Arts | Now at Chicago Maritime Museum, exhibits devoted to a Black sailor and the deadly sinking of the Lady Elgin By Hannah Edgar May 26, 2024 at 10:45 p.m. The Lady Elgin was a steamship that sank in 1860 with the loss of 302...
Local News | Landlocked in its Crystal Lake home, Raue Center for the Arts wants to bring performing arts venue to East Dundee By Gloria Casas May 22, 2024 at 6:17 p.m. The Raue Center for the Arts wants to work with East Dundee to create a...
Entertainment | Inspired by Studs Terkel, a Chicago artist celebrates Uptown heroes on bus shelters By Rick Kogan May 15, 2024 at 11:03 a.m. Hana Bleue Chaussette's new public art exhibition is called âUnsung Heroes of Uptown" and is...
Arts | With name change, it’s the Griffin Museum of Science and Industry By Doug George May 15, 2024 at 6:12 a.m. The MSI in Hyde Park offers free admission on Sunday for the name change, which...
Arts | Coming to Chicago museums: SpaceX Dragon at MSI, Georgia OâKeeffe at Art Institute By Jennifer Day May 8, 2024 at 5:15 a.m. Also in museum news, a return for the American Writers Festival and a fire station...
Arts | Review: When Japan became modern: Meiji-era art and artifacts are now at Smart Museum By Lori Waxman May 7, 2024 at 5:30 a.m. âMeiji Modern: Fifty Years of New Japanâ is a building-wide exhibition and much of it...
Arts | Field Museum has a new fossil of an avian dinosaur, unveiled at an event Monday By Jennifer Day May 6, 2024 at 3:45 p.m. Called an Archaeopteryx, museum officials say it's their most important fossil acquisition since Sue the...
Arts | Who is DCASEâs new commissioner? A few questions for ClinĂ©e Hedspeth By Hannah Edgar May 1, 2024 at 5:45 a.m. The changeover in the department came just before the summer festival season. Hedspeth says she's...
Politics | Gov. J.B. Pritzker and wife donate key Civil War document to Lincoln presidential library By Jeremy Gorner May 3, 2024 at 6:31 p.m. Gov. J.B. Pritkzer and his wife, M.K., donated a key document from the Civil War...
Entertainment | A portrait by Gustav Klimt has been sold for $32 million at an auction in Vienna By Associated Press April 24, 2024 at 5:16 p.m. A portrait of a young woman by Gustav Klimt that was long believed to be...