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Ask Geoffrey

Ask Geoffrey

WTTW News | August 25, 2010, 7:00 pm

One of our viewers remembers visiting this bronze elk as a child in southwest Chicago; he called it Bambi. Learn the real story behind the monument in this week's edition of Ask Geoffrey.

  • Contemporary Sculptures from China
  • Millennium Park Map --Free tour starts at North Boeing Gallery at 1215pm, August 26. No reservations needed
  • Elks website
  • Chicago Reader article about another important mural by John Warner Norton

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