“Elevated Chicago, which promotes transit-oriented developments citywide, will use the grant to fund local art projects that preserve identities amid displacement of Black and Brown residents,” ...

Today in Chicago culture: Friday, May 2, 2025.“With Pitchfork in the rearview mirror, Reed is curating a multivenue ‘music experience’ unlike any we’ve seen before,” reports WBEZ, on Reed’s new Sound ...

Get Chicago culture news sent to your inbox every weekday morning. Subscribe to Newcity Today here. ART Chicago’s Wright And Toomey & Co. Auction House Sets Two New World Records For Sales In ...

The Ignite Fund, supporting the creation and public presentation of visual arts-based projects by Chicago-area artists and artist-led collectives, has announced its 2023 group of grantees. Ten artists ...

“Startup incubator 1871 is leaving its longtime home at the Merchandise Mart, the latest example of how the pandemic has organizations rethinking their need for office space,” reports Crain’s. “We ...

The first stop I made was at the 1000 block of Newport Avenue. There I visited with Ron Mendoza, who owns both the lot and the building bordering it to the east. The building, which faces Clark Street ...

“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, ...

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 ...

“Opting for England’s favorite spirit, gin, dry vermouth, and lemon oil undergo a process of homogenization in a jewelry cleaner, which gives the cocktail a silky, smooth texture,” says Hawksmoor.

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, ...

Get daily culture news sent to your inbox every weekday morning. Subscribe to Newcity Today here. ART Wabash Arts Corridor Named One Of Nation’s Ten Best Chicago’s South Loop Wabash Arts Corridor, ...

Is The Art World Preparing For A Possible Trump Return? In a second term, Trump “might cut arts funding and hamper diversity efforts, but his actual plans remain vague,” writes Artnet. “Given the ...