At The Metropolitan Museum of Art, she rose from curator of American art to deputy director.” “After hiding in plain sight on ...

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Archaeologists studying ancient wells have discovered that some weren’t finished in a single effort. Communities might dig to the current water table, use the well for years ...

When Ted Erikson passed away earlier this year, he left behind a legacy of swimming accomplishments. He also took a bit of Chicago history with him. Ted was a fixture among the swimmers at Promontory ...

It is two-thirty in the morning at Carol’s Pub. Most of the other bars in the neighborhood have closed, and customers of all ages—from twenty-one to sixty—file in to order more beer and whiskey, and ...

While I ride CTA trains, mostly the Red Line, a few times a week, I was interested in getting a better sense of what conditions are like on the El at other times of the day. So I hung out on the Red ...

It’s a Friday afternoon and two young men from the suburbs are looking for a place to crash later that night, after hitting up the bars in Andersonville and Uptown. A friend recommended The Lodge ...

What Will Become Of DePaul’s Art Collection? DePaul’s plans to close its museum “raises questions about the fate of its collection, which contains around 4,000 works including paintings by artists ...

Lou Raizin has a big idea. It’s not the first time. The impresario, who leads Broadway in Chicago, was a catalyst in the creation of Millennium Park, and before that, the Loop Theater District. Lou’s ...

Grunts Rare Books closed its Pilsen brick-and-mortar store, they relay on Instagram. The project opened in October 2024, described as “art-centric bookstore and project space at 1500 South Western.” ...

Grain elevators were the city’s first skyscrapers, rising up as high as fifteen stories along the Chicago River and Sanitary and Ship Canal from downtown to the South Shore, supplying the nation’s ...

“Ornament & Information” presents work by a group of artists who live and work in either Chicago or Vienna, the city announces. “Through direct or indirect means, these artists’ practices engage and ...

An ARTnews report on this year’s edition of Expo notes that part of Navy Pier’s hall was walled off to create a smaller sales floor. “Dealers were thrilled with the change. ‘It feels fucking great,’ ...