Chicago, Comics Capital of the World
Two related exhibitions unspool a remarkable history of innovative cartooning
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Check Out These Summer Art Installations From Genius Grant Winners
Over the next year, venues across the city will exhibit art by 29 recipients of the MacArthur Foundation’s ballyhooed grants, with 12 shows happening this summer.
Ten Great Things to Do in June
It’s the return of summer! And this one has plenty of art, from an outdoor sculpture exhibition to the Obama portraits at the Art Institute.
Objects of Fascination
If you visit the Chicago History Museum, you will see only a fraction of its unparalleled collection. Among the hundreds of thousands of treasures carefully stashed away are these eight unique artifacts, each a window into a chapter of the city’s past.
Ten Great Things to Do in May
Make the most of the spring weather this month: See an interactive exhibit exploring Dr. Jane Goodall’s life or exercise outdoors with PAWS Chicago.
Chicago’s Arts Scene Has a Race Problem
Can a seven-year-old antiracism nonprofit solve it? The city’s biggest cultural institutions are betting heavily that it can.
Damon Locks and Black Monument Ensemble Make Music for the Moment
On their new album, the group channels a chaotic time of pandemic and protest through a dynamic sonic collage.
Ten Great Things to Do in April
You don’t have to go far to read intergalactic poetry and you can even stay home to go to Expo Chicago.
The Lyric Brings the Ring Underground, Literally
The company puts a twist on Wagner in its first drive-through opera.
How Activist Bernard J. Kleina Documented the Fight for Fair Housing
The life’s work of the photographer anchors an exhibition at the Elmhurst Art Museum.