With 2024 coming to a close, the A&E staff take a look back at their favorites from the year, from the stage performances that captivated us to the books that kept us turning the page.
The painted angels — with round childlike faces and wings — once were among the defining features of Old North Church when they were painted around 1730.
David Boxell, a resident at the King-Bruwaert House in Burr Ridge, got into nature photography as therapy for a neurological disorder.
As a Northwest Indiana behavioral health provider, Edgewater Health professionals want patients, especially teenagers, throughout the region to talk about mental health. A new art competition from the provider helps break that stigma, said LaTanya Woodson, director of community health education for Edgewater Health. “We need to start having more transparent conversations with our youth, particularly our teens,” Woodson said. “Speak out, reach out and shatter the silence that’s associated with mental health.” Edgewater Health is hosting an art competition called, “Speak Up. Reach Out. Shatter the Silence.” The competition is open for Indiana teenage residents enrolled in a Lake […]
As we approach the end of 2023, the critics and columnists of A+E reflect on the year to highlight some people who have made a difference in the city’s arts.
This year’s crop of newly public artistic creations lacks the landmark vibes of last year’s entrance of Mickey Mouse into the public domain. But they include a deep well of canonical works whose 95-year copyright maximums will expire. And the Disney icon’s public domain presence expands.
With 2024 coming to a close, the A&E staff take a look back at their favorites from the year, from the stage performances that captivated us to the books that kept us turning the page.
The Chicago Symphony Orchestra will start off 2025 with a free performance at Morton East High School in Cicero.
The new entrance exhibit in place of the former Caribbean Reef is part an ongoing renovation leading up to the aquarium’s centennial in 2030.
Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas, writer Rebecca Makkai, Chicago Fed President Austan Goolsbee, a professional Santa and more dish on their gift-giving tips and traditions.