Culture & The Arts
When Magic Happens: A When Magic Happens Holiday
It’s a When Magic Happens holiday, so let’s pop some champagne, bump some Nat King Cole, and queue up some holiday fun, WMH-style.
What’s That Building? The Leaning Tower of Niles
The structure was originally the centerpiece of a 22-acre park built in the 1930s for workers of the Ilg Electrical Ventilation Company.
The Rundown: A Chicago comic who regularly asks you to scream
Chicago comedian Kenya Elan is a cast member at The Lincoln Lodge in Logan Square. She says she regularly makes her audiences scream.
City invests in cultural programming with $1 million in grants to Chicago organizations
Nearly 30 community organizations and artists, most on the city’s West and South Sides, received grants from Mayor Brandon Johnson and the Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events.
Hanukkah celebrations begin as Chicago area prepares for eight days of lights
Hanukkah, the Jewish Festival of Lights, is an eight-day commemoration that begins Thursday.
New clubs, bigger acts: Could the western suburbs be Chicago’s next big music destination?
Robert’s Westside joins several independent venues within a short drive west of the Loop that have settled in the western suburbs.
Near West Side union hall’s sale could mean ‘heartbreaking’ destruction of historic union-themed mural
Completed in 1974 by Chicago artists John Pitman Weber and Jose Guerrero, the painting is inside the United Electrical Workers union hall, which soon could be sold and redeveloped.
Yes, you are an activist
Omkari Williams empowers everyone to create change, no matter the scale, in her new book ‘Micro Activism.’
When Magic Happens: Oh, To Be a Kid Again
Do you remember the time before rent and bills, or men and menopause? We’re talking childhood nostalgia and nurturing the inner child.