I met James Elder in the early 1980s when he was a creative writing student at Columbia College Chicago, who was well known as a gifted writer. Many years later, in the middle of my first interview I ...

Today In Culture, Friday, January 5, 2024: Unrest at WTTW | John Manion’s South American Redux | Howlin’ Wolf’s Home by Ray Pride | January 5, 2024 ...

With more candidates for Chicago mayor in the February 26 primary than players on a football team, we’re all being bombarded with “issues,” with “priorities,” with “policies” and “plans.” But you have ...

“Wrecking the Thompson Center robs Chicago of a one-of-a-kind building, taking with it that soaring, spectacular, glass-topped atrium,” writes Lee Bey in an earnest, detailed passage of advocacy at ...

“The Union League of Chicago is selling its prized Monet painting, according to a letter sent to members” and published by Politico’s Playbook. “Funds from the sale will go toward renovating rooms, ...

Expo Chicago Influence Expanding Under Frieze? “For its twelfth edition, Expo Chicago is strengthening its global ties via a collaboration with Kiaf, [the Korean International Art Fair], while ...

FILM & TELEVISION Alamo Drafthouse Slotted For Wrigleyville Ground Zero Chicago is slated to be one of multiple new locations for the Alamo Drafthouse movie theater chain that has about forty ...

Get daily culture news like this, sent to your inbox every weekday morning. Subscribe to Newcity Today here. ART Fresh Suit Filed Against Valpo Frosh Dorm O’Keeffe Deaccession “A lawsuit to stop the ...

As the sun dips beneath the rooftops on Throop, Kevin wakes, yawns and stretches across the asphalt. He sniffs, tasting the usual street delicacies on the air: Birrieria Reyes de Ocotlan’s beef cheek, ...

Today In Culture, Thursday, November 21, 2024: 3Arts And HPAC Announce New Leadership | “Framed Views” At Chicago Architecture Center | Kris Vire Remembered by Ray Pride | November 21, 2024 ...

ART Kansas’ Salina Art Center Hires Jefferson Godard as Curator Salina Art Center hired a new curator starting June 1: Chicago’s Jefferson Godard, who was director at Aspect/Ratio Projects. “The Art ...

“It took fifteen years to complete the Riverwalk. Part of it was the lack of maintenance on Lower Wacker and part of it was the water,” architect Carol Ross Barney tells Chicago magazine. “The old ...