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It is two-thirty in the morning at Carol's Pub. Most of the other bars in the neighborhood have closed, and customers of all ages—from twenty-one to sixty—file in to order more beer and whiskey, and ...

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Greek philosopher Socrates declared, “The unexamined life is not worth living.” That extreme statement is a foundational idea of Western philosophy. It’s hard to do! To be ...

The New York Times’ art critics pick eleven outstanding exhibitions from the first half of the year, including “Myth & Marble: Ancient Roman Sculpture from the Torlonia.” “Everything we ask of art is ...

Northern Trust, the presenting sponsor of Expo Chicago, “is fully committed to remaining independent, the bank said after the Wall Street Journal reported that Bank of New York Mellon had approached ...

The building itself is actually 138 years old, opening its doors in 1885 as the Studebaker Brothers’ Lake Front Carriage Repository. But they quickly outgrew their showplace. When the Fine Arts ...

The Cleveland Museum of Art has acquired Giambologna’s 1572 “Fata Morgana,” “one of only two marble works by the revered Mannerist sculptor in a U.S. museum,” reports The Art Newspaper. The museum ...

Today In Culture, Monday, June 23, 2025: Chicago Architecture Biennial Participants | Smoque vs. Weber | Nascar’s Chicago Swan Song? by Ray Pride | June 23, 2025 ...

“The Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago announced William Silverstein as the new chair of the board of trustees,” reports Crain’s. “In a statement, the museum said Silverstein, who has been a trustee ...

ART Chicago Artist Selva Aparicio Wins Burke Prize From Museum of Arts and Design New York City’s Museum of Arts and Design has announced Selva Aparicio [Newcity Art 50 and Breakout Artist] as the ...

Once you drive west beyond Bismarck, the state capital, you are struck by several things. One is the vastness of the sky and that the grasslands roll to the horizon, a simple beauty apart from ...

His thrice-yearly World Explorer magazine describes itself “Strange Tales of Discovery…and More Far-Out Adventures in Faraway Places.” A recent issue features a long story by Childress on Borobudur, ...