Head to the basement and grab those Super 8 films Grandpa shot at the forest preserve picnic: it’s Chicago Home Movie Day. Chicago Film Archives and the Chicago Film Society join forces this year to present the annual celebration of Chicagoans’s home movies, screened from 11 AM-3 PM at the Chicago History Museum (1601 N. […]
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Haunted dolls, navigating narcissism, Cristela Alonzo, and more
Spooky season is upon us, and what a more uncomfortable way to celebrate than with dolls. Through November 6, the Chicago History Museum (1601 N. Clark) presents “Haunted Dolls & History’s Horrors,” a collection of dolls hidden in 13 spots throughout their exhibit “Chicago: Crossroads of America.” Each (haunted?) doll is part of the museum’s […]
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Haunted bars, Ibsen, Mardi Gras, and wrestling
Looking for a good way to close out the month? Here’s some activities coming up that will have you ending February with love and entering March with joy. FRI 2/25 From 7-9 PM tonight, the HIV prevention initiative Trans Chicago will team up with Black and queer-led artist collective Da Crib to host 4 Da […]
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Thirty years ago, a Black queer zine captured the scene that birthed house
Robert Ford and Trent Adkins shaped the bold, subversive, gossipy, funny, deeply engaged voice of Thing, which was felled by the AIDS pandemic in 1993.
Posted inArts & Culture
Vivan Maier makes the everyday extraordinary
An exhibit at the Chicago History Museum offers a new perspective on the enigmatic photographer’s work.
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The modern home
Modern in the Middle is a groundbreaking compendium of Chicago’s midcentury residential architecture.
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We’re living (and dying) in a historic moment
Chicago History Museum is collecting the city’s pandemic experience.
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Chicago History Museum keeps the virtual lights on
Departing president Gary Johnson talks about going digital in a pandemic.
Posted inNews & Politics
The long death of Jean Lalime
A classic tale of Chicago corruption, and also of rabbinical law, frontier justice, and the city’s first murder
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When the blues electrified Chicago
The streets and sounds of the city in ’60s come alive in new exhibit at the Chicago History Museum.
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Ten great photos taken during the heyday of the blues
Images of Muddy Waters, James Cotton, and Bob Dylan are among 1,000 searchable photos by Raeburn Flerlage that are now online.
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Are interest-rate swaps a bad bet?
During a decade of low rates, they were a major expense for the city’s cultural institutions.
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Found Footage Festival, Chicago Marathon, Music Box of Horrors, and more of the best things to do in Chicago this weekend
Steve Martin and Martin Short at the Chicago Theatre, and more happenings from October 6-8
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Chicago police have solved less than 20 percent of the murders committed in 2017, and other news
Also, 12 museums are offering free admission for CPS students this week.
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Chance the Rapper at the Bud Billiken Parade and more of the best things to do in Chicago this weekend
Rust Belt Chicago: An Anthology release party, Night at the DuSable, Seinfeld Trivia Night, and more happenings August 11-13