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Aug 19, 2018
Mayor Emanuel Interviews Singer, Actor and “Hamilton” Star Miguel Cervantes on “Chicago Stories”
Aug 16, 2018
Art On theMART To Launch September 29, 2018 As Largest Digital Art Projection In The World
Jul 22, 2018
Mayor Emanuel Interviews Actress and Comedian Erica Watson on “Chicago Stories” Podcast
Jul 14, 2018
Mayor Emanuel Interviews Ragtime Artist Reginald R. Robinson on “Chicago Stories” Podcast
Jul 12, 2018
Mayor Emanuel And DCASE Announce New Public Art Installation By Chicago-Based Artist Robert Burnier Coming To Chicago Riverwalk
Oct 16, 2024
Mayor Brandon Johnson, DCASE and Aviation Welcome New Installations From ‘The People’s Art Collection’ at Midway International Airport
Oct 9, 2024
Lease Agreements Approved for Community Plazas on City-Owned Land
Oct 9, 2024
Uptown’s TimeLine Theatre Will Receive TIF Support
Oct 9, 2024
TIF Proposed for East Garfield Park Construction Training Center
Sep 18, 2024
Renovated Ramova Theater Named City Landmark
Sep 18, 2024
TIF Support Proposed for Timeline Theater Project in Uptown
Sep 18, 2024
TIF Funding Proposed for East Garfield Park Performing Arts Center
Aug 28, 2024
Mayor Brandon Johnson and DCASE Invite Chicagoland Musicians to Audition for the 2024 Chicago Made Music Showcase— Grand Prize Winner Receives $10,000
Jun 27, 2024
Mayor Brandon Johnson Launches Workers’ Rights Campaign for Creative Workers
Jun 3, 2024
City of Chicago Unveils Microsite Highlighting 47 Transformative Creative Placemaking Grant Projects
Mar 26, 2024
Choose Chicago, City of Chicago Announce Sundance Institute x Chicago 2024 Coming This Summer
Dec 13, 2023
Neighborhood Opportunity Fund Grant Will Support South Shore Arts Incubator
Oct 16, 2023
Former Little Village Firehouse to Become Community Arts Center
Oct 16, 2023
Former Little Village Firehouse to Become Community Arts Center
Oct 6, 2023
Choose Chicago, City of Chicago Announce Launch of Theater Season
Oct 4, 2023
O’Hare Terminal 5 Public Art Project Nears Completion
Sep 13, 2023
Former Little Village Firehouse Proposed as New Arts Center
Sep 6, 2023
Chicago Arts & Health Pilot For Creative Workers: A Pathbreaking Initiative to Integrate Arts Into Community Wellness and Support Artists to Gain Health Training
May 24, 2023
City Grant Would Support New Little Village Business Incubator
Jan 4, 2023
City of Chicago Announces Inaugural Chicago Poet Laureate Program
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