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St. Joseph, Michigan’s Krasl Art Center will present “Hull-House Artists in Chicago and Beyond” from August 2 through September 28. Curated by Michael R. Hill, Ph.D., archivist, author, art collector ...
MUSIC The Age Of Klaus Mäkelä “Not even thirty, Finnish conductor Klaus Mäkelä is already the buzziest name in classical music. Now he’s set to usher in a new era at the helm of the Chicago Symphony ...
“Times Square is about to get a sugar rush. Yvette Mayorga [Art 50 2023], the artist best known for her pink-hued, frosted confections, is unveiling her largest public artwork at the New York ...
“The architecture team of MAS Studio and Future Firm, along with Ellipsis Architecture, was commissioned to renovate two apartments in Chicago’s Marina City towers, originally designed by architect ...
Today In Culture, Monday, July 21, 2025: New Red Line Stations | S.K.Y. Moves to Belden-Stratford | Barnes & Noble Coming to Oak Park by Ray Pride | July 21, 2025 ...
“Pouring, Spilling, Bleeding: Helen Frankenthaler and Artists’ Experiments on Paper” opens at The Block Museum of Art on September 17. “The exhibition focuses on the pioneering print practice of Helen ...
“Scent designers” are working “with museums, heritage sites and other cultural spaces to create odors that can open an instant portal to the past,” writes Margaret Talbot at the New Yorker. One such ...
Get Chicago & Great Lakes culture news sent to your inbox every weekday morning. Subscribe to Newcity Today here. ART How Galleries Approach The Doldrums Of Summer “Most summer shows don’t intend to ...
Newcity published an annual summer guide for many years, which we subtitled a “user’s manual for sunshine.” We even had a summer website for a while. We love our middle months in Chicago. This issue ...
Today In Culture, Tuesday, July 15, 2025: Chicago Watch Company Reborn | Massimo Bottura Meets Cheddar | Physical Media Revival by Ray Pride | July 15, 2025 ...
The New York Times’ art critics pick eleven outstanding exhibitions from the first half of the year, including “Myth & Marble: Ancient Roman Sculpture from the Torlonia.” “Everything we ask of art is ...
“Chef Grant Achatz and Alinea Group have decided to close Fire, the restaurant that replaced Roister in Fulton Market. The restaurant opened in November. It was Alinea Group’s first new restaurant ...