Chicago loves a good animal story. Whether it’s the discovery of a massive snapping turtle nicknamed Chonkasaurus, or pondering the lifespan of an Australian lungfish named Granddad, who arrived ...

MUSIC: Tunes and Blooms, 5 p.m., Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden, 3400 Vine St., Avondale. Live music every Thursday in ...

Ridgewood: The Ridgewood Chamber's Easter in the Park 2025 event will be 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. April 19 at Memorial Park at Van Neste Square. There will be an egg hunt, Easter Bunny pictures, live music, ...

Big Thaw Bluegrass Festival: 1-6 p.m. April 12. Badgerland Bluegrass Music Association event features Biscuit Creek, The Resonators, Plain Grass Folk, KR Bluegrass, and The Milbillies. Doors open at ...

Chicago’s Lincoln Park Zoo rose to fame in the early 1900s when it was one of the first institutions to purchase animals from ...

Art in Bloom: April 3-6. Floral programs, music, food and refreshments. Floral designers interpret works of art from the museum’s collection. Milwaukee Art Museum, 700 N. Art Museum Drive.

Chicago's Lincoln Park Zoo is welcoming three new meerkats. Clover, Violet, and Dahlia are just 1.5 years old and were born in the same litter at a zoo in Madison, Wisconsin. They will live ...

A Chicago zoo has added a second mob of meerkats to its list of residents. This small mammal was made famous in the early 1990s by Timon in “The Lion King.” Like the beloved animated character ...

Blank Park Zoo is having a glow up — literally. The annual Wild Lights Festival is back at Blank Park Zoo for its fifth year. This year's theme is animals, insects and plants. Visitors of all ...