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Columns & Opinion, On Culture Jan 20, 2021
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Tim Samuelson may be retiring, but he's not history yet

Chicago's first and only cultural historian goes on emeritus status, but there's plenty of work ahead of him.
- By Deanna Isaacs
- Tags: On Culture, Tim Samuelson, Geoffrey Baer, Lori Lightfoot, Chicago Cultural Center, Richard Nickel, John Vinci, Commission on Chicago Landmarks, Chicago Historical Society, Barbara Koenen, Mike Lash, Department of Cultural Affairs, Lois Weisberg, Mana Contemporary, Chris Ware, Video

City Life, Space Sep 27, 2016
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Inside Mies van der Rohe's first high-rise, an eclectic marriage of style

The historic 1949 building in Hyde Park is home to Tim Samuelson and Barbara Koenen.
- By Laura Pearson
- Tags: Space, Space, Arts, Tim Samuelson, Barbara Koenen, Mies van der Rohe, Promontory Apartments, cultural historian, Adelheid Mers, Department of Cultural Affairs, Richard Rezac, Video

Blogs, Bleader Jan 14, 2016
Lois Weisberg: Rest in peace doesn't cut it

Longtime Chicago Commissioner of Cultural Affairs Lois Weisberg died Wednesday, at age 90.
- By Deanna Isaacs
- Tags: Arts, Clout City, News, RIP, Lois Weisberg, Richard Daley, Harold Washington, City of Chicago, Department of Cultural Affairs, After School Matters, Chicago Cultural Center, Cows on Parade, Malcolm Gladwell, Friends of the Parks

Columns & Opinion, On Culture Nov 11, 2013
One year in, the Chicago Cultural Plan is already receiving plaudits

But that doesn't mean it's not window dressing.
- By Deanna Isaacs
- Tags: On Culture, Metropolitan Planning Council, MPC, Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events, DCASE, Daniel Burnham Award, Chicago Cultural Plan, planning, Daniel Burnham, Plan for Chicago, consulting, outsourcing, Michelle Boone, chicagoculturalplan.org, websites, grants, Cultural Grants Program, Restaurant Week, Rahm's Readers, Chicago Public Library, CPL, arts grants, DCA, Department of Cultural Affairs, summer reading programs, Arts Alliance Illinois, arts, culture, Rahm Emanuel, Ra Joy, Michael Dorf, Harold Washington, stewardship committee

Blogs, Bleader Jan 28, 2013
Reader's Agenda Mon 1/28: Off the Record, Accidental Death of an Anarchist, and The Sound, the Soul, the Syncopation

What's on the Reader's Agenda for Monday, January 28, 2013
- By Janey Lee
- Tags: Do This, Arts, music critic, Saki, Department of Cultural Affairs, Off the Record, monthly series, new releases, Brokeback Brokeback & the Black Rock, Oracle Productions, Dario Fo, Accidental Death of an Anarchist, Italian, activist, Giuseppe Pinelli Justin Hayford, Tracy Morgan, Barbra Streisand, housing projects, National Public Housing Museum, The Sound, the Soul, the Syncopation, inner-city, public housing communities, Sam Worley, Dinah Washington, Lupe Fiasco

Blogs, Bleader Jan 16, 2013
A home for StoryCorps at the Cultural Center

StoryCorps will move into the Chicago Cultural Center this spring.
- By Deanna Isaacs
- Tags: Media, News, StoryCorps, Chicago Cultural Center, Department of Cultural Affairs, Chicago Public Media, WBEZ

Blogs, Bleader Jul 25, 2012
Welcome to post-Orlove Chicago

Congolese street band Staff Benda Bilili, who had to cancel a long-in-the-works Pritzker date last year due to visa problems, skip Chicago on their first U.S. tour
- By Peter Margasak
- Tags: Music, Post No Bills, Staff Benda Bilili, world music, Congolese music, Michael Orlove, Department of Cultural Affairs, Chicago World Music Festival

Blogs, Bleader Mar 21, 2012
Michael Orlove, director of many city music programs, hired away from Chicago by the NEA

Longtime city music programmer Michael Orlove has been hired by the National Endowment for the Arts.
- By Peter Margasak
- Tags: Music, Post No Bills, Michael Orlove, National Endowment for the Arts, Department of Cultural Affairs, Chicago music, Chicago Office of Tourism and Culture

Columns & Opinion, On Culture Feb 16, 2012
Chicago's Magna Carta for the arts gets resurrected

Public hearings on the city's cultural plan take place tonight
- By Deanna Isaacs
- Tags: On Culture, Chicago Cultural Plan, Michael Dorf, Department of Cultural Affairs

Columns & Opinion, On Culture Sep 1, 2011
Does Maggie Daley's After School Matters really matter?

