Built in 1897, the venue for musical performances features a showstopping copper dome and marble-clad base designed by ...

Chicago will host its fireworks extravaganza on Saturday, July 5, while suburbs like Northbrook and Oak Lawn will hold their ...

Future of national public lands is precarious, but Americans across demographic and ideological lines value parks: ‘people champion their parks.’ ...

Here’s our guide to July 4 fireworks displays in the Chicago area, with shows from almost a hundred communities.

Ever since the Riot Fest punk rock festival moved from Chicago’s Humboldt Park neighborhood to North Lawndale’s Douglass Park ...

The man-made peninsula that Meigs Field sat on was owned by the Chicago Park District. And for years, some Chicagoans, Daley included, argued the lakefront land should instead be used as a park, open ...

Outgoing CPS CEO Pedro Martinez said he underestimated how hard it would be to convince Mayor Brandon Johnson to release money collected in tax-increment-financing districts.

Chicago Park District, Chicago Public Library, City Colleges of Chicago, and Chicago Police District locations will be open for cooling during regular hours of operation.

Martinez said he was “standing up for what’s right” when he resisted high-interest borrowing to pay for the new Chicago Teachers Union contract and city pension payment.

All of Chicago's 50 outdoor public swimming pools will open for the summer on Saturday, offering access seven days a week for the first time since the pandemic. Locally, the Washington Park pool at ...