Tim Samuelson News Today

Thousands of Coloradans responding to a survey by their local newsrooms say candidates competing for their votes this year need to be focused primarily on several broad issues: democracy and good government, the economy and cost of living, the environment, climate and natural resources, immigration and abortion.Which concerns weigh most heavily on respondents’ minds changes […]

North Dakota photographers submitted 813 photos for this year's contest.

North Dakota photographers submitted 813 photos for this year's contest.

The winners of the North Dakota Governor's Photo Contest — an event hosted to highlight the beauty of the Peace Garden State — have been announced.

TIF money will help fund improvements to the bland high-rise that replaced Louis H. Sullivan's historic Chicago Stock Exchange Building as the 100th anniversary of the architect's death nears.

Despite struggles over the years, Chicagos landmark Auditorium Theatre not only continues to host concerts and other events, but its as beautiful as ever. And you can take a tour that will lead you through the lobby, the dressing rooms and other back of house spaces, the rows of seats, the opera boxes and even onto the stage.

City Museum in St. Louis, where visitors are invited to explore and get lost, is acquiring contemporary art and architectural works to offer them more.

Plus: Touring the Obama Presidential Center and 6 things to do this weekend.

This venerable Michigan Avenue denizen, which sits across from Grant Park and between Van Buren Street and Ida B. Wells Drive, counts among Chicago’s most distinctive and most visited architectural gems.

ANDERSON ARTS CENTER 6603 Third Ave., Kenosha. Go to kempercenter.com.