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Pokémon’s Tyrantrum, based off of the prehistoric Tyrannosaurus rex, is seen on display at the Pokémon Fossil Museum exhibition at the Field Museum in Chicago on May 21, 2026. The cast of the skull belonging to SUE the T. rex is on display behind Tyrantrum. (Chris Sweda/baiduhai)

When paleontology meets Pokémon, at the Field Museum

May 23, 2026 at 5:30 a.m.

Pokémon fossils and real fossils are displayed side-by-side in a new exhibit at the Field Museum

From left: Larry David and Barack Obama have teamed up for the TV series “Life, Larry and the Pursuit of Unhappiness: An Almost History of America.” (Art Streiber/HBO)

TV for summer 2026: Larry David teams up with Barack Obama, ‘The Bear’s’ final season and the return of … ‘Ted Lasso’?

May 21, 2026 at 5:30 a.m.

"The Bear" concludes and “Little House on the Prairie” comes back. Plus the return of AMC's underrated "Interview with the Vampire," now retitled as "The Vampire Lestat."

From left: Buzz Lightyear (voiced by Tim Allen) and Woody (voiced by Tom Hanks) in "Toy Story 5." (Pixar)

10 movies for summer 2026: Christopher Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey,’ Steven Spielberg’s sci-fi and a slew of comedies

May 20, 2026 at 9:29 a.m.

Along with Matt Damon as Odysseus and Brendan Fraser as Eisenhower, there's the return of "Toy Story" with its latest entry in the Pixar franchise.

Family Sundays at Facets Film Forum is a monthly screening series designed for children and families. (Facets Film Forum)

Facets is keeping moviegoing alive for the youngest audiences

May 13, 2026 at 5:30 a.m.

Facets has a monthly screening series for children and families that expands the idea of what a moviegoing experience can be.

From left: Ebon Moss-Bachrach and Ayo Edebiri in "The Bear." (FX)

‘The Bear’ final season gets a premiere date

May 6, 2026 at 11:55 a.m.

The series has been remarkably consistent in maintaining its spot on the calendar. Season 5 will premiere on June 25.

Will Quam talks about brick bungalows during one of his neighborhood tours in Albany Park, April 19, 2026. Quam, who runs the Instagram account Brick of Chicago, has a new book called "Fire and Clay: How Bricks Reveal the Hidden History of Chicago." (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Chicago is a city made of its own brick: A new book says that was a stroke of luck

May 6, 2026 at 5:30 a.m.

Brick expert Will Quam's book "Fire and Clay" details the ways in which bricks "reveal the hidden history of Chicago."

From left: Jon Bernthal as Michael Berzatto and Ebon Moss-Bachrach as Richard "Richie" Jerimovich, aka Cousin Richie on a surprised flashback episode released ahead of Season 5 of "The Bear." (FX)

Surprise episode of ‘The Bear’ drops ahead of its final season: Our review

May 6, 2026 at 5:39 a.m.

The flashback episode fills in some of the backstory between Cousin Richie (Ebon Moss-Bachrach) and Mikey (Jon Bernthal).

The famous Hollywood sign sits on a hillside on Jan. 28, 2026, in Los Angeles, California. (Luke Hales/Getty)

‘Boom to Bust’ says that today’s Hollywood studio bosses aren’t looking to enchant audiences. They want to enchant investors.

April 29, 2026 at 5:30 a.m.

A conversation with the authors of “Boom to Bust: How Streaming Broke Hollywood Workers.”

The blue bin recycling mascot named Loop. (Chicago Department of Streets and Sanitation)

Googly eyes and a blue bin: Meet Loop, Chicago’s new recycling mascot

April 15, 2026 at 5:30 a.m.

Like Microsoft's Clippy of old, a pair of googly eyes are enough to anthropomorphized the familiar recycling bin.

Rachel Cole, curator at the Northwestern University Transportation Library, with a whimsical cover from a 1982 Department of Agriculture report at the Northwestern University Library in Evanston, March 19, 2026. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

Flashback to a time when government reports were works of art

May 8, 2026 at 1:34 p.m.

The Transportation Library at Northwestern is a repository of old state and federal reports with creative graphic art on their covers.

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