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Aruba Tourism Authority honored loyal visitors at Renaissance Wind Creek Aruba Resort! Mr. Sven Buelow & Mrs. Cristina Buelow

Aruba Tourism Authority honored loyal visitors at Renaissance Wind Creek Aruba Resort! Mr. Sven Buelow & Mrs. Cristina Buelow

ad-banner-setar-tourist-sim-watersport2024 265805 Pinchos- PGB promo Banner (25 x 5 cm)-5 copy ad-banner-costalinda-2024 The Aruba Tourism Authority recently had the great pleasure of recognizing Goodwill Ambassadors of Aruba. The honorees were...

Back on track: Signs of Chicago’s office revival

Like any other Monday, I started my day traveling on the Metra from the northwest suburbs—a commute that, for the past four years, often felt like stepping onto a ghost train. Entire cars to myself, eerily quiet rides and a trickle of passengers...

Today In Culture, Wednesday, July 9, 2025: 70mm Returns To Southport | Chicago Board Of Trade Museum Opens | What’s New With Divvy

Today In Culture, Wednesday, July 9, 2025: 70mm Returns To Southport | Chicago Board Of Trade Museum Opens | What’s New With Divvy

Get Chicago & Great Lakes culture news sent to your inbox every weekday morning. Subscribe to Newcity Today here. ART Woodlawn Unveils New Sculpture By D. Lamar Preston D. Lamar Preston’s “Gifted to Me” sculpture is on display at 62nd and Stony...

New Orleans is one of the best cities to visit in the US, new Travel + Leisure ranking says

New Orleans is one of the best cities to visit in the US, new Travel + Leisure ranking says

New Orleans has once again landed itself at the top of an acclaimed travel destination list, this time being ranked as Travel + Leisure's second-best travel spot in the U.S. for 2025. Only Santa Fe earned higher praise from the travel magazine's...

Column: 20 years ago, UChicago’s Jacqueline Stewart went hunting for home movies. She found pure Chicago history.

Column: 20 years ago, UChicago’s Jacqueline Stewart went hunting for home movies. She found pure Chicago history.

There’s magic in finding something we might only half-remember, if it hadn’t ended up in somebody’s movie camera once upon a time. “It’s one thing to have old photos of your family,” says University of Chicago Cinema and Media Studies professor...

Firefall Guitarist’s Travels Go Way Beyond Colorado’s Mountains

Firefall Guitarist’s Travels Go Way Beyond Colorado’s Mountains

Firefall's Jock Bartley (left) and Steven Weinmeister perform as part of the Stagecoach Music Festival in 2010 in Indio, California. (Photo by Tim Mosenfelder/Getty Images) Getty Images The band Firefall has always been synonymous with Boulder,...

Concrete-covered Cadillac carries many meanings at University of Chicago

Concrete-covered Cadillac carries many meanings at University of Chicago

A 1957 Cadillac Series 62 Sedan de Ville sits prominently at the entrance of a University of Chicago parking garage, but it often goes unnoticed. Encased in concrete, the coupe fittingly blends in with its surroundings at the university’s north...

How the White Rabbits of Chicago’s World’s Columbian Exposition Sculpted a Lasting Legacy

How the White Rabbits of Chicago’s World’s Columbian Exposition Sculpted a Lasting Legacy

MacMonnies’ Fountain as seen from the exposition’s Grand Plaza. Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of James and Emily Carr Moore The World’s Columbian Exposition of 1893, timed and named to commemorate the 400th anniversary of Christopher...

Dallas Wings vs Chicago Sky prediction and betting tips - July 9 | 2025 WNBA Season 

Dallas Wings vs Chicago Sky prediction and betting tips - July 9 | 2025 WNBA Season 

The Dallas Wings travel east on Wednesday to face the Chicago Sky at Wintrust Arena. This will be their third meeting of the season, with the Sky taking the wins in the previous two games. Both teams enter this game having suffered a defeat. In...

