But the city isn’t saying how much it will spend. Cultural commissioner Clinée Hedspeth said applications for a pop-up grant ...

Chicago's spring and summer festivals will kick off in May, offering a range of cultural, musical, and family-friendly events. Iconic events like the Chicago Blues Festival, Taste of Chicago, and ...

From citywide cultural events like the 54th annual Chicago Pride Parade on June 29 to Millennium Park’s free summer concerts and film series spread from June to August, local and visitor ...

Why the Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events matters to local artists DCASE produces festivals such as Taste of Chicago. It also supports your neighborhood cultural treasures, whether ...

Organizers of some prominent Chicago cultural events have received official notices that their federal grants are canceled as President Donald Trump’s administration moves to hollow out the ...

Mark Kelly, the City of Chicago’s widely admired commissioner of cultural affairs and special events, said Tuesday that he plans to retire from the position by the fall. Kelly, 70, who runs the ...

In November 2021, former Mayor Lori Lightfoot appointed Harkey to lead the Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events at a time when the COVID-19 pandemic had shut down theaters, live music ...

The organizers behind the Sundance Film Festival are setting up a slate of events in Chicago, adding to an already packed lineup for independent film events here this summer. Sundance Institute x ...

Feb. 20-23 I Chicago Symphony Center, 220 S. Michigan Ave. Not that classical-music presenters have ever needed an excuse to program a lot of Beethoven (or any of the canon's big cats), but now ...

In a letter to the mayor, a group of 27 aldermen said, while Cultural Affairs and Special Events Commissioner Clinee Hedspeth agreed to remove a sign with the display's title "US-Israel War ...