Theatre Communications Group, the national organization for nonprofit theater, is about to release its latest annual report on the fiscal health of the field, Theatre Facts 2021. (Yes, it’s almost 2023, but this stuff takes time to collect.) The news is not great. The report, which compares results over a five-year period, tracks the startling […]
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Arts folk: what would you do with $20 million?
How bad is COVID-19 damage to the arts sector? Arts Alliance Illinois says it’s been researching that question and will be releasing the results any day now. I didn’t have them by press time, but it’s safe to assume they’ll be brutal. The heads of both the AAI and Chicago’s Department of Cultural Affairs and […]
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Will Silk Road still rise? Will we?
Jamil Khoury and Malik Gillani have been facing more than COVID closure.
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At Theater on the Lake, a free Prologue to a free season
Theater on the Lake kicks off its season with a free three-day seminar for the Chicago theater community.
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The first black leader of the Jazz Institute of Chicago, Heather Ireland Robinson, talks segregation and infrastructure
Robinson embarks on her 20th year in Chicago arts administration by taking the reins of the Jazz Institute.
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Which mayoral candidate will be better for the arts?
Rahm and Chuy answer art-related questions posed by Accelerate Culture.
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One year in, the Chicago Cultural Plan is already receiving plaudits
What has the Chicago Cultural Plan actually done?
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Empty Ice Cream Suit? Sharp-dressed NEA chair Rocco Landesman in Chicago
NEA chair charms in Chicago, but message is familiar.
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Chicago Artists Coalition News
Chicago Artists Coalition hires a new executive director.