The Road Less Traveled

The Road Less Traveled

It was day seven in the boot of New Mexico. Folks, I'm different. I value the experience over the material. It leads to the road less traveled and different priorities. It leads to choices most people wouldn't make. The results can be epic, or...

Gas Stations in Iowa, Illinois, and Wisconsin Have the Best Food

Gas Stations in Iowa, Illinois, and Wisconsin Have the Best Food

There was a time, not very long ago if you think about it, where gas stations were places that sold some prepackaged snacks, drinks, and, of course, gasoline. Now, the consumer expectation of a gas station has widely shifted. While service...

10 best resorts in Arizona for 2025, according to Travel + Leisure

10 best resorts in Arizona for 2025, according to Travel + Leisure

Travel + Leisure unveiled the results of its 2025 World’s Best Awards, honoring top destinations, hotels, airlines, cruise lines, and travel experiences as rated by its global audience. Now in its 30th year, the annual readers’ survey offers a...

Travel troubles hit Tampa Bay; weather delays and bomb threat disrupt flights

Travel troubles hit Tampa Bay; weather delays and bomb threat disrupt flights

TAMPA, Fla. — Fliers are experiencing travel troubles all across our area - from Tampa to St. Pete. Some people experience delays due to weather, while others encounter delays caused by interruptions in the skies. Delays… "Just got to the airport,...

“We came out looking like idiots”: Bubba Wallace’s aide reflects on ‘frustrating’ Chicago race

“We came out looking like idiots”: Bubba Wallace’s aide reflects on ‘frustrating’ Chicago race

Bubba Wallace's spotter, Freddie Kraft, shed light on the recently concluded Chicago Street Race, a race where the 23XI Racing driver failed to live up to his potential and ended up in 28th place. Speaking about Wallace's day, Kraft mentioned how...

Visit Bentonville to develop plan to guide city’s tourism growth

Visit Bentonville to develop plan to guide city’s tourism growth

Visit Bentonville, in partnership with Chicago-based tourism advisory firm Hunden Partners, launched Tuesday (July 8) the development of a Destination Master Plan to guide the city’s tourism growth. The plan’s goals include aligning the city’s...

Illinois Invests $6.3 Million to Boost Tourism and Local Economies

Illinois Invests $6.3 Million to Boost Tourism and Local Economies

Illinois is investing $6.3 million to boost tourism through three grant programs, aiming to attract more travelers and invigorate local economies. Announced by Governor JB Pritzker and the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, the...

2 Illinois Pizzerias Are Ranked Among Top 50 In U.S.

2 Illinois Pizzerias Are Ranked Among Top 50 In U.S.

ILLINOIS — Some of the best pizza in the country is found in Illinois, according to the new 50 Top Pizza guide, based on the findings of a team of inspectors who anonymously evaluate pizzerias around the world. “Year after year we are noticing...

Loyola University honors Chicago sculptor Richard Hunt

Loyola University honors Chicago sculptor Richard Hunt

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Richard Hunt's vast body of work includes more than 160 public sculptures across the country. The Chicago native's work "Eagle Columns" can be seen in Jonquil Park at 1001 W. Wrightwood Avenue. Now, more of his art will be seen in...

Kevin Harvick Blasts NASCAR’s Ambitious Project After Latest Chicago Efforts: “Why Are We Still Doing This?”

Kevin Harvick Blasts NASCAR’s Ambitious Project After Latest Chicago Efforts: “Why Are We Still Doing This?”

“I appreciate the effort, and I get it. But…I wouldn’t spend much more money on it.” Kevin Harvick’s unequivocal opinion at NASCAR’s 2024 Chicago Street Race was about a particular innovation. That was the sport’s new EV prototype developed with...

Hurricane Season Travel Alert: InsureMyTrip Reveals Airports with the Highest and Lowest Weather Delay Rates

WARWICK, R.I., July 8, 2025 -- As we get deeper into hurricane season, travelers may want to consider which airports are most prone to weather-related delays before booking summer vacations. According to the latest DOT airport stats – analyzed by...

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