03/09/10 - Marbles: The Brain Store Welcomes Dr. Paul Nussbaum to Chicago
Marbles: The Brain Store welcomes Paul Nussbaum a licensed clinical
neuropsychologist and an adjunct Associate Professor in Neurological Surgery at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine to its 55 E Grand Avenue location on Tuesday March 16, 2010 a5 5:30pm. Read about it here!
09/29/09 - Marbles: The Power of Learning
Amid the worst retail recession ever, Marbles: The Brain Store CEO Lindsay Gaskins has been busy opening Marbles locations all over Chicago. Watch the video produced by Crain's Chicago Business below to hear more about Marbles' success.
09/09 - Travelhost, The Real Chicago Online Magazine
Marbles is featured in an article titled "There's nothing wrong with shopping and exercising your brain at the same time, right?" Read about it here!
08/10/09 - Daily Candy Kids, This Week in Chicago
Marbles: The Brain Store opens in Lincoln Square on Wednesday, August 12th! Read about the new store!
08/07/09 - Daily Dose: How Old is Your Brain?
The Marbles Brain Health Barometer is reviewed in Women's Day.
08/04/09 - Review of Marbles: The Brain Store in Chicago
Chicago parents searching for educational toys, games, and other products to help children strengthen their brains and develop different mental skills can visit Marbles: The Brain Store at various locations around Chicagoland. Read the full review
07/22/09 - Marbles Brain Store: Playing for Keeps! Read the post
06/06/09 - May unemployment rate slows with 345,000 jobs eliminated
When Marbles: The Brain Store opened in downtown Chicago in October, Vice President Karen Luby was mindful that it might be the wrong time to sell educational toys and memory-aid products. Fellow retailers were seeing sharp pullbacks in consumer spending as the recession took hold...
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05/20/09 - Marbles: The Brain Store to Host Book Signing with "Carved in Sand" Author and Brain Fitness Expert Cathryn Jakobson Ramin Read the story
05/11/09 - Daily Candy Kids Chicago, Play to Grin
Featuring Astrojax- a great outdoor game that "combines juggling balls and a yo-yo". Read the article
04/29/09 - Mindful ArtMarking at Marbles
Sara Bennett-Steele led an engaging art session at Marbles that inspired our creativity and stimulated our brains!
04/16/09 - Listen to La Triviata: The WFMT Quiz Show
If you missed La Triviata on April 16th, you can catch the audio coverage at WFMT. Thanks to everyone who participated!
03/31/09 - Wall Street Journal, The Latest in Mental Health: Working Out at the 'Brain Gym'
Read about brain gyms across the country, including Marbles: The Brain Store in Chicago!
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03/26/09 - Chicago Tribune, Chicago Puzzle and Brain Teaser Shops
Read about two new stores Chicago that offer unique games, puzzles and brain teasers. Marbles is focused on the message of brain health and Cat & Mouse focuses on pure gaming. Both offer a unique product assortment and game nights each month.
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02/09 - Marbles on Citysearch
12/08/08 Chicago Tribune, Julie's Health Club Art Dealer, $24.95. A favorite among the clever people behind "Marbles The Brain Store," Art Dealer is a CD created by a cognitive psychologist that uses scientifically-tested memory training principles to improve visual perception, memory and attention skills. In the game, you play an art lover who is given a once in a lifetime opportunity: To attend a series of private sales where you have a chance to buy over 1,000 masterpieces by 20 of the world's most influential artists. You can try and corner the market while managing your money and spotting forgeries. Works with all PCs (no MAC version yet) and adapts to a player's level of expertise. Marblesthebrainstore.com, 312-494-7769. Read the article
12/07/08 Chicago Tribune, Seniors: Tools for Staying Fit Refine your visual perception and awaken-problem solving skills with Tangoes, a game based on the 4,000-year-old Chinese tangram puzzle. The object is to form the images shown on the cards using all seven pieces (a square, a parallelogram, two small triangles, one medium triangle and two large triangles). Play alone or against someone. $13.99 at marbles thebrainstore.com, 312-494-7769. Read the article
12/04/08 Red Eye Chicago, 10 Cool Games for Winter Revelry The shorter days and colder nights are perfect for gathering with friends and family for a couple of hours of good-natured fun. Board games bring something extra to the table, providing an enjoyable excuse to laugh, show off your skills and trade stories and memories.
We know you like games too, so we've scouted the new ones that also would make nice gifts this holiday season. We know you hate to read instruction manuals, so we sought games that are easy to explain and fun to play. And because games that go on for hours can test the patience of even the heartiest players, we hunted for games that could be played in a half-hour or less. Shorter games mean you'll play them more often, so we made sure these games won't grow thin on you.
Here are 10 cool new games we've enjoyed. You can find them on the sites below; stores such as Walmart, Target, Go, Calendar Club, Barnes & Noble, and at amazon.com. For hard-to-find games, try shops such as Games Plus (101 W. Prospect Ave., Mt. Prospect; 847-577-9656), Cat & Mouse (2212 W. Armitage Ave.; 773-384-4454) and Marbles the Brain Store (55 E. Grand Ave.; 312-494-7769). Read the Article
11/17/08 Marbles on Metromix Take a look inside the new Marbles: The Brain Store in Chicago
11/7/08 NBC Chicago, Train Your Brain at Marbles: The Brain Store Read the article
11/4/08 Chicago Magazine, Sales Check section Check out the new mental-fitness mecca Marbles: The Brain Store (55 E. Grand Ave.; 877-527-2460) for hundreds of brain-teasing games and puzzles. It carries everything from software to books to kids activities. Read the article
10/28/08 makeitbetter.net Marbles: The Brain Store featured as a local treasure & resource on this Chicago-based blog. Read the article
10/20/08 Chicago Tribune Marbles: The Brain Store featured in "10 Cool Things to do this Week"
#1 GOOD THINKING
Marbles: The Brain Store, purveyors of games and books to help Baby Boomers keep their gray matter flexible, settles into its new home at Michigan and Grand Avenues. In this original-concept store, "Brain Age" and other Nintendo DS video games share space with Sudoku puzzle books and board games aimed at mental fitness. Smart idea. 312-494-7769. Read the article
07.23.09