By Aloft Circus Arts

For the last eight years, Aloft Circus Arts has been training amateur and professional circus artists in aerial and earth-bound acrobatics from a rented loft in a West Side industrial warehouse.
And in those eight years, Aloft has grown into one of the largest and most renowned circus schools in the United States, drawing 250 students per week.
Now, with the purchase of a 109-year-old church in Logan Square, Aloft is poised to put down roots that will allow it to launch a new phase of growth.
Classes for adults and – for the first time in Aloft’s history – children begin Tuesday, September 6th.

Read More

Posted on August 4, 2016

By The Forest Preserves Of Cook County

Throughout 2016, the Forest Preserves of Cook County invites visitors to see some of the most interesting native and migrating birds in the Preserves.
Each month during the Forest Preserves’ 2016 Bird the Preserves initiative, a new bird will be highlighted. Visitors will have the opportunity to spot the bird of the month at an event or program, and learn what makes that bird so special. The August Bird of the Month is the ruby-throated hummingbird.

Ruby-throated hummingbirds are masters of flight. They can beat their wings dozens of times per second, creating a humming noise. Other fascinating features:

Read More

Posted on August 2, 2016