DuSable Museum of African-American History

Monster Mash: David Duchovny won't travel to L.A. with LaBute play; Versace painting returned to owners

2010-11-23 16:32:43

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Margaret Burroughs dies; founder of Chicago's DuSable Museum of African American History

2010-11-23 00:00:00

Margaret Burroughs, an artist and teacher who founded the nationally recognized DuSable Museum of African American History in the living room of her home on the South Side of Chicago almost 50 years ago, died Sunday of unspecified causes at home,...

Museums from coast to coast opening to military families

2010-05-24 16:34:28

Executive profile: Maria Green

2013-05-06 00:00:00

Maria Green let silence fall over a weekly meeting before weighing in on the question of how Illinois Tool Works should supply information to board members inquiring about vote tallies at annual meetings. The pause prompted staff members to share...

Rosenthal: Rejuvenation of South Side the fair thing to do

2013-05-01 00:00:00

President Grover Cleveland pressed an electric switch, powering the pumps for massive fountains. The jets of water in turn cued the unfurling of flags. What was described as "profound silence" gave way to a cacophony, and the World's Columbian...

DuSable High School a landmark with jazz as catalyst

2012-12-18 14:24:00

No high school in America did more to shape the sound of jazz than a magnificent edifice at 49th Street and Wabash Avenue, on the South Side of Chicago. Singer-pianist Nat "King" Cole, master vocalist Johnny Hartman, piano whiz Dorothy Donegan and...

Jazz resolutions for a New Year

2013-01-02 10:27:00

A new year brings new hopes for music in Chicago. Here are key resolutions for 2013: Create a concise Cultural Plan. After months of town hall meetings, the city's Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events last fall came up with a 48-page wish...

New Cultural Plan a nice wish list, but city should focus on must-haves

2012-10-19 09:07:00

Give the city's Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events this much: It listened to what Chicagoans said they wanted in a Cultural Plan and wrote it down. And then wrote some more. And more. Released Monday, the Cultural Plan's 48 pages...

11-year-old singing sensation back on Morning News!

2012-11-02 00:00:00

The Amazing Mae Ya Carter Ryan returns to WGN Morning News for a second visit after winning Dwyane Wade's Chicago Has Talent competition. See her Saturday November 10th at the DuSable Museum, 740 E. 56th Pl., Chicago. For tickets visit...

Trice: Recalling an oasis known as Idlewild

2012-10-01 00:00:00

Since the mid-1920s, Ann Hawkins has summered on an idyllic oasis in northwestern Michigan called Idlewild, once known by some as the Martha's Vineyard of the Midwest, but for well-to-do black folk. She grew up riding horses there, swimming in the...

Trice: Chicago had its own black renaissance

2012-08-27 00:00:00

In 1997, Darlene Clark Hine came across an essay in which Harlem Renaissance writer Arna Bontemps argued that black Chicago had its own, little-known renaissance that began in the 1930s and rivaled the famous one that occurred in 1920s New York. "I...

South Shore jazz festival not canceled after all

2012-07-12 09:36:00

The annual South Shore jazz festival, which had been canceled due to lack of sponsorship, will take place after all, according to planners. Presented under the new name South Shore Jazz Lives: Because Jazz Unites, the event will play Aug. 4 and 5 at...

Catch "Buried Treasures: Art in African American Museums" before it closes Dec. 31. The exhibit looks at art produced by African-Americans, Henry O. Tanner, William Edouard Scott and Augusta Savage among them, from 30 African-American museums. 740 E. 56th Place; 773-947-0600 or dusablemuseum.org

2012-12-19 12:37:00

"Unconditional Love" by Lameck Bonjisi at DuSable Museum

2012-07-29 00:00:00

Also playing July 28: "Kings of the Evening" at DuSable Museum 740 E. 56th Pl. "Sono Sono Tite Curet" at Humboldt Park Boathouse 1359 N. Sacramento Ave.

2012-05-11 14:26:00