Mayor Brandon Johnson recently announced that over 24,000 young people were employed through the One Summer Chicago program during the summer of 2023, representing...
Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Chicago Park District leadership announced the beginning of renovations for an outdoor event space at the DuSable Museum of African...
This past weekend, Mayor Rahm Emanuel, Chicago Park District, family, friends, community members and public officials gathered for a special ceremony to cut the...
Social issue-driven theatre Collaboraction kicked off its PEACEBOOK Festival Friday and Saturday at Englewood’s Hamilton Park.
PEACEBOOK is a city-wide festival of theatre, dance, music,...
Turning Lemons Into Lemonade: The Chicago Defender Celebrates Young Entrepreneurship
By Mary L. Datcher
Senior Staff Writer
Chicago’s summer brings us weather, hot fun and is often...
To A New Location
By Ken Hare
Chicago Defender Staff Writer
Perhaps the planners of George Lucas' Museum should have seen the Star Wars series, or in...
Chicago May Lose George Lucas Museum
By Ken Hare
Chicago Defender Staff Writer
A lawsuit filed by Friends of the Park against George Lucas' proposed museum on...