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/PRNewswire/ -- Imperial Hotel, Ltd. and the Frank Lloyd Wright Trust celebrated on July 18 the 100th anniversary of Wrights 1923 Imperial Hotel, Tokyo, with...

Travel afar or wander close to home to find spaces that inspire.

As Pride Month closed, Oak Park’s village government hosted a panel discussion on local transgender issues and experiences on June 28. Madison Street Theater, 1010 Madison St., was the venue for a conversation moderated by Darien Marion-Burton, president of the Oak Park and River Forest Chamber of Commerce, who introduced himself as the “youngest, Blackest, and gayest” president the organization has ever had. Panelists sat at a table decorated with Pride and transgender flags as audience ...

A year and a half after stepping down from that position in 2021, Taylor became the donor organizer for an organization called Live Free Illinois(LFI), which was founded by Rev. Ciera Bates-Chamberlain in 2017.  Taylor had worked with a nonprofit called United Power for Action and Justice for most of his almost two-decade-long ministry at Unity Temple and respected the work they were doing. “Live Free,” he explained, “uses a similar model to organizing as United Power, an approach which ...

“Frank Lloyd Wright’s Unity Temple: A Good Time Place Reborn” with text by Patrick F. Cannon and original photographs by James Caulfield has been awarded the 2023 Gold Medal for Architecture by the Independent Publishers Book Awards. 

When it warms up in Chicago, the midwestern city's charm is electrifying. Whether you're visiting a museum or an aquarium, it's magical.

This Kansas Citian performed surgery on the president of Peru, gave blood to a gangster, played saxophone in a dance band and rode horses with nuns. And that’s just a fraction of it.

A Diana Ross concert, the opening of “What the Constitution Means to Me” and the Chicago Critics Film Festival are among the highlights in the week ahead.

Asphalt or concrete? That’s what I was googling in January 2022 as I was pondering my driveway come summer. The asphalt driveway that came with the 50-year-old midcentury modern home I bought in 2010 was well beyond its useful life. To complicate matters ...

Here are some other events occurring the week of May 4-10 in the Pioneer Press and Doings suburbs.