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Can I get an ‘Amen’ for changes at O’Hare International Airport?

10/27/08

According to a recent column in the Chicago Tribune, city aviation commissioner Richard Rodriguez wants O’Hare airport to be a hipper, happier, more happening place. “Viewing the airports as more than a stopover, Rodriguez wants to increase travelers’ exposure to local culture so they return to Chicago, perhaps next time on vacation rather than on […]

Last chance to name the airport dinosaur

10/22/08

Last summer, these two dinosaurs from the Royal Ontario Museum took up residence in the Terminal 1 International Arrivals area of Toronto’s Pearson International Airport. The display features an “action” scene of a large Allosaurus bearing down on an Othnielia that has tripped to the ground. But it doesn’t include the ‘given names’ of these […]

Flu shots at the airport

10/15/08

I had a choice to make at Chicago’s O’Hare Airport last week: Get home a bit early by going standby and taking a middle seat at the back of the plane or hang out for an hour so I could keep my exit-row seat for the 4-hour flight home. I hung around. And, after downing […]

Airport Flu Shots

09/23/08

Summer is over. Fall is here. And any moment now, flu season will kick into high gear. Time to think about getting a flu shot. Last year I got my flu shot in Chicago’s O’Hare Airport at a kiosk set up on one of the concourses. It was quick and easy (can’t say fun) but […]

Looks what’s popped up at Chicago O’Hare International Airport

07/16/08

Garrett Popcorn Shops, well-known and much loved around Chicago for more than 50 years now, has opened its first airport location at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport. This first branch is in Terminal 3, near Gate H1. Another branch should pop up soon in Terminal 1, between Gates B9 and B10. In addition to the cheese-flavored […]

ART AT ORD

07/11/08

From now through mid-December, jetsetters passing through Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport Terminal 5 will be able to check out an exhibit of more than 40 posters from the 2008 Chicago International Poster Biennial Association (CIPBA). Here’s a sample…. (Poster image courtesy O'Hare International Airport) Terminal 5 has some other artwork worth checking out: The “Beacons” […]

Art for Airports: O’Hare Gets New Glass Mural

05/13/08

There’s a new piece of public art at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport. Inspired by the patterns of jet mist across a blue sky, Guy Kemper’s 50-foot long, 12-foot high, “Jet Trails” is made of hand-blown painted glass in soothing shades of blue, green and violet. Kemper designed the mural to be “suggestive of many things […]

Listen up at Chicago Airports

04/25/08

Next time you travel through O’Hare International Airport, Chicago’s Midway International Airport or the O’Hare Air Transit System (ATS), listen up. The Department of Aviation just launched a re-vamped overhead music program – Terminal Tunes – that features instrumental versions of songs by blues, jazz, country and classical artists who are either from the Chicago […]

Fresh – free – tunes for travelers at O’Hare Airport

04/22/08

On Wednesday, April 23rd, Chicago’s O’Hare Airport is celebrating the launch of its new overhead music program with a free live music showcase featuring four nationally-known Chicago-area musicians: Blues singer and guitarist Lonnie Brooks Polka artist Eddie Blazonczyk, Jr. Singer-songwriter Kelly Hogan Classical violinist Rachel Barton-Pine The concert will take place between 11 a.m. and […]

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