The lion sculptures and Daley Plaza’s Picasso statue were fitted with the masks, emblazoned with the Chicago flag, on Thursday morning, ahead of Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s revised stay-at-home-order ...

"It's the mechanism that makes the mask move that's heavy." The machinery in the lion puppets keep the mask poised above the performer when their human side is expressed, but lowers to a position ...

one day ahead of a statewide mandate requiring masks in public places. Brian Rich/Sun-Times Share Walk past the iconic lion statues at the majestic entrance to the Art Institute of Chicago on ...