Artist D. Lamar Preston's "Gifted to Me" sculpture was quietly installed at the corner of 62nd Street and Stony Island Avenue ...

Illinois schools chief Tony Sanders called the Trump administration’s decision to withhold almost $7 billion in federal ...

Midsommer Flight is bringing Shakespeare back to Chicago parks for the 12th summer, and its Nichols Park performances are ...

The skies opened up with a soft rain Friday morning as children on bikes, marching bands, politicians and floats took off ...

The Renaissance Society’s new show, "Germinations," by Lima-born artist Ximena Garrido-Lecca consists primarily of a large ...

This piece was originally published before the bill was signed into law by President Donald Trump on Friday, July 4, 2025.

The world premiere of Atra Asdou's “Iraq, But Funny” at Lookingglass Theatre Company lives up to its title — and then some.

The Grant Park Music Festival is one of the nation’s few free outdoor classical music series. It was created in 1935, when ...

Clara Louise Jones Oklu was born in Chicago to Laura Jones on January 11, 1945. Clara was the youngest of six children, with two older sisters, Earlean and Edna and three older brothers, Raymond, ...

A long-awaited memorial to honor survivors of police torture in Chicago is on track to break ground by the end of this year, ...