The Adler Planetarium presents an Action Lines production: Cosmic Rhythms, in association with the Joffrey Ballet
In partnership with Action Lines Productions and The Joffrey Ballet, the Adler Planetarium announces a new, cutting-edge collaboration of the immersive production Cosmic Rhythms, running Wednesday evenings from February 14 through April 17, 2024. On view at Chicago's Adler Planetarium, located at 1300 S Lake Shore Dr., the fulldome film experience takes audiences on a mesmerizing journey through the universe by blending dance with animation, computer-generated imagery, and insightful commentary from Adler astronomers. Cosmic Rhythms marks the first-ever collaboration between the Adler Planetarium, Action Lines, and Joffrey Ballet.
Frist Art Museum Presents Woodblocks, Prints, and Mixed-Media Works by LaToya M. Hobbs
The Frist Art Museum presents Carving a New Tradition: The Art of LaToya M. Hobbs, an exhibition of recent woodblock prints and mixed-media portraits from the Arkansas-born, Baltimore-based painter and printmaker. Organized by the Frist Art Museum with Dr. Rebecca VanDiver, associate professor of African American art at Vanderbilt University, the exhibition will be on view in the Frist's Gordon Contemporary Artists Project Gallery from January 26 through April 28, 2024.
Exelon Foundation Grants Over $850,000 to Education Organizations Providing STEM Education in Delaware, District of Columbia Illinois, Maryland, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania.
Exelon Corporation (Nasdaq: EXC), the nation’s premier transmission and distribution utility company, and the Exelon Foundation have awarded Green Lab Grants for the third consecutive year. To date, the program has provided $2.5 million to more than 70 grantees, which include public schools, private schools, and education-focused nonprofit organizations that run out-of-school programs serving Title I-eligible middle and high school students.
Hyde Park Art Center Provides Funds To Artists In Non-Traditional Spaces
The Artists Run Chicago Fund is supported by the Hyde Park Art Center. It provides funds to artist-run platforms that give opportunities to other artists, enable them to show their work, support artists in making artwork and make connections between artists and the work they make. The fund also gives priority to platforms led by Black, Indigenous, People of Color, LGBTQIA +, women artists and artists with disabilities. The hope is they can use the funds to strengthen the city’s art communities and artist-to-artist support networks.
Jack and Jill of America, Incorporated Partners with Nickelodeon for Our World Global Initiative Celebrating Children
Jack and Jill of America, Inc. is partnering with Nickelodeon to celebrate all children through Our World—a brand-new global initiative to inspire kids and provide them with tools to activate their individual and collective agency. Together with a coalition of partners, Jack and Jill of America, Inc. joins Nickelodeon in providing resources and best-practices for kid-driven philanthropic opportunities that allow this new generation to take action in their communities and beyond.
THE ELMHURST ART MUSEUM ANNOUNCES PROGRAMS FOR NORMAN TEAGUE’S A LOVE SUPREME
The Elmhurst Art Museum announces programs for A Love Supreme, a solo exhibition by Norman Teague inspired by legendary jazz musician John Coltrane, with an adjoining group exhibition in the Mies van der Rohe’s McCormick House featuring over 30 Chicago-based BIPOC artists titled A Love Supreme: McCormick House Reimagined. Teague uses Coltrane’s album “A Love Supreme” as a cultural touchstone to consider design influences from his life-long home in Chicago, exploring how the power of bold improvisational jazz and unapologetic Black aesthetics have expanded the minds and inspired creative communities of color. Celebrating BIPOC designers and a variety of cultural influences in Chicago at a time when the country is reckoning with representation across industries and disciplines, A Love Supreme takes place at the Elmhurst Art Museum from January 20 to April 28, 2024.
Chicago United For Equity Continues To Work Toward Equity And Inclusion
As Chicago United for Equity enters a season of transition, its mission remains the same, to build a just, equitable and inclusive city. Chicago United for Equity was founded in 2016 by Niketa Brar and Elizabeth Greer as part of activism around and National Teachers Academy, where the population at the school and its surrounding communities were changing. There was a need for a different kind of leadership in the city.
