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Ciera Mckissick in front of Devan Shimoyama's "Smoke and Sage."

Fall preview: Ciera McKissick blurs the art world lines because she ‘wants to do it all’

May 22, 2026 at 8:03 p.m.

Walking through the Hyde Park Art Center shortly before its big "Artists Run Chicago 2.0" exhibition opened early this month, Ciera McKissick was thrilled. "It's so nice to see everything...

People view paintings of water lilies in the new exhibit "Monet and Chicago" on Sept. 10, 2020, as it opens at the Art Institute of Chicago.

Review: ‘Monet and Chicago’ show on the money at Art Institute

May 22, 2026 at 8:03 p.m.

Claude Monet, in his long and productive life, never came to Chicago. Yet there was an unmistakable bond between the French impressionist, painter of haystacks, and the Second City, "Stacker...

Chicago artist Nate Young, pictured earlier this year, will have a joint installation at the Driehaus Museum.

From Claude Monet to Frank Lloyd Wright, there are museum shows to see this fall

May 22, 2026 at 8:03 p.m.

It's not a full slate, like we would have seen in previous, pandemic-free Chicago autumns. But from Claude Monet to two big new Chicago art showcases to a look at...

A combination of book covers for "Give Us the Ballot" by Ari Berman, "Glory: Magical Visions of Black Beauty" by Kahran and Regis Bethencourt and "Nothing to See Here" by Kevin Wilson

2020 is winding down, but the drama isn’t: Read these books now to make sense of it

September 7, 2020 at 2:00 a.m.

Trainwreck. Demented. A dumpster fire of a year. We've all seen the social media memes, and most of us are ready to be done with 2020. But it isn't over...

The columns of Wrigley Square in Millennium Park and the Prudential Building, are lit in red on Sept. 1, 2020.

Chicago buildings in red spotlight need for arts relief during COVID-19 pandemic

September 2, 2020 at 8:44 p.m.

The columns of Wrigley Square in Millennium Park and the Prudential Building, are lit in red on Sept. 1, 2020. The Vic Theatre. The Vic Theatre is lit in red...

Review: In debut ‘NewsNation’ on WGN America promises balance, delivers convention

September 2, 2020 at 8:18 a.m.

More than a new primetime cable newscast, "NewsNation" sounds like the title of a TV series about a newscast. And you could do worse for against-the-odds drama than to try...

It’s a… lot! One dolphin and beluga twins, one stillborn, arrive in half a day at Shedd Aquarium

May 22, 2026 at 8:03 p.m.

In the span of 12 hours, Shedd Aquarium animal-care personnel witnessed a beluga whale giving birth to twins — an extreme rarity — and a Pacific white-side dolphin birthing a...

Chicago buildings will be lit in red to spotlight need for arts industry pandemic relief

August 31, 2020 at 1:45 p.m.

Buildings across Chicago and the nation will be lit in red Tuesday night to dramatize the urgent need for financial relief in the arts and other live events industries. Chicago...

It’s a boy beluga calf at Shedd, and another is expected soon

May 22, 2026 at 8:03 p.m.

Shedd Aquarium has welcomed a new beluga whale calf, and a second one is expected any day now, the aquarium announced Monday. A male calf now weighing 139 lbs. was...

Vehicles at the U.S. Postal Service Chicago headquarters in Chicago on Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2020.

Column: If you mess with the Post Office, you’re messing with pop culture

August 20, 2020 at 6:20 a.m.

Cliff Clavin on "Cheers" and Newman on "Seinfeld" were not, let us stipulate, paragons of efficiency. Clavin was a bumbler and a blowhard, Newman an inept schemer and malign presence,...

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