Charles Storch

The director of Gallery 37, Chicago's arts training program for youths, said Tuesday that she is leaving to join the Joyce Foundation as culture program officer. Michelle Boone, 42, has...

Aides to a beleaguered mayor of Chicago devise a gimmick to deflect public criticism of their boss, one that involves, as a staffer puts its, "a concept everybody supports but...

Talk about love -- Toni Morrison did on the final weekend of the 14th annual Chicago Humanities Festival. Talk about money -- that's something poets rarely do, noted Joseph Parisi....

"Saving and Spending" may be the official theme of this year's Chicago Humanities Festival, but our quick peeks at some opening-weekend highlights might be better titled "comedy and tragedy." From...

Chicago -- city of shrugged shoulders when it comes to baseball success -- has reason to cheer: The Cubs are in the playoffs! Although a World Series here is not...

The Lyric Opera of Chicago said Thursday it has reached a tentative contract with the union representing its chorus, other non-instrumentalist artists and production personnel. Terms of the proposal, reached...

Over the last two decades, the collective waistline of Americans may have ballooned but apparently not because of any consuming new appetite for the arts. A recently released report from...

The Elmhurst Art Museum, which has been stretching its regional horizons with recent traveling shows from Washington, is planning to organize its first major international show, on the China-born Zhou...

The board of the Terra Museum of American Art said Friday it would close its exhibition space on North Michigan Avenue in late 2004 and place the jewels of its...

The backstage drama continues at the Chicago Theatre, where the general manager has exited and promoter Jam Productions waits in the wings to play a role. Joseph Arneth, the State...