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Arts and Culture

 Arts and Culture

Cultural Capital

 

Chicago is a top cultural destination, with dozens of world-class museums, Tony-award winning theater companies, a thriving musicscene and much more. From the performing to the visual arts, and film to fashion, Chicago is a leader in arts and culture. 

 

Most Recent News

 

April 16, 2012: Amateur Photographers Have A Shot At City Hall Exhibition

 

March 7, 2012: Chicago Cultural Center Presents Book Reading with Acclaimed Author Siobhan Fallon, March 20

 

March 1, 2012: Chicago Cultural Center Hosts 2nd Annual Cinema Q Film Series: “Cinema Q II”

 

February 29, 2012: Chicago Cultural Center Announces Spring 2012 Exhibitions

 

February 16, 2012: Artists Celebrate Chicago’s 175th Birthday With New Interpretations of the City’s Flag and Seal at Expo 72, March 2 – April 30

 

February 2, 2012: City Of Chicago Launches 2012 Cultural Plan Initiative

 

January 26, 2012: Dr. Martin E. Marty and Dr. Eboo Patel Lead an Engaging Dialogue About the Wonder of Death, February 9 at the Chicago Cultural Center

 

January 6, 2012: Wrocław School of Printmaking Exhibition Showcases Acclaimed Polish Artists at the Chicago Cultural Center, January 14-March 25

January 4, 2012: Chicago Cultural Center Brings Death to Life in Unprecedented New Exhibition "Morbid Curiosity: The Richard Harris Collection," January 28 – July 8, 2012

 

December 13, 2011: Vitalist Theatre Presents USA Premiere of Kobo Abe’s ‘The Ghost is Here,’ January 12-February 19

 

December 7, 2011: Millennium Park’s In the Works Theater Lab Series Presents a Sneak Peek of Tuta Theatre Chicago’s “Fulton Street Sessions”

 

November 30, 2011: Community Arts Assistance Program 2012

 

November 9, 2011: Project Onward Hosts Holiday Sale and Portrait Slam! December 9-10 at the Chicago Cultural Center

 

October 19, 2011: Polarity Ensemble Theatre Presents Chicago Premiere of Robert Bly’s Adaptation of Henrik Ibsen’s ‘Peer Gynt,’ November 15-December 18

 

October 7, 2011:“In The Works” Theater Lab Series at Millennium Park Returns for a Third Season


October 5, 2011: Chicago Cultural Center Hosts Book Launch Event for Aaron Cohen’s Aretha Franklin’s Amazing Grace, Oct. 16

 

October 5, 2011: Mayor Emanuel’s First Appointees To Cultural Advisory Council Approved By City Council

 

October 4, 2011: Celebrate the Holidays with “Caroling at Cloud Gate”

October 4, 2011: Maxim’s Hosts “The Literary Life,” a Conversation with Powerful Women Writers

September 29, 2011: October Brings Free Concerts of Jazz, Classical, Contemporary and World Music to the Chicago Cultural Center Seven Days a Week

 

September 29, 2011: Write Now: Artists and Letterforms Opens September 30 at the Chicago Cultural Center

 

September 15, 2011: Chicago Artists Month Art Walks, Tours, Open Studios Explore Spaces Where Artists Live, Work, Exhibit


September 13, 2011Fall 2011 At Work Forums

 

September 9, 2011: Helping the Community One Bite at a Time

 

September 6, 2011: Chicago Artists Month 2011 Featured Artists Celebrate Diversity of City’s Visual Arts Community

 

August 26, 2011: Large-Scale Sculpture The Runners to be Dedicated at O’Hare International Airport Tuesday, September 13

 

August 24, 2011: Chicago Cultural Center Fall 2011 Exhibitions

 

August 15, 2011: Chicago’s 40th Anniversary Soul Train Concert to Honor Don Cornelius in Millennium Park

 

August 8, 2011: Chicago Soars as a World-Class Center for Dance

 

July 26, 2011: Chicago Public Art Program Invites Artists to Apply to the Chicago Artist Registry to Be Eligible for Commissions of New Public Art Projects

 

July 21, 2011: Mortar Theatre Company Presents the World Premiere "Corazon de Manzana" at DCA Storefront Theater August 21-September 25

 

July 20, 2011: The 12th Annual Summer Opera Presents "Maria de Buenos Aires"


July 18, 2011: First-Ever Soul Train Photo Exhibition Celebrates 40th Anniversary of Chicago-Based TV Show

 

July 6, 2011: DCASE Announces Community Arts Assistance Program Awardees

 

June 28, 2011: Neighborhood Arts Program Brings Art Making to Chicago Neighborhoods

 

June 9, 2011: 15th Annual Chicago SummerDance

 

May 17, 2011: The Best of Carbaret and Unique Entertainment Comes to Maxim's

 

May 17,2011: Chicago Cultural Center 2011 Summer Exhibitions

 

April 27, 2011: Shashank, Chicago Cultural Center Presents welcomes revered Indian Classical flute player


April 13, 2011:
Avant_MUTEK comes to he Chicago Cultural Center, Music Under the Dome welcomes innovative electronic music and digital art series

April 13, 2011: The Parkington Sisters at the Chicago Cultural Center, Music Under the Dome welcomes melodic all–sister folk, classical group

 

April 13, 2011: Movie Mojo: Hand-painted Posters from Ghana, Exhibition offers a rare look at vivid Ghanaian film posters April 30 – September 4, 2011

 

October 29, 2010: Chicagopublishes.com New Website Showcases Chicago’s Thriving Publishing Industry

 

 


 

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