I am very excited about the imminent opening, in early April, of the National Public Housing Museum in the last remaining ...

At one time, Chicago was one of the world's leading cities for steel production. And for many years, tens of thousands of ...

As the Sox celebrate their 125th season in 2025, they can look back at moments grand and ghastly, from the 1919 Black Sox to ...

A new museum is opening in Texas highlighting the lives and service of Medal of Honor recipients from the Civil War to the ...

Nearly 400 historic artifacts across the breadth of Harry Belafonte’s peerless career as one of the 20 th and 21 st century’s most celebrated entertainers and lifelong activist from his ...

In 1961, she co-founded the DuSable Museum of African American History in Chicago in her own living room. What started as a small space grew into one of the first institutions dedicated to ...

There’s a new Albus Dumbledore coming to the small screen. John Lithgow has confirmed that he will portray the Hogwarts headmaster in HBO’s upcoming “Harry Potter” series, which will begin ...

Anna Davlantes, WGN Radio’s investigative correspondent, joins Bob Sirott to share what happened this week in Chicago history. Stories include when Chicago hosted the World’s Fair, the return of ...

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Attention Harry Potter fans! The traveling exhibition Harry Potter: Visions of Magic continues its world tour, with stops in Brussels and Singapore. An interactive exhibition that has yet to visit ...

See renderings of what Harry Potter Shop Chicago will look like below. The store will be “infused with nods to the city’s rich history and unique culture, giving fans a one-of-a-kind ...