful,” said the first scientist to descend into the Lascaux caves, according to “Scenes From the Stone Age: The Cave Paintings of Lascaux,” an important and highly engaging new exhibit at the Field Museum....

    Tags: France, Arts, Arts and Culture, Culture, Science and Technology

    8. Mar 17, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  8. Woman, 92, visits gorilla she cared for as a girl

    Before the rest of the world fell in love with Bushman the gorilla at Chicago's Lincoln Park Zoo, the popular primate captured the heart of a little girl in Africa who helped care for him as a baby.
    Tribune reporter
    Before the rest of the world fell in love with Bushman the gorilla at Chicago's Lincoln Park Zoo, the popular primate captured the heart of a little girl in Africa who helped care for him as a baby. On Sunday, Winifred Smith, 92, and her family...

    Tags: Lincoln Park Zoo, New Year's Day

    9. Mar 15, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  9. Candid Candace: Civic leaders honored at Landmarks gala

    Landmarks Illinois celebrated its seventh and largest fundraiser at the Four Seasons Hotel Chicago on March 7, with more than 500 patrons in attendance. Leslie Hindman, John W. McCarter Jr. and Target Corp. were named "Legendary Landmarks."
    Landmarks Illinois celebrated its seventh and largest fundraiser at the Four Seasons Hotel Chicago on March 7, with more than 500 patrons in attendance. Leslie Hindman, John W. McCarter Jr. and Target Corp. were named "Legendary Landmarks." "We are...

    Tags: Chicago Loop, Arts and Culture, Medinah, Target Brands, Inc., Folklore and Mythology

    10. Mar 12, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  10. Tribune special report: Cultural cash crunch

    In the years before the global financial crisis hit, many of Chicago’s cultural institutions took on major financial risks by borrowing tens of millions of dollars to fund expansions, renovations and other big-ticket projects.
    Tribune reporters
    In the years before the global financial crisis hit, many of Chicago’s cultural institutions took on major financial risks by borrowing tens of millions of dollars to fund expansions, renovations and other big-ticket projects. Some major...

    Tags: Arts, Economy, Business and Finance, Finance, Arts and Culture, University of Chicago

    11. Mar 8, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  11. Looming budget cuts at Field concern curators

    Pushing back against a cost-cutting plan to overhaul scientific research at the Field Museum, curators are meeting this afternoon with museum president Richard Lariviere.
    Pushing back against a cost-cutting plan to overhaul scientific research at the Field Museum, curators are meeting this afternoon with museum president Richard Lariviere. Several said they hope to share concerns about his planned restructuring of the...

    Tags: Science, Arts and Culture, University of Illinois at Chicago, Colleges and Universities, Education

    12. Dec 17, 2012 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  12. Making a bet on Chicago's Italian heritage for 2013

    Silvio Marchetti, who has silver hair and a dry sense of humor most atypical for an attache, tells a story about meeting the late Harold Washington, Mayor of Chicago, in the mid-1980s. Marchetti, who now heads up the Italian Cultural Institute in Chicago, had come from Italy and requested a mayoral audience to talk up the cultural riches of his native country.
    Silvio Marchetti, who has silver hair and a dry sense of humor most atypical for an attache, tells a story about meeting the late Harold Washington, Mayor of Chicago, in the mid-1980s. Marchetti, who now heads up the Italian Cultural Institute in Chicago,...

    Tags: Arts, Italy, Michigan Avenue, Arts and Culture, Culture

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