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Lyons, IL · Arts & Culture
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Celebrating the exhibition of invention
LOVELAND, OH (October 30, 2026) – In Fun with Maps today, we honor the exhibition which celebrated the discovery of America by Christopher Columbus. The World’s Columbian Exhibition closed on October 30, 1893, in Chicago’s Jackson Park and the adjacent Plaisance Midway on the city’s south side.
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S.L.R. MAGAZINE
Block Club Chicago
Film Showing How Austin Leaders Are Redefining The West Side Takes Home Emmy
AUSTIN — A documentary about Austin and grassroots efforts to empower the West Side neighborhood took home a win at the 68th annual Chicago/Midwest Emmy Awards. The annual awards ceremony, a local chapter of the New York-based National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, took place last weekend at Swissôtel Chicago, 323 E. Wacker Drive.
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John Kass, longtime Chicago columnist for the Tribune and then his own website, says he’s calling it a career
John Kass, the longtime Chicago columnist who once wrote for the Chicago Tribune before starting his own website five years ago, will soon call it a career, according to a column Kass posted on his website Sunday.
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‘Chicago Has Always Been a Native Place’
Before 2024, the small museum of North American Indigenous cultures, located deep in suburban Evanston, was known as the Mitchell Museum of the American Indian. Founded by a non-Native couple of art collectors, John M. and Betty Seabury Mitchell, the Mitchell Museum displayed a comprehensive survey of Indigenous art and artifacts from across the continent, but it was missing one crucial thing: the input and leadership of contemporary Native people.
NBC Chicago
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newcity.com
Design Top 5: November 2026
(Cleve Carney Museum of Art) Chicago’s alternative comics scene comes into focus through the artists and community surrounding Ivan Brunetti’s influential “Linework.”. The first-ever design triennial brings together twenty-six designers and collectives exploring technology, ecology, care and community. Through February 14, 2027. 3. Temporary Permanence: The Urbanization...
Riverside Brookfield Landmark
Riverside Arts Weekend is in jeopardy
Riverside Arts Weekend has been bringing art vendors to the village’s downtown for a weekend of excitement since 2008, but if the community doesn’t step up soon, organizers say the beloved institution might not make it to its 20th year. While 2026 saw a successful Riverside Arts Weekend...
Daily Northwestern
Jazzing up Evanston: Local Note brings live music, signature cocktails to downtown
A saxophone filled a small room in Local Note, Evanston’s new jazz club, Thursday as performers amped up. The guitar and bass hit a delicate balance, taking turns in the spotlight as the melody formed. Lead singer Gordon Wright took to the microphone to guide the quintet, his voice...
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Artist’s Thayer Street Day of the Dead installation celebrates lives, legacies of lost loved ones
Evanston artist Teresa Parod has transformed her front yard at 2319 Thayer St.— and part of her neighbor’s— into a large Day of the Dead installation, with a tented altar, a glowing orange crescent moon and illuminated skulls celebrating the traditional Mexican holiday. Day of the Dead,...
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The rise and fall of the Genesis Convention Center in Gary, IN, and what comes after it on its downtown block
By July 1982, the Genesis Convention Center was open in downtown Gary, Indiana. The city's symphony played there that month, and seniors walked in for free. Before the year was out, Prince had played the arena. Over the next decades the building held Chicago Bulls exhibitions, two Miss USA pageants,...
chicagolandchamber.org
100 Years of Connection: What the Aragon Ballroom Tells Us About the Power of Live Experiences
The Aragon Ballroom first opened its doors in 1926 and, a century later, the iconic Chicago venue continues to bring people together through music and the timeless power of shared in-person experiences. The venue celebrates its 100-year anniversary this year, with a rich past including time spent as a roller-skating...
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Secret Chicago
Chicago’s $25 true-crime museum hides the world’s largest John Wayne Gacy archive behind a Milwaukee Avenue horror shop
A horror-film shop on Milwaukee Avenue offers more than movies to take home. At 1829 N. Milwaukee Ave. in Bucktown, Graveface Chicago / Terror Vision Video shares its address with the Graveface Museum, a ticketed collection exploring true crime, sideshow history, the occult, and other unconventional subjects. The Chicago museum opened in 2022 as a second location following its Savannah flagship. Inside, visitors can explore displays covering everything from historical sideshows and taxidermy to the history of mental healthcare and women in deathcare. One central exhibit focuses on John Wayne Gacy, with paintings, photographs, letters, and prison records displayed in a room arranged to resemble his death-row cell. According to the museum, Graveface holds the largest collection and archive of Gacy artwork and personal effects , with portions displayed at both its Chicago and Savannah locations. Other exhibits explore Anton LaVey and the Church of Satan, sideshow history, and David Huggins’ alien-encounter artwork. The museum’s subject matter is mature, encompassing death, murder, and mental illness; its visitor guidance encourages parents to consider whether the content is appropriate for their children. Horror films and vinyl at Terror Vision Video The retail side of the space caters to fans of physical media,
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‘Earl Adamant Allen’ Calls for Lasting Community Change on New Single “Lead the Way”
For Earl Adamant Allen, the issues addressed in his music are not abstract. As a crisis worker serving Chicago’s South Side, he encounters the pressures facing individuals and families firsthand. On his new single, “Lead the Way,” the rapper draws on those experiences to call for sustained investment in the next generation.