Events for October 12th, 2008
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Sunday - October 12th
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Dia de los Muertos: La Vida Sin Fin
National Museum of Mexican Art - 1852 W. 19th St. - Chicago (Little Tuscany)
Billed as the nation's largest Dia de los Muertos/Day of the Dead exhibit, this 22nd annual collection highlights local and international artists and includes a tribute to student demonstrators killed 10 days before the 1968 summer Olympics in the Tlatelolco massacre.
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Nature Unleashed: Inside Natural Disasters
Field Museum - 1400 S. Lake Shore Drive - Chicago
Learn about the causes and aftermath of earthquakes, volcanoes, hurricanes, tornadoes and more
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Smart Home: Green + Wired
Museum of Science and Industry - 5700 S. Lake Shore Drive - Chicago (Hyde Park/University Of Chicago)
Tour a three-story sustainable "green" home constructed on the museum's grounds
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Wild Reef: Sharks at Shedd
Shedd Aquarium - 1200 S. Lake Shore Drive - Chicago (Grant Park Museums)
Floor-to-ceiling windows provide guests with a diver's-eye view of a Philippine coral reef, housing more than 25 sharks, 500 species of reef fish and the largest public display of live coral in the Midwest.
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Evolving Planet
Field Museum - 1400 S. Lake Shore Drive - Chicago
Explore the history of evolution, from single-celled organisms to dinosaurs and humans.
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Seahorses and Seadragons
Shedd Aquarium - 1200 S. Lake Shore Drive - Chicago (Grant Park Museums)
A permanent exhibit features six species of seahorses: pipefish, snipefish, trumpetfish, leafy seadragons, potbelly seadragons and weedy seadragons.
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Grand Cayman Iguana Exhibit
Shedd Aquarium - 1200 S. Lake Shore Drive - Chicago (Grant Park Museums)
See two of the most endangered lizards in the world.
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The Ancient Americas
Field Museum - 1400 S. Lake Shore Drive - Chicago
Explore the history of the western hemisphere including the Ice Age, the Aztec empire and life in a pueblo dwelling.
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Invasive Species
Shedd Aquarium - 1200 S. Lake Shore Drive - Chicago (Grant Park Museums)
See Asian carp, round gobies, zebra mussels and other threats to the Great Lakes ecosystem in the aquarium's newest permanent installment.
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Sugar from the Sun
Garfield Park Conservatory - 300 N. Central Park Ave. - Chicago (Garfield Park)
A permanent exhibition details how air, water and light make sugar.
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