Get Chicago & Great Lakes culture news sent to your inbox every weekday morning. Subscribe to Newcity Today here. ART Sol LeWitt’s Missing Loop Sculpture Needs Rebuilding “A celebrated sculpture by ...

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A bill proposed earlier this month, the Art Market Integrity Act (pdf), “would amend the Bank Secrecy Act to require art dealers and auction houses to comply with anti-money-laundering and ...

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 ...

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Today In Culture, Friday, July 25, 2025: Joffrey Extends Lyric Stay | Old Town Omakase | Akris’ New Oak Street Flagship by Ray Pride | July 25, 2025 ...

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An accidental visit to the Wilson Men’s Hotel may scare off unsuspecting, if apocryphal, visitors today, but the Near West Side, Chicago’s legendary Skid Row, is no longer “Land of the Living Dead,” ...

By John Greenfield As I make my way through the blizzard to the Blue Line’s Logan Square stop, seven pigeons are huddled on Evelyn Longman’s giant eagle sculpture atop the Illinois Centennial Monument ...

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 ...

Part two in a series on the future of downtown Chicago. Part one. Part three. Order the issue. *** The Cultural Stadium contains multitudes. Here are some of the most noteworthy proposals from Lou ...