Let’s talk about balloon releases. Balloons are released into the air all the time for memorials and other celebrations. Often, people organize balloon releases after the death of a friend or loved ...

Bliss Balloons owner Alissa Studt adds the final touches to a ballon garland for a special event Feb. 16 at Asteria Aesthetics in Cedar Rapids. The Palo woman launched her business three years ago, ...

My mom takes things literally, like laboring on Labor Day (my birthday), and, more recently, naming riding in a bucket as her top bucket-list item. It was more like a basket, I guess, attached to a ...

When I was a kid, helium balloons signaled that a party was special. Ordinary balloons filled with ordinary air were ordinary. Helium balloons could fly high, and helium itself could make anyone speak ...

Editor's note: this story was originally published in February 2023. Modern art is basically a con game. And by that I mean, the value of a piece of modern art is not intrinsically in the item, but in ...

When students arrived at George Washington High School on Chicago’s Southeast Side on Monday to pick up e-learning materials, they were greeted by a big, bright, bouncy wall of happy — a visual ...

The balloon glow at last year’s Champaign County Balloon Festival at Dodds Park in Champaign. The balloon glow at last year’s Champaign County Balloon Festival at Dodds Park in Champaign. A number of ...

Dear Readers: When you think of celebrations like birthdays, weddings, graduations and gender reveals, you may think of helium balloons and balloon releases. Think again. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife ...

The author is an assistant professor at the School of Nursing, the University of Hong Kong. According to the Joint Chiefs of Staff, North Korea sent more than 2,400 balloons filled with waste and even ...