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• Friends call 911, save life of 69-year-old California …
• Report: Bears’ stadium costs more than meets the …
• Who did the Chicago Bears select in the 2024 NFL draft? Meet the 5-player class.
• Chicago Museum Says Investigators Have No Evidence Art Was Looted
• Report: Total cost to taxpayers for Bears’ new lakefront …
• Bears reveal plans for $4.7 billion domed lakefront stadium development: 'This is not an easy project'

Formerly Chicago Design Museum, we have exhibited about a wide variety of topics, from architecture in Ireland to games in modern culture. There are roughly three shows per year, each of which are open for four months. We are closed between exhibitions for two months as our staff, volunteers, and interns design, build, and install the next exhibition.

Friends call 911, save life of 69-year-old California …

The Bears apparently have abandoned plans to build a domed stadium on the 326-acre site of the old Arlington International Racecourse — after spending $197.2 million to acquire it. The team expressed disappointment at failing to secure a large enough property tax break on that land. Local school districts opposed a lower assessment, saying it would shortchange students.

Report: Bears’ stadium costs more than meets the …

Never mentioning the company’s product, the ads instead paired pithy wisdom of western philosophers with imagery from important contemporary artists and designers, resulting in what was, conceptually, America’s first sophisticated image advertising campaign. The Design Museum of Chicago or "DMoC" (formerly Chicago Design Museum) is a museum of design in Chicago. Chicago Federation of Labor President Bob Reiter was in Washington Wednesday and said he had not yet been briefed on specifics of the Bears’ plan. But the lure of 43,000 construction jobs on the lakefront stadium alone, not to mention the White Sox hopes for a ballpark in the South Loop, has Reiter sounding like he’s ready to start lobbying labor allies in Springfield. The most sobering item on display is the EMPWR Coat, an arresting reminder of homelessness designed by Veronika Scott.

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Who did the Chicago Bears select in the 2024 NFL draft? Meet the 5-player class.

The gallery floor is filled with timepieces of all shapes and sizes—from cuckoo clocks, to pocket watches, to wristwatches, to sparkly crystal tabletop clocks and to Earth Clock, a web-based digital clock assembled with views of Earth from above that resemble numbers. Created by designers CW&T, the clock’s purpose is to weave the unfamiliar into the familiar as each view zooms in and out. Unrecognized terrain becomes a familiar place and vice-versa, and the viewer inevitably rethinks humanity as related to the passage of time second-by-second, year-by-year, millennium-by-millennium. This small industrial space in the Block 37 mall puts on nifty free exhibitions about contemporary and historical design. The shows change every four months, so you'll see something new each time you visit. It shuts down when new exhibitions are being installed, so call ahead first.

The group is guided by the Lakefront Protection Ordinance that prohibits new construction east of Lake Shore Drive. "One of the things that makes the project unique is that we would be able to continue to play at Soldier Field during the construction and then to be able to move into the new stadium once the construction is finalized," Warren said. "So yes, we would be able to continue to play here and not have to move to a different location."

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As a result, visitors are greeted with a new, unexpected experience every visit, and are inspired to see the exceptional within the simple. The museum is committed to creative solutions that elevate humble materials. Housed in one of the most iconic Gothic Revival buildings in Chicago, and sitting right in the middle of The Magnificent Mile, the City Gallery is a frequent venue for unique exhibitions that showcase local artists and photographers. The building itself was constructed between 1867 and 1869, created for Chicago’s municipal water system. It originally housed a 135-foot iron standpipe used to regulate water pressure.

Following World War II, paperboard manufacturer Container Corporation of America (CCA) established itself as a progressive voice in American industry, adopting cutting-edge attitudes toward design and social responsibility years before the mainstream. Its founder, Walter Paepcke and his wife, Elizabeth, the unfortunately nicknamed “Pussy,” were important tastemakers and patrons of the arts responsible for, among other things, the Aspen Institute and its progeny. CCA’s advertising series “Great Ideas In Western Man” ran in the leading business magazines from the 1950s through the 1970s under the auspices of Herbert Bayer, who Paepcke brought to CCA from the Bauhaus school.

Our new identity is designed to embrace change so it can express different exhibitions, personalities and events. This inspired us to ask ten Chicago designers to apply their talents to our new identity, giving them a framework but asking them to push its boundaries. The results were nothing short of amazing, full of surprises, insight and originality in ways that are truly reflective of the cultural fabric of our city. It proved to us that we have a powerful identity system that can shift and bend while still being recognizable.

