At the intersection of technology and taxidermy, you'll find the Leading Lights Awards.

Eryn Leavens, Special Features & Copy Editor

June 9, 2015

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No one throws a party like Light Reading, and the 2015 Leading Lights Awards bash was no exception.

Chicago's Field Museum set the perfect backdrop for this momentous occasion. Elephants took center stage while Sue the T-Rex roamed the main floor. On the wings (ha!), the birds watched over the goings-on of the evening. The food was incredible, and the dessert spread, sponsored by Infinera Corp. (Nasdaq: INFN), was quite the display.

While the award winners were the true stars of the night (and we'll have another slideshow on them soon), there was much to be seen at the museum itself. Click through the following slideshow to see some of our favorite scenes from the event.

Figure 1: Sue the T-Rex Sue the T-Rex watched over the evening's proceedings. Sue is 'largest, best-preserved, and most complete Tyrannosaurus rex ever found.' Pretty impressive specimen! Sue the T-Rex watched over the evening's proceedings. Sue is "largest, best-preserved, and most complete Tyrannosaurus rex ever found." Pretty impressive specimen!

— Eryn Leavens, Copy Desk Editor, Light Reading

About the Author(s)

Eryn Leavens

Special Features & Copy Editor

Eryn Leavens, who joined Light Reading in January 2015, attended the School of the Art Institute of Chicago before earning her BA in creative writing and studio arts from Hampshire College in Amherst, Mass. She also completed UC Berkeley Extension's Professional Sequence in Editing.

She stumbled into tech copy editing after red-penning her way through several Bay Area book publishers, including Chronicle Books, Counterpoint Press/Soft Skull Press and Seal Press. She spends her free time lifting heavy things, growing her own food, animal wrangling and throwing bowls on the pottery wheel. She lives in Alameda, Calif., with two cats and two greyhounds.

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