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Obama Center museum tickets sell out through September, next batch to be made available in July
1+ hour, 35+ min ago (29+ words) Tickets for September 2026 through January 2027 will become available for founding members of the Obama Foundation July 1, and the general public a week later on July 8....
Chicago Public Media announces 2026 summer interns
11+ hour, 46+ min ago (99+ words) Seven rising journalists join Chicago Public Media's 2026 summer intern class across the Chicago Sun-Times and WBEZ....
Back door no more: Museum of Science and Industry seeks to reopen its south entrance after a century
18+ hour, 16+ min ago (593+ words) The museum plans to break ground this year on a $22 million project that will reopen the 133-year-old edifice's south entry and add an indoor cafe with seating on the building's outdoor renovated terrace....
Dirty politics, dirty soda and dirty Mormon wives
2+ day, 15+ hour ago (118+ words) A young neighbor's entrepreneurial enterprise leads to an astounding television show that helps explain our national morass....
How we photographed a Barack and Michelle Obama storyhour at the Obama Presidential Center's library branch
3+ day, 14+ hour ago (699+ words) Former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama read "Where the Wild Things Are" on Friday to 25 kindergarten through third grade students from William H. Ray Elementary School at the Obama Presidential Center's Chicago Public Library branch on the…...
Visitors explore the Obama Presidential Center museum on opening day
4+ day, 5+ hour ago (759+ words) The visitors able to secure much-coveted museum tickets for opening day were able to explore exhibits and attractions including an immersive look at election night in 2008, a replica of President Obama's Oval Office and a display of Michelle Obama's dresses....
Chicago punk veterans Sludgeworth finally have a new album
4+ day, 19+ hour ago (853+ words) Sludgeworth " Adam White (from left), Simon Lamb, Brian Mc Quaid, Dan Schafer and Dave Mc Lean " performs at Edgewater Music Fest 2025. The punk pioneers are back with a new album, out June 19 on Chicago label Red Scare Industries. In the…...
The celebrities who attended the Obama Presidential Center's opening ceremony
5+ day, 5+ hour ago (849+ words) Figures from the worlds of entertainment, sports and politics were heavily represented at the event, which boasted a festival-caliber musical lineup....
Star-studded lineup to perform at Obama Presidential Center opening ceremony: live updates
5+ day, 22+ hour ago (1790+ words) Businessman Martin Nesbitt is among the attendees who wore a tan suit to the Obama Presidential Center opening ceremony on Thursday, June 18, 2026. Show time: The Obama Presidential Center's grand opening ceremony starts at 11 a. m. The event itself is invitation-only and tickets…...
Performers honor victims of 1919 Chicago Race Riot through dance, music and story: 'We're in this together"
10+ mon, 3+ week ago (886+ words) Kelsey Taylor has lived in Bronzeville for more than a quarter century. Until 2019, he didn't know the story of 17-year-old Eugene Williams, the first victim of the 1919 Chicago Race Riots. But Sunday night, Taylor was among more than 80 people gathered…...