Karen Murphy, chief financial officer of the Bears, said the team hopes the Illinois Sports Facilities Authority will fill that gap by issuing 40-year bonds backed by the same 2% city hotel tax used to bankroll the 2003 renovation of Soldier Field. The 40-year bonds would also be enough to refinance $589.1 million in outstanding Soldier Field debt, along with $50 million owed on renovations at Guaranteed Rate Field. “I’m highly skeptical of the proposal that’s been made and I believe strongly that this is not a high priority for legislators and certainly not for me, when I compare it to all the other things,” Pritzker said at a news conference in Maywood. The political obstacles include a cold reception from Gov. J.B. Pritzker and state legislative leaders with more important priorities, along with the potential for a legal battle with Friends of the Parks, the public advocacy group that serves as the primary protector of the lakefront.

The viewer is provoked to ask why, in a nation that has the wealth and industrial expertise to produce such technical fabrics, we cannot also provide the basic need for shelter. Two curators delve into the complex history behind a modern-day sculpture that channels Classical antiquity. Make your next visit unforgettable with a one-of-a-kind tour—created by you! My Museum Tour lets you build a personalized self-guided tour of your favorite works, make one for a special someone or a special occasion, or even select from fun themed ready-made tours. Help keep DMOC free and open to the public by becoming a member of The Design Network!

It gained special significance as one of the few buildings to survive the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. Chicago has many big hitters in the art museum world, including the renowned Art Institute of Chicago and the cutting-edge Museum of Contemporary Art, to name just a few on a very long list. But we’re also home to a collection of smaller under-the-radar art museums. For a uniquely immersive arts experience, head to Chicago’s trove of intimate museums and galleries, exhibiting everything from local designers to international photographers.

While you’re here, be sure to make time to visit the Chicago Cultural Center and Millennium Park, which are directly across the street and also free and open to the public. We’re thrilled to partner with the Chicago Public Schools Department of Arts Education again this year to offer recognition to hundreds of hard-working student artists from across the city. “Tens of millions of people around the country are going to see the renderings and the plans for the new stadium. The attention that it will receive will be dramatic — all because they have the No. 1 pick. Outside, Warren said, the team envisions developing a “promenade plaza” with food and beverage options, public restrooms, a sports and cultural museum, and ice skating in winter. The Chicago Bears purchased the facility in hopes of building a stadium on the 326-acre parcel.

“I think of The Franklin as a platform for opportunities to connect, to experiment, or to celebrate culture,” Soto said. To source the timepieces, some intricately designed while others are utterly simple, Koenen asked the public for donations through ads and flyers. Some donors chose to remain anonymous, dropping clocks off in her mailbox, while others sent notes and letters, sharing stories about the clocks and their owners, providing an unexpected insight into their world. Imagine a sea of clocks and watches—more than an unlikely nod to maximalism both literally and figuratively, it is a work in progress. The public is invited to become a part of the narrative by leaving a broken time clock, watch or timepiece at the museum to contribute to the collection.

Though Cave’s artwork has an international audience, Facility is deeply rooted in the local community. And so the whole idea is to use this space as a place of opportunity to these people that you see that are extraordinary that haven’t had the break,” Faust said. Facility frequently collaborates with Schurz High School, which is located right across the street. The written word and some of our nation's best literary minds take the spotlight at the American Writers Museum, an institution that is dedicated to educating the public about American writers, past and present.

During the pandemic, they’ve been hosting educational sessions on civics, policing, and more on Zoom, offering free, virtual resources to all Chicagoans. Barbara Koenen, a graduate student at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, started collecting 720 donated broken clocks, one for each minute in twelve hours—because even a broken clock is right twice a day! Fast-forward to today, and The Correct Time, the newly-opened exhibition at the Design Museum of Chicago, expands upon that work. We recognize that Indigenous peoples — who lived here long before Chicago was a city and are still thriving here to this day — are the rightful and traditional stewards of this land.

National Museum Of Puerto Rican Arts and Culture is a striking backdrop for an array of works by Puerto Rican artists. The country’s only museum dedicated to displaying Puerto Rican arts and cultural exhibitions year-round, the galleries are housed within the renovated stable building of historic Humboldt Park. The art overflows into the streets of the surrounding neighborhood, a vibrant hub for Borinquen culture. Situated on the University of Chicago campus in Hyde Park, the Smart Museum of Art was conceived as an institution where scholars could study the arts and develop exhibitions. Today, it's open to the public (admission is always free) and is home to the college's collection of fine art and antiquities, including scrolls and ceramics from China as well as a large-scale sculpture by Haegue Yang. Explore exhibits devoted to sprawling installations and local art movements before taking a seat in the museum's courtyard sculpture garden.