Neighbors have raised $20,000 to reopen Greenstone Church in Pullman, which has been shuttered for years because of unpaid bills.
Category: Arts
Chicago Palestine Film Festival looks at more than the war in Gaza to showcase ‘Palestinian joy’
Resistance takes many forms, said one filmmaker featured at the 24th annual event, and “one of the more impactful ways is film.”
Artists rip Mayor Brandon Johnson’s arts commissioner, department ‘dysfunction’ in letter
The letter, posted to Instagram Wednesday as a petition people can sign, harshly criticizes Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events Commissioner Clinée Hedspeth.
With comics and video games, ‘Native Pop!’ exhibits shows Native American history is not ancient history
The exhibit at the Newberry Library has everything from “Star Wars” clips to Polaroid pictures, showing through pop culture how Native stories are still being created. “We’re still here”
Yoko Ono exhibition is coming to the MCA — with Chicago as its only US destination
The exhibition will open here next fall, coming to Chicago from the Tate Modern in London, where it reportedly set attendance records.
Get ready to stay up late Thursday for a ‘blood moon’ and total lunar eclipse
Weather permitting, the celestial show will peak in the early hours of March 14 as a moon passes through the Earth’s shadow.
Chicago Architecture Center explores what rebuilding war-torn Ukraine might look like
After debuting in New York last summer, the exhibition “Constructing Hope: Ukraine” has opened in Chicago.
Pullman story gets northern exposure with mural along Kennedy Expressway
The legacy and impact of George Pullman and the Pullman Porters are featured in murals displayed along the Kennedy Expressway.
With a major new donation, the MCA will ramp up live performance in its theater
Thanks to a $10 million gift from an anonymous donor, Chicago’s Museum of Contemporary Art says it plans to greatly expand its live performance offerings in its 300-seat Edlis Neeson Theater.
Chicago Humanities Spring Festival boasts Leslie Odom Jr., Eve Ewing and Paul Reiser — because culture isn’t dead yet
It has always been a festival of ideas, never more appreciated than now.