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1927: The Stevens Hotel — then the largest hotel in the world — opened on Michigan Avenue. The $30 million, 28-story towers ...
From coding bots to building racetracks, CPS students took over the Field Museum for a NASCAR-fueled STEM showdown.
Hundreds of Chicago Public Schools students showed off their STEM skills at the NASCAR design challenge at the Field Museum Thursday.
The Negro National League debuted on May 2, 1920. Chicago, including the White Sox, played a role in getting it started, ...
The City of Chicago, which owns the statues, will not be bringing the statues back to their former sites in Grant Park and ...
Rookie Wire looked at the upcoming draft class following the early entry deadline and where things stand before the lottery ...
Deep in silence, as if under a spell, children watch intently as Bacuri, a young Amazonian manatee, glides around a small ...
The Chicago Park District reached a settlement over the 2020 removal of a Christopher Columbus statue from Arrigo Park. The statue will be loaned to a local Italian-American group for indoor display; ...
A New York judge ruled recently that Art Institute of Chicago has to surrender a hotly contested artwork that the Nazis ...
When Tammy Rutledge took over as head of Chicago’s specialty public health clinics in 2022, she realized immediately they ...
The first Saturday in May means it’s time for the 151st Kentucky Derby, America’s longest continuously held sporting event.
Alt Space Chicago is an art gallery that aims to involve the entire neighborhood. Co-founder Jordan Campbell calls it an ...