DIGITALUNDIVIDED ANNOUNCES LEAH WILLIAMS AS CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
digitalundivided (aka "DID") is the leading research, data, programming, and thought leadership organization championing an equitable entrepreneurial landscape. The organization announced the appointment of Leah Williams as its new Chief Executive Officer, ending digitalundivided's year-long nationwide search for a permanent leader. Williams brings a wealth of knowledge and expertise to lead the organization through its next growth phase with her successful track record as a C-Suite leader across startups, new ventures, and quasi-governmental organizations.
Treasurer Frerichs Returns $47 Million In Missing Money Ahead of Holidays
The Illinois State Treasurer’s Office returned nearly $47 million in missing money during November, Illinois State Treasurer Michael Frerichs announced.
Children’s Book Series Educates While it Entertains
Allison Caldwell knew she would write children’s books when she was in college. She got the idea for the “Phat Cat and the Family” series 10 years ago. For her, the pandemic gave her time to develop the concept for the books.
WINNIE HARLOW USES COCA-COLA AI TO BRING A FRESH PERSPECTIVE TO KINDNESS AND EMPOWERMENT DURING THE HOLIDAYS
Supermodel and beauty entrepreneur, Winnie Harlow, is sharing her Coca-Cola AI generated holiday cards to give fans a unique take on what's most important to her this festive season: kindness and empowerment.
CHICAGO RESTAURANT WEEK 2024 RESTAURANTS REVEALED AT EATITUPCHICAGO.COM
Choose Chicago, the city's official destination marketing organization, announces the highly anticipated return of the annual Chicago Restaurant Week (CRW). Produced annually by Choose Chicago, the beloved event celebrates its 17th year Friday, January 19 through Sunday, February 4, 2024. Food lovers can reserve tables and view menus online beginning today for multi-course meals at more than 381 Chicagoland eateries at eatitupchicago.com.
Hope Chicago Celebrates Parent Scholars
In 2022, Hope Chicago launched its two-generation program that provides opportunities for students, along with their parents. The hope is the program will help rebuild Chicago, family by family, block by block and neighborhood by neighborhood.
Chicago Jeff Award Winner Darryl Maximilian Robinson Celebrates 50th Anniversary As An American Stage Performer!
This month marks a special achievement for veteran theatre artist Darryl Maximilian Robinson, Founder, Artistic Director and Producer of the multiracial chamber theater known as The Excaliber Shakespeare Company of Chicago.
CITY OF CHICAGO/SALES TAX SECURITIZATION CORPORATION WIN BOND BUYER’S DEAL OF THE YEAR AWARD
The City of Chicago was awarded the esteemed national Bond Buyer 2023 Deal of the Year award and the 2023 Deal of the Year award in the Midwest category. The City was honored for its innovative financing techniques to invest in social initiatives in the Chicago Recovery Plan, its capital investments, and the refinancing of outstanding debt, all of which generated significant debt-service savings for the City.
Zakat Foundation Of America Opens Social Service Center In Harvey, Illinois
The Zakat Foundation of America recently opened a Social Services Center in Harvey, Illinois located at 444 E. 147th St. The center will provide items for migrant refugees and low-income residents on the South side of Chicago and South Suburbs.
GRACE AND PEACE COMMUNITY CENTER HOSTS 25TH ANNUAL TOYS AND COAT DRIVE
The Grace and Peace Community Center brought holiday cheer to Chicago’s Austin neighborhood with its annual “A Christmas To Remember” event. Celebrating its 25th year, the event served many of the migrant families recently relocated from Venezuela, Ecuador, Nicaragua, and other countries that the Center has been providing resources and support to. At the event, 250 families in need received toys, food, and winter essentials thanks to event sponsor DoorDash, who provided $2,500 to support the event.
Florists Create Art With Exhibit At Driehaus Museum
Inside the rooms of a renovated mansion in the city’s River North neighborhood, floral designs created by florists of color are displayed as part of an exhibit that takes inspiration from tiffany glass and the rooms where the installations are located.
The Chicago Scots Will Transform Elder Care with Huge $14 M Gift
The Chicago Scots, Illinois’ first and oldest non-profit organization, has received a foundational $14 million gift from The Negaunee Foundation to launch a program to meet the future unmet needs of Chicago’s senior population.
