Rob Elliot joins us on What's Brewing Wisconsin to discuss the World's Tallest Glass Tree Festival, which is right here in ...

If you're already thinking about decorating your Christmas tree, you may want to make the trip to Lake Geneva to help build ...

The Yerkes Future Foundation (YFF) has officially acquired the Yerkes Observatory's collection of 180,000 astronomical glass plates from the University of Chicago. These glass plates, spanning from ...

The University of Chicago is set to close its outdated astronomical observatory, which over the past 121 years has seen pioneering science, big personalities, and Chicago-style bravado. The University ...

The World's Tallest Glass Tree Festival returns to Yerkes Observatory in Williams Bay this December, inviting tens of ...

Why not check out Yerkes Observatory in Williams Bay, near Lake Geneva? Situated 190 feet above Geneva Lake, the observatory is a fascinating place in an architecturally interesting building and ...

Lately, Dianna Colman is recognized and stopped almost everywhere she goes. Her phone buzzes, too, with calls from New York, Texas, Georgia and California, among other places. But the reason for her ...

Renovation has begun at the Yerkes Observatory after the University of Chicago successfully transferred ownership to the Yerkes Future Foundation (YFF) on May 1. The observatory, based in Williams Bay ...

This is regarding “An old but fabled stargazer” (Editorial, March 30). As recently noted by the Tribune, over the past several years, the University of Chicago has been working hard to determine the ...

A piece of astronomical history is closing its doors this year: Yerkes Observatory, which opened in 1897, will cease operations on October 1, 2018. In many ways, this closure isn’t surprising. Yerkes ...

Stargazers can take note. Soon, you may not be able to use the historic Yerkes Observatory on Geneva Lake in Williams Bay, Wisconsin. The observatory, built in the 1890s, has in recent decades been ...

The history of Yerkes Observatory is well-documented – the collapse of its 19th-century telescope, a visit from Albert Einstein. Its future is less clear. Once considered among the most prestigious ...