The director’s responsibilities will include managing city park operations, planning for new and improved outdoor spaces, ...

The purchase is part of a three-building, $114 million real estate deal that has drawn scrutiny, in part due to ...

Their eyes glinted in the darkness as they lumbered through the rugged terrain of Hood Mountain Regional Park: a mother black bear with her two cubs trailing closely behind. Trail camera footage ...

We could have more information next week on Mayor Brandon Johnson's choice to lead Chicago parks. On Friday, the Board of ...

Carlos Ramirez-Rosa. “I look forward to carrying on that spirit of service to this new role to ensure that all Chicagoans can enjoy our parks.” Mayor Johnson said he will outline a process to ...

Sound familiar? No, this isn’t a review of current headlines. It’s some of the challenges faced by the characters in Dickinson’s fall 2025 play, Future Anxiety. In it, a young generation seeks new ...

Rosa Parks wasn’t a docile seamstress who just sat at the front of a bus in 1955. She’d been the leader of the Montgomery, Ala., NAACP’s youth division and worked as an activist for years.

National parks play a vital economic role throughout the country. Some 325 million visitors spent an estimated $26.4 billion in local "gateway regions" in 2023 alone, according to NPS. Those ...

National parks play a vital economic role throughout the country. Some 325 million visitors spent an estimated $26.4 billion in local "gateway regions" in 2023 alone, according to NPS. Those ...