Also around the area this weekend, a new musical about The Kinks is now in previews on Navy Pier and Snow Patrol plays at ...

It’s been like blooming spring. Exports have shot up, new states are cashing in. The pandemic proved to be a turning point, as apps began to play a role too.

Perhaps more than any other art form, gardens give us particular, material insight into the relationships between humans and ...

It’s called “Blue Chrysanthemum,” and since it went ... Why did a single flower magnetize me? What can a flower — or a painting of a flower — do when you are lost in a blizzard?

“Blue Chrysanthemum” was something more than just a blue galaxy of petals. Jason went close to the painting to see what’s really going on.

In contrast, some flowers, like purple coneflowers and blazing stars ... Due to their shallow roots that heave out during thaw-freeze cycles, garden mums (Chrysanthemum spp.) have a difficult time ...

“That was really fun to figure out how to paint and give it some depth,” she says. The violet alliums in the mural were her favorite flowers to paint in the mural, says artist Erin Minckle ...