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Chicago Architecture Club unveils vision to revive State Street

It's been honored in song, but "State Street, that great street" is far from it's glory days, and the Chicago Architecture Club is now sharing ideas for how to revive its fortunes.

Chicago, IL · 1d

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Inside Chicago’s Burgeoning Art Scene

For one week each September, Chicago’s art world turns up the volume. This year’s Chicago Exhibition Week, presented by Gertie, a Chicago cultural platform, ran from September 14 to 20 and filled the Windy City with a slew of buzzworthy openings, exhibition walkthroughs, talks, and performances. It spanned galleries and institutions from West Town to Pilsen to Hyde Park, with free museum admission for anyone who completed the week’s map.

Chicago, IL · 1d

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WGA's annual Green Coat Gala raises over $1.4 million for caddies

GLENVIEW, Ill. — The Western Golf Association (WGA) hosted its 15th annual Green Coat Gala presented by Peter Millar on Friday, Nov. 6, raising over $1.4 million to help send deserving caddies to college through the Evans Scholars Foundation (ESF). More than 320 supporters attended the black-tie affair at...

Chicago, IL · 2d

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Poetry Foundation President and CEO Michelle T. Boone Announces Retirement

CHICAGO, November 10, 2026— Michelle T. Boone, president and CEO of the Poetry Foundation, will retire after a decades-long career spanning entertainment, nonprofit arts leadership, and cultural philanthropy. The Poetry Foundation board of trustees has formed a search committee and will select a firm to lead the search for Boone’s successor. Boone will remain at the Foundation through the end of 2027 to ensure continuity and stability as the Foundation enters its next leadership chapter.

Chicago, IL · 2d

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Author George Saunders to deliver Campus Reading Program keynote on Nov. 19 at Northwestern

Booker Prize-winning author George Saunders will deliver the keynote address for Northwestern University’s Campus Reading Program at 4:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 19, at Cahn Auditorium, 600 Emerson St. Free tickets are available through the Norris Box Office for both the Northwestern community and the general public. Earlier this year,...

Evanston, IL · 1d

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Chicago’s South Side used to be a hub for Black theater. There’s hope it could flourish again

Built in 1897, the Forum Hall in Bronzeville may appear to be in a state of disrepair. But the venue, a staple of the 1950s-era Black Metropolis, is on the precipice of a return. Today, developer Bernard Loyd is working to revitalize the Forum and has already brought musicians back...

Chicago, IL · 2d

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The Rifleman's Chuck Connors gave Chicago a shoutout in 1961

Even an Old West cowboy needed a change of scenery sometimes!. Chuck Connors was best known for his role as Lucas McCain on The Rifleman. As a hardworking rancher with a strong moral compass, McCain was the perfect picture of a classic Western hero. But off-screen, Connors was quite a bit more of a city boy than his TV counterpart.

Chicago, IL · 3d

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Chicago's Rico MJ Brings Michael Jackson Tribute to Kankakee's Majestic Event Center

A Chicago performer who has spent years channeling Michael Jackson's signature spins and glittering costumes is bringing his tribute act to Kankakee for one night only. Enrico “Rico” Hampton, known on stage as Rico MJ, is scheduled to perform Michael Jackson's greatest hits at the Majestic Event Center on Saturday, Nov. 28, with Motown singer Lisa Joyce opening the show.

Kankakee, IL · 3d

Chicago Public Radio

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The Rundown: The South Side’s Black theater scene

Good afternoon! It’s Tuesday, and this cranberry crème brûlée is now on my shortlist of things to make this month. Here’s what you need to know today. As WBEZ’s Mike Davis writes, the South Side was home to some of the first Black theater companies in the country, including the first Black equity company, The Kuumba Theatre Company, founded in 1968. In the ’60s and ’70s, Black theater companies on the South Side thrived, including eta Creative Arts Foundation and Theodore Ward’s South Side Center for the Performing Arts.

Chicago, IL · 2d

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Dick Biondi doc comes to the Lake to celebrate rock DJ

Anyone who grew up with a transistor radio under their pillow in the early 1960s in Chicago — or anywhere in the entire Midwest for that matter — remembers Dick Biondi. . Chicago would have more than a few exceptionally talented and engaging radio personalities over the decades, but Biondi holds a special place in Chicago radio history, and in the hearts and imagination of his now aged listeners. The “Wild I-tralian” ushered in a new era in Chicago radio as rock ‘n’ roll music, already popular with Elvis Presley, was about to explode as the Beatles and the British Invasion swept through America 

Chicago, IL · 2d

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Siskel and Ebert’s legacy will be honored with a new Chicago monument

To support the effort, some of Hollywood's biggest names have donated some film memorabilia for auction at siskelandebertstatue.org.

Chicago, IL · 2d

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Cynthia Ramirez joins Green Hills Library Board

Cynthia Ramirez has joined the Green Hills Public Library District Board of Trustees, bringing her interest in education, literacy and public service to the seven-member board. Ramirez was sworn in during the board’s Oct. 19 meeting and will serve until the next Consolidated Election in April 2027. “I am...

Palos Hills, IL · 2d

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Strand Theater opening pushed to 2027

The Strand Theater, future home of the Glaser Players local acting troupe and other community programming, is now set to open in the first months of 2027. John Dumas, the leader of the Brookfield Theater Corporation that will operate the Strand Theater, said the Strand is now set to open in January or February 2027 in downtown Brookfield. Dumas said in September that the group was planning to host a ribbon cutting on Dec. 4 and hold its first performances in the space that weekend.

Brookfield, IL · 2d

Chicago Public Radio

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Review: ‘Heroes of the Fourth Turning’ reflects a generational split on conservatism. But the debate feels stale.

I often joke with friends about how significantly our world shifted in 2020. Our lives essentially split into a pre- and post-COVID-19 existence, and everything that happened in the before-times feels like it occurred in a completely different lifetime. That’s dramatic. But it’s the result of a once-in-a-lifetime global pandemic...

Chicago, IL · 1d

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Literary Portals: Chicago’s Indie Bookstore Renaissance Is Built Through Community

Once a month in Evanston, women flock to a little storefront on Main Street for “Hot Moms Night.” The space isn’t a bar or a nightclub, it’s a bookstore. These moms are there to have a drink, listen to good music and talk about books. Betsy...

Chicago, IL · 1d

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Longtime Chicago arts leader Michelle T. Boone to retire from Poetry Foundation top role

The Chicago-based Poetry Foundation announced Tuesday that its president and CEO, Michelle T. Boone, will retire at the end of 2027. Boone, who previously served as the city’s cultural commissioner, led a period of change at the foundation, which is among the largest funders of poetry organizations nationally. Boone,...

Chicago, IL · 1d

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UChicago’s Banned Books Scholar on the Chilling Effect of Censorship Efforts Across the US

As a longtime English language arts teacher in Florida, Dulcey Hunter knows firsthand the benefits of students reading banned books in the classroom and conversely, the chilling effect that book bans can have on educators. Since September, Hunter has served as the University of Chicago’s inaugural banned books postdoctoral scholar,...

Chicago, IL · 2d

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Hundreds try to move Chicago's Bean sculpture in viral internet stunt

Chicago, IL · 3d