Category: Arts and Culture

Wicker Park artists react to new mural registry

Chicago Talks, May 19, 2019May 21, 2019

In the weeks since Chicago created its first mural registry to protect public street art…

Chicago Talks, May 17, 2019May 17, 2019

The different faces of the cuy, our Guinea pig. IN SOME PLACES, they are kept…

Chicago Talks, May 16, 2019

Bulletin boards, sign-up sheets and empty seats line the walls of the People’s Music School…

Chicago Talks, May 15, 2019May 15, 2019

Aguas Calientes, a required stop on the way to Machu Picchu, is quaint and chaotic….

Chicago Talks, May 14, 2019May 15, 2019

In an almost empty music hall, the beats of plena — a type of music…

Chicago Talks, May 8, 2019May 4, 2019

You come to Peru, you leave with alpacas UP IN THE ANDES in the Peruvian…

Chicago Talks, May 7, 2019

WHETHER YOU’RE ONE of the 7,000 students at Columbia College Chicago or just passing by…

Chicago Talks, May 6, 2019May 6, 2019

Hues and meaning on the other side of the Equator ON THE EARLY MORNING of…