A million-dollar study, six years in the making, can’t say for sure that After School Matters makes much of a difference.
- By Deanna Isaacs
- Tags: On Culture, After School Matters, Maggie Daley, Gallery37, Wallace Foundation, Department of Cultural Affairs, Chicago Allies for Youth Success, apprenticeships, youth development

Columns & Opinion, On Culture Feb 3, 2011
The Shakman Variations

When is a city worker not a city employee?
- By Deanna Isaacs
- Tags: The Arts, Loius Weisberg, Department of Cultural Affairs, Mayors Office of Specials Events, city layoffs, Shakman Decrees

News & Politics, Politics Sep 16, 2010
Can Democracy Work in Chicago?

Here's how our first experiment in "participatory budgeting" went.
- By Deanna Isaacs
- Tags: Politics, City Council, Joe Moore, 49th Ward, participatory budgeting, U.S. Social Forum, Rogers Park, Mile of Murals, Department of Cultural Affairs, Allyson Murphy, Nathan Mason, Lynn Basa, Art Prize, ALO, Art Loop Open, Andy De La Rosa, Sahrah Dermish, Let's Bring the Birch Trees Back to Rogers Park, Joanna White, Josh Lerner, Participatory Budgeting Project

Blogs, Bleader Jun 15, 2010
Sonar Festival Comes to Chicago

Barcelona's acclaimed Sonar Festival of electronic music arrives in Chicago for a three-day event this September.
- By Peter Margasak
- Tags: Music, Post No Bills, Sonar Festival, electronic music, Ashley Capps, Department of Cultural Affairs, Chicago Cultural Center, music festivals

Blogs, Bleader Apr 9, 2010
4/10 — Free Creative Chicago Expo

The Chicago Creative Expo takes place at the Chicago Cultural Center on Sat 4/10 from 10 AM to 4 PM.
- By Sam Worley
- Tags: Free Shit, Other Stuff, Apropos of Nothing, Swag, Chicago Creative Expo, Chicago Cultural Center, artists, creativity, arts, time management, vacant storefronts, Department of Cultural Affairs

Blogs, Bleader Mar 30, 2010
Music Without Borders Lineup Announced

The 2010 schedule for the Music Without Borders series in Millennium Park includes Tinariwen, Balkan Beat Box, and Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou.
- By Peter Margasak
- Tags: Music, Free Shit, Post No Bills, Swag, Music Without Borders, Department of Cultural Affairs, Pritzker Pavilion, Millennium Park, Balkan Beat Box, The Very Best, Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba, Hubert Sumlin, Otis Taylor, Eddie Shaw, Tinariwen, Monajat Yulchieva, Doc Severinsen & El Ritmo de la Vida, Sones de Mexico, Orchestre Septentrional d'Haiti, Batata y Las Alegres Ambulancias, Dobet Gnahore, Victor Deme, Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou, La 33, Renato Borghetti, Boris Malkovsky & the AGAM String Quartet

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Chicago's first and only cultural historian goes on emeritus status, but there's plenty of work ahead of him.

The historic 1949 building in Hyde Park is home to Tim Samuelson and Barbara Koenen.

Longtime Chicago Commissioner of Cultural Affairs Lois Weisberg died Wednesday, at age 90.

But that doesn't mean it's not window dressing.

What's on the Reader's Agenda for Monday, January 28, 2013

StoryCorps will move into the Chicago Cultural Center this spring.

Congolese street band Staff Benda Bilili, who had to cancel a long-in-the-works Pritzker date last year due to visa problems, skip Chicago on their first U.S. tour

Longtime city music programmer Michael Orlove has been hired by the National Endowment for the Arts.

Public hearings on the city's cultural plan take place tonight

A million-dollar study, six years in the making, can’t say for sure that After School Matters makes much of a difference.

When is a city worker not a city employee?

Here's how our first experiment in "participatory budgeting" went.

Barcelona's acclaimed Sonar Festival of electronic music arrives in Chicago for a three-day event this September.

The Chicago Creative Expo takes place at the Chicago Cultural Center on Sat 4/10 from 10 AM to 4 PM.

The 2010 schedule for the Music Without Borders series in Millennium Park includes Tinariwen, Balkan Beat Box, and Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou.

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