Berks’ Best judges come from the business world, government, nonprofits and academia. We’ve asked these working professionals and experts in their fields to represent our community in selecting the ...

These besties don’t let the challenging commute between Lincoln Park and Brighton Park keep them from slaying the day away together.

The histories of some pieces of land in Chicago are well-known. The Thompson Center in the Loop stands on the former site of the Sherman House Hotel. The Chicago Police Belmont Area Headquarters and ...

One of Chicago architecture’s most dramatic rescue stories could face another relocation. The Art Institute of Chicago is weighing expansion plans that could force the removal of the historic Chicago ...

The Chicago Stock Exchange Trading Room at the Art Institute, Pope Leo XIV’s childhood church and the bridge tender houses along the Chicago River are among the at-risk sites highlighted in an annual ...

Klaus Mäkelä won’t officially assume the reins of the Chicago Symphony until next fall, but the phenom conductor is already busy, leading concerts, overseeing auditions and taking the ensemble on tour ...

CHICAGO — Norman Rockwell’s “The Dugout,” a classic portrait of slumped Cubs, dejected Cubs, defeated Cubs, a morose team resigned to an existential slog of failure, now hangs in the Art Institute of ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- African Americans continue to be instrumental in helping to shape the world of aviation in Chicago and across the nation. On Tuesday, they were honored during Black History Month. It ...

“The first artwork by Norman Rockwell to enter our collection, this 1948 painting captures the highs and lows of players and fans following the Cubs’ doubleheader loss to the Boston Braves,” alerts ...

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Running an art museum may be one of the toughest jobs in the arts at the moment. There are cuts in federal support and philanthropic pullbacks to contend with. Sociopolitical jabs from the left and ...