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wbez.org > dance > 03/04/2026 > chicago-dance-nejla-yatkin-witch-mary-wigman-choreography-international-women-day

In 'The Other Witch,' a Chicago dancer weaves a spell for women everywhere

1+ hour, 50+ min ago  (1008+ words) Yatkin will perform "The Other Witch" on International Women"s Day in Chicago, before taking the work abroad. The chanting starts slowly, then builds as an eerie swirl of English, German and Turkish words fills the dark room. A shadowy…...

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wbez.org > architecture > 03/01/2026 > pride-dry-cleaners-modernist-79th-street-chatham-film-ali-chance-rapper-video

Modernist 79th Street dry cleaners featured in film ‘Ali’ and Chance the Rapper’s video set to close

3+ day, 1+ hour ago  (744+ words) Pride Cleaners, 558 E. 79th St., is scheduled to close Friday, after 67 years in business. Pride Cleaners is a Space Age spectacle in Chatham, with its radically tilted concrete roof and colorful freestanding Vegas-style sign beckoning customers " and devotees of modernist architecture " for…...

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wbez.org > museums > 02/26/2026 > depaul-art-museum-closing-in-june-amid-campus-layoffs-financial-troubles

DePaul Art Museum closing in June amid campus layoffs, financial troubles

5+ day, 15+ hour ago  (571+ words) After nearly 15 years of serving as a venue for underrepresented artists in Chicago and beyond, DePaul University announced Thursday that its art museum will close its doors for good on June 30. The DePaul Art Museum announcement comes two months after…...

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wbez.org > culture-the-arts > classical > 02/26/2026 > klaus-makela-conductor-cso-chicago-art-institute-tour

A day at the Art Institute reveals more about Klaus Mäkelä, Chicago's new maestro

6+ day, 6+ hour ago  (1745+ words) As Klaus M'kel' eases into his role as music director at the CSO, he's stepping into one of the most visible cultural perches in the city and in classical music at large. He spends precious free moments across the street,…...

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wbez.org > architecture > 02/24/2026 > whats-that-building-greyhound-terminal

What’s That Building? Greyhound terminal

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (7+ words) What's That Building? Greyhound terminal'WBEZ Chicago...

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wbez.org > arts > 02/23/2026 > black-artists-express-complicated-relationship-with-u-s-flag-in-show-honoring-nations-250th-anniversary

Black artists express complicated relationship with U.S. flag in show honoring nation's 250th anniversary

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (819+ words) Artists participate in a panel led by Devorah Crable at Pigment International's "Glory Glory" exhibition at Zhou B Art Center in Bridgeport on Friday. Inspired by their lived experience and worldview, Black artists have reimagined one of the country's most…...

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wbez.org > arts-culture > 02/23/2026 > pritzker-budget-arts-funding-flat-illinois-2026-2027-grants-trump

Pritzker budget proposal leaves funding flat for the arts in Illinois in 2026-2027

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (648+ words) Access Contemporary Music executive director Seth Boustead speaks to attendees before a performance on Aug. 7, 2025 at The CheckOut, 4116 N. Clark St. in Lake View. The new chamber music venue by Boustead's nonprofit is housed inside a former 7-Eleven store. It is…...

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wbez.org > say-more-with-mary-dixon-patrick-smith > 02/19/2026 > will-you-be-a-good-ancestor

Will you be a good ancestor?

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (79+ words) ARC Gallery in West Town is posing this question. ARC Gallery in West Town is posing this question. How are you responding to the myriad personal, collective and societal challenges confronting our world right now? How do you hope your…...

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wbez.org > arts-culture > 02/19/2026 > chicago-diversity-survey-arts-organizations-joffrey-ballet-goodman-theatre-architecture-center

More of Chicago’s top arts organizations agree to share diversity data following WBEZ/Sun-Times survey

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (1175+ words) The Goodman Theatre is among local arts groups working to diversify its staff and its programming. Here Lachrisa Grandberry acts out a script written by Thuan Dinh (right) during "Teen Studio: the Writer's Room," a teen playwriting workshop the theater…...

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wbez.org > wbez-news > 02/17/2026 > as-nick-cave-prepared-to-go-to-washington-he-set-mammoths-loose-on-chicagos-lakefront

As Nick Cave prepared to go to Washington, he set mammoths loose on Chicago’s lakefront

2+ week, 19+ hour ago  (187+ words) The slightly decomposed-looking sculptures appear as part of Cave's new exhibition at the Smithsonian American Art Museum. Hear about how "Mammoth" came together. Chicago artist Nick Cave adjusts the beaded net that adorns one of his mammoth sculptures that appear…...