Today In The Culture, May 26, 2022: New Director At Video Data Bank
The Latin School of Chicago, “the elite private school, has recently spent nearly $8 million on three addresses in the 1500 block of Dearborn, and will close on a fourth May 25,” reports Crain’s. “The mayor’s top economic development exec gave Crain’s some hints about how the city hopes to keep the Bears at Soldier Field and keep Ford humming on the Far South Side. “We know 200 to 220 unarmed guards are on the system seven days a week, as they work to get to 300 on patrol daily,” reports CBS Chicago. Meadowlark Hospitality expands its Logan Square presence by announcing their summer release: a new-and-old cocktail bar, The Meadowlark. Hugh Amano has a new food magazine, “Bon Vivant: A Culinary Journal. NoMI at the Park Hyatt Chicago will reopen after a five-month hiatus as three distinct spaces on Tuesday, June 7 under the guidance of executive chef Terence Zubieta.
“Members of Congress began a House subcommittee hearing Tuesday by tearing into north suburban-based Abbott Laboratories, accusing the company of negligence,” reports the Tribune. “Chrissie Dickinson, a longtime Tribune contributor and music critic who specialized in country music, and who was the St. A Call For City Council Not To Turn Chicago Into “Din City” The Sun-Times editorial board calls out a “rushed” ordinance: “The hurried ordinance allowing outdoor amplified entertainment events without oversight is a bad idea… Rather than giving a blanket thumbs-up to these events, the Council should require them to get approval on a case-by-case basis…The ordinance appears to be written for the Morton Salt Shed, which plans to have indoor music events on the site of Morton Salt’s former packaging and warehousing operation… and now is scheduling outdoor events as well with—surprise—amplified sound. Chicago’s Cosmic Country Showcase will have a summer cookout in July, presented by Local Universe and whiskey distillery Judson & Moore. LookOut, Steppenwolf Theatre’s performance series that presents the work of artists and companies across genre and form has announced an eclectic summer season.
In celebration of outstanding achievement in high school musical theatre performances, Broadway In Chicago has announced the award recipients of the eleventh Annual Illinois High School Musical Theatre Awards: Joseph Kotze of Frankfort (Lincoln-Way East High School) as best actor for “Sweeney Todd” and Regan Wright of Elmhurst (York Community High School) as best actress for her portrayal of “Alice Murphy” in “Bright Star. After shouting matches between the mayor and alderpersons, city council approved the Bally’s proposal to bring a $1. DCASE has listed its 2022 Esteemed Artists, through the Cultural Grants Program here. Illinois Humanities will receive a $500,000 challenge grant from the Art for Justice Fund to enable the organization to make grants and provide consistent capacity-building support for small nonprofit arts and humanities organizations that are working to address the injustices of mass incarceration across the state. The Millennium Park policy, “which Mayor Lightfoot claims will help prevent Downtown violence, bans [those] younger than eighteen from the park after 6pm if they are not with an adult who is twenty-one or older,” reports Block Club Chicago.
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