News

Santa for a Day, a Chicago-based nonprofit, has announced that rising indie rock star Niko Kapetan, frontman of Friko, will ...
One of the world’s most talked-about art exhibitions is drawing crowds — and selling out repeatedly — at a quiet gallery tucked inside a Lincoln Park block.
Chicago’s Art on the Mart is the world’s largest public art display, says executive director Cynthia Noble, who adds that the ...
The president and director of the Art Institute of Chicago is under investigation after allegedly stripping on a flight from Chicago to Munich. The man is on voluntary leave from the museum ...
Jason joined Colorado Public Radio in 2020 after spending 13 years at WXRT/Chicago as afternoon/evening host. His radio career began at student-run KVHS in Concord, Calif. as morning host and ...
The longtime WXRT radio personality Lin Brehmer, a staple on the Chicago airwaves, has died at the age of 68 of prostate cancer. He was one of the most beloved voices on Chicago radio for decades.
“These acquisitions, spanning painting, photography, time-based media, sculpture, installation and mixed-media art, reinforce the Hirshhorn ... it was a dream come true. WXRT makes Chicago a better ...
On October 10, 1871, Chicago awoke to an unrecognizable landscape: where 48 hours earlier there had been a vibrant city, now there was nothing but rubble stretched for miles on end. There are few ...
Credit: James Hosking What they both agree on is that the Chicago Blues Archives wouldn’t have been possible without an initial donation from WXRT. The radio station recorded and broadcast the ...
Brehmer came to Chicago and joined WXRT in 1984 – first as the music director ... As a youngster, Hunt took art lessons at the South Side Community Center and the Junior School of the Art ...
Not so Lin Brehmer of WXRT-FM, whose death at 68 years old ... He was mourned at the Metro, by Wilco, at the Art Institute of Chicago and by the Candelite tavern on Western Avenue.
The queen of Chicago rock and roll radio celebrates 50 years on the air. Terri Hemmert is celebrating 50 years since she first walked through the doors at WXRT Radio in Chicago. Over the years ...