Gov. Holcomb announces Mays-Medley will step down as executive director of the White River State Park Development Commission

Hell in a Handbag Productions Announces 20th Anniversary Season:
THE GOLDEN GIRLS: The Lost Episodes, Vol. 5 – SEX! | by David Cerda | Directed by Madison Smith
CHRISTMAS DEAREST | Book & Lyrics David Cerda | Music by David Cerda and Scott Lamberty | Directed by Derek Van Barham
Chicago & New York City! | THE DRAG SEED | by David Cerda | Directed by Cheryl Snodgrass
World Premiere! | A FINE FEATHERED MURDER: A MISS MARBLED MYSTERY | by David Cerda | Directed by Cheryl Snodgrass
Season Subscriptions Now On-Sale!

Lubeznik Arts Festival is back! August 21st - 22nd | Your favorite summer festival is back - for the 39th year!

The Neo-Futurists’ signature late-night show, The Infinite Wrench, returns for weekly in-person performances starting September 18th | 2021-2022 Season also includes: Collaboration with the Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival; World premiere of Lucille Ball-inspired WILDCATS; World premiere of Neo-Lab commission Elements of Style

Chicago’s only chalk art festival Chalk Howard Street adds in-person drawing and announces final schedule August 13th - October 16th | Virtual Rogers Park festival culminates in live 3D art drawing, features acclaimed Chicago 3D chalk artist Nate Baranowski and 8 local businesses

The Division of Historic Preservation & Archaeology (DHPA) now has Historic Preservation Fund (HPF) grant application packets available for FY2022 on our website.

HILTON | ASMUS CONTEMPORARY PRESENTS “ORIGINS”, AN EXHIBITION OF IMAGES BY WORLD-RENOWNED NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC PHOTOGRAPHERS PAUL NICKLEN AND CRISTINA MITTERMEIER | Exhibition Raises Awareness of Climate Crisis and Endangered Ecosystems,
Opens August 27th

YOUNG DANCERS AND THEATRICAL PERFORMERS FROM CHICAGO AND BEYOND INVITED TO AUDITION FOR A ROLE IN THE JOFFREY BALLET’S "THE NUTCRACKER" | Joffrey Tower, September 12th

Chicago Children's Choir to release new album Long Way Home, a recording of the first-of-its-kind stage adaptation of Homer's The Odyssey Written by the award-winning Q Brothers Collective and performed by Chicago Children's Choir | Watch the trailer NOW; Full album available for purchase and streaming August 17th

Strack & Van Til’s Checkout Challenge Helps to Jumpstart Opportunity Enterprises’ Annual Giving