Discover California’s hidden museums from quirky collections and tech history to surf culture and art spaces, quiet local favourites worth exploring statewide.

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The exhibition makes the case that the artist’s influence would have been unavoidable regardless of fame or circumstance.

In addition to their week-long trip, students also took part in shorter excursions linked to their classes about once a week.

The Mid-Continent Railway Museum, after nearly 30 years of work, has completed a successful test firing of former Chicago & North Western R1 4-6-0 No. 1385. The locomotive now moves into the final ...

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In which Observer's Arts Editor sets out to have as many art and art-adjacent encounters as possible in the Windy City in just two days. Anish Kapoor’s Cloud Gate, better known as the Bean. Photo: ...

The Chicago History Museum will explore the heritage and traditions of Latinos, and the National Museum of Mexican Art will trace the role of Mexicans in railway work. A detail from “Ferrocarrileros,” ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The Chicago International Film Festival is off and running, with dazzling movies from around the world. The opening night feature, "One Golden Summer," is about the Jackie Robinson ...