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An underpass on Foster now features authentic Native American imagery, as well as symbols from neighborhood residents.
3 months ago | Natasha Wasinski
The theater is closed until further notice while owners and managers hash out their differences.
7 months ago | Natasha Wasinski
Kuumba Lynx, a nonprofit arts and education organization founded in 1996, strives to offer teen-agers a chance to express themselves through spoken word, dance and other activities.
8 months ago | Jennifer Fernicola
Art Therapy Connection uses clay and paint help Chicago traumatized by abusive households and the violent lose of loved ones. A gala benefit raising money for the organization is set for Saturday.
8 months ago | Raven Moore
The Morse Theatre, which opened four months ago and offered live music in Rogers Park, may close. Alderman Joe Moore is asking residents to support the establishment.
9 months ago | Natasha Wasinski
A recent session, Chemistry of Cooking, paired a well-known chef and a biologist, who talked about cooking with lasers and other ways to bring lab tools and approaches into the kitchen.
10 months ago | Theresa Boehl
Commissioning works of art is usually thought of as a pastime of the super-rich or art connoisseurs. But a new exhibition in Hyde Park is challenging that notion by cultivating art patrons from the community.
1 year ago | Megan Cottrell
Weather and repairs have diminished a once vibrant mural in Hyde Park. The artist who originally painted it back in the early 1970s is painstakingly restoring it.
1 year ago | Kate Gardiner
Artist Chris Drew is trying to rally opponents of a city law that requires artists who wish to sell items with a message to obtain a permit and submit copies of their work in advance.
1 year ago | Megan Cottrell
The Art Institute of Chicago's new exhibit on Benin puts the city in the middle of an international conversation about western museums' holdings of colonial treasures.
1 year ago | Robert O'Connor
Jefferson Park sculptor Donna Hapac is one of few artists whose works began with the purchase of 2,500 acrylic press-on fingernail extensions over the Internet.
1 year ago | Peggy Zabicki
The Art Institute of Chicago has opened its first exhibit in the Richard and Mary Gray Wing featuring prints and drawings collected by the families of five museum trustees.
1 year ago | Robert O'Connor
Professional artists from Chicago and elsewhere have until May 15 to submit slides of previous work, a resume, and a written statement about their qualifications.
1 year ago | Tasneem Nomanbhai
The winner will receive a $1,000 scholarship and summer-long exposure at the city's farmers markets. This year's market theme is 'healthy living.'
1 year ago | Paul D. Bowker
Jeff Semmerling, a Chicago-based artist, explores the transformative power of accessories most often thought of as Halloween props. Leading theater groups use his masks.
1 year ago | Jack Newell
