A controversial art exhibit at the Chicago Cultural Center depicting Uncle Sam and Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu as murderers sparked debate at a Special Events committee meeting. While many ...

The City Council blew a chance to show the country that it's possible during this time of national division to have a ...

Around a quarter of the department’s staff has resigned or been fired since Mayor Brandon Johnson appointed Hedspeth in March.

Silverstein and more than 20 other council members have signed a letter to Mayor Johnson about the “US-Israel War Machine” display at the Chicago Cultural Center, which features a bloodied puppets ...

Johnson spoke inside the Chicago Cultural Center Wednesday morning at an event unrelated to the exhibition, but did not respond to questions reporters asked as he left. DCASE spokesperson Bria ...

Ald. Debra Silverstein (50th) spearheaded efforts to remove the display at the Cultural Center. The artwork is part of the ...

CHICAGO — A majority of the ... Clinée Hedspeth, the commissioner of the Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events, which operates the center, has resisted calls to remove the puppet.

Representatives for the Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events, which operates the Chicago Cultural Center, did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Mayor Brandon Johnson's ...

Ald. Byron Sigcho-Lopez was ejected from the meeting of the Special Events Committee by the normally affable chair, Ald. Nick ...

The Chicago Cultural Center can be reached via L lines stopping ... are offered year-round on Thursdays and Fridays at 1:15 p.m. Events, such as exhibitions of work by local and national artists ...

The Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE) is pleased to announce the 4 awardees of the. The selected ...

Erin Harkey, who was head of DCASE under former Mayor Lori Lightfoot, has been named CEO of Americans for the Arts.