Why does dropped toast always seem to land butter-side down? What if a plane tried taking off on a conveyor belt moving in the opposite direction? Have you heard that you can make a canoe out of duct tape? Our inner schoolyard scientist considers things like this all day long. To separate appearance from reality, we must use the scientific method of observation, measurement and testing. Discovery Channel's Emmy®-nominated show MythBusters specializes in subjecting wild ideas to some wildly entertaining experiments. No strangers to illusions themselves, MythBusters Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman bring their expertise in special effects—along with co-hosts, Tory Belleci, Grant Imahara and Kari Byron—to relentlessly busting or confirming myths through the scientific method. If that should also involve things like air cannons or crash dummies in speeding cars… so much the better (it usually does.)

Celebrate Chicago's 175th birthday with 175 days of special events, festivals, promotions and fun facts. From exclusive dining and shopping deals to marquee events such as the Taste of Chicago and the Chicago Blues Festival, there are hundreds of ways to celebrate.

The exhibit will cover Civil War Weaponry and its evolution, and the adaptation of medicine to the wounds caused by these weapons. Artifacts & vignettes includes guns, explosives, diseases, wounds, medical personnel, ambulance corps, and anesthetics.

The Frank Lloyd Wright Preservation Trust will host Wright Plus 2012, Saturday, June 2, featuring magnificent private residences designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and his contemporaries in Oak Park, IL. Eight private residences and three landmark buildings are included in the housewalk. Along with the famed housewalk tour, the Preservation Trust also offers the following tours and events Thursday, May 31 to Sunday, June 3 as part of the Ultimate Plus Weekend. Wright Plus Housewalk tickets are $85 for members; $100 for non-members. Tickets are available at www.GoWright.org.