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Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel (right) with musician (and President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities member) Yo-Yo Ma

Art Works in Chicago

January 3, 2013
Chicago radiates culture, from our art to our architecture, our food to our festivals, our music to our museums. That vibrancy of culture is Chicago’s great inheritance as a city, and it is the key to our future. That is why I was proud to unveil the 2012 Chicago Cultural Plan this past...

Postcard from Chicago

June 8, 2010
Washington, DC Onstage at the Museum of Contemporary Arts symposium. Photo by Richard Cahan I just spent a few days in Chicago, one of my favorite cities. One of the great things about this trip is that we were hosted throughout the trip by the MacArthur Foundation. Bob Gallucci, the foundation?s...