D. Lamar Preston’s “Gifted to Me” sculpture is on display at 62nd and Stony near the Hyde Park Academy High School, reports WBBM-TV. “Preston was selected for the Richard Hunt Award, which honors a ...

The Richard and Mary L. Gray Center for Arts and Inquiry at the University of Chicago has announced the fourteenth issue of Portable Gray. “Pope.L: The Chicago Years” is a hardcover edition of their ...

ARIES (March 21-April 19): In the days before lighthouses, some coastal communities used “fire beacons”—elevated structures where people tended open flames to guide sailors. In the coming weeks, Aries ...

Today in Chicago culture: Monday, July 7, 2025.FILM & TELEVISION “The Bear” Renewed For Fifth Season Further montages of familiar Chicago imagery and sensations of kitchen PTSD will return, relays ...

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Greek philosopher Socrates declared, “The unexamined life is not worth living.” That extreme statement is a foundational idea of Western philosophy. It’s hard to do! To be ...

“The Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago announced William Silverstein as the new chair of the board of trustees,” reports Crain’s. “In a statement, the museum said Silverstein, who has been a trustee ...

Gray has named Valerie Carberry the president and chief executive officer of the gallery. Carberry has worked alongside Paul Gray as a partner since 2015, and will head the gallery as Gray assumes the ...

Today In Culture, Thursday, June 12, 2025: MillerKnoll Archives Opening Soon | Heritage Caviar Bar Closes | RIP Brian Wilson, Former St. Charles Resident by Ray Pride | June 12, 2025 ...

“Chef Grant Achatz and Alinea Group have decided to close Fire, the restaurant that replaced Roister in Fulton Market. The restaurant opened in November. It was Alinea Group’s first new restaurant ...

Get Chicago & Great Lakes culture news sent to your inbox every weekday morning. Subscribe to Newcity Today here. ART Ox-Bow Buys Historic Building Ox-Bow School of Art and Artists’ Residency has ...

Get Chicago & Great Lakes culture news sent to your inbox every weekday morning. Subscribe to Newcity Today here. ART Theaster Gates and Rebuild Foundation Launch South Side “A Listening Space” “Set ...

Most ethnic social clubs like the Aid Society have disappeared. Built by immigrants as bridges to the old country, their children still used them as gathering places. But grandchildren—forgetting the ...