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Beloved childrens book characters Elephant and Piggie take the Marriott Theatre stage while Chicago Shakespeare Theater presents an abridged version of "Disneys Beauty and the Beast," this week in Chicago-area theater.

"We serve the Evanston community through the diversification of our audiences, our board and our programs." Eden Juron Pearlman, outgoing executive

I am saddened by response of Cardinal Blase Cupich to the Illinois Attorney General’s report. As a Catholic, I found it overly defensive.

Among this summers cultural highlights is the Cleve Carney Museum of Arts original exhibition "Andy Warhol Portfolios: A Life in Pop/Works from the Bank of America Collection" opening in June. But there are many more new exhibits to explore in the suburbs and city, too.

The Unitarian Church of Evanston has recently adopted a Native land and Black labor acknowledgment that is read before each Sunday service. If you visit

The Mitchell Museum of the American Indian received a $20,000 grant in late February to create a localized professional development curriculum about Native studies for Evanston K-12 educators.   The Evanston Community Foundation awarded the grant Feb. 24. ECF provides E-Town Innovation Grants to fund local programs that prioritize equity for people of color and propose...

Content warning: This article contains discussions of violence against Indigenous women. At the Mitchell Museum of the American Indian’s “No Rest: The Epidemic of Stolen Indigenous Women, Girls, and Two-Spirits” exhibit, thousands of red ribbons hang in a curtain, each inked with the word “JUSTICE.” Valaria Tatera — an artist, lecturer, activist and enrolled member...

The Beck Family Foundation awarded nearly $13,000 to eight recipients of its annual Judy Beck Grants.

From the Heritage Museum of Asian Art and a new kind of exhibit at the Illinois Holocaust Museum to exhibits at the Field Museum and Chicago Cultural Center.