Thousands of workers marched through Chicago to support the eight-hour workday, but a failed general strike proved the employers right. Three days before the Haymarket Affair — in which a bomb was ...

Renowned Chicago street artist Dont Fret died at age 36 after a prolonged illness. Known for his murals depicting working-class people, Dont Fret's art is prominent throughout Chicago. His work, ...

Calling itself a "living urban canvas," this art district was established by Columbia College Chicago in 2013 to bring fresh art into the city's everyday spaces. With its free-to-access murals ...

A developer wants to build two 20-plus story towers in downtown Columbia. If approved, the builders will cater to students and offer market-rate apartments.

He was a Columbia College Chicago graduate and part of the 2000s Wicker Park art scene, which largely disappeared amid gentrification. Dont Fret also achieved larger artistic success and notoriety ...

When Tammy Rutledge took over as head of Chicago’s specialty public health clinics in 2022, she realized immediately they ...

Fisher created the Big Fruit mural visible from the Howard Street station, and a new mural — a facade on a facade — can be ...

including the University of Illinois at Chicago, Columbia College Chicago, Evanston Township High School, Northwestern University, and others. The students will hold a rally in support of ...

The dance features Founding Artistic Director and CEO Vershawn Sanders-Ward's new staging of Written on the Flesh and a premiere by choreographer Bebe Miller. Miller made her Dance Center debut at ...

Many sites associated with past popes’ lives have become museums or holy destinations for the faithful. But Pope Leo XIV’s ...