Chicago City Council hearing on art display some call antisemitic gets heated
Ald. Debra Silverstein (50th) spearheaded efforts to remove the display at the Cultural Center. The artwork is part of the ...
Chicago City Council calls special meeting about controversial puppet art exhibit at Cultural Center
The controversy over an art display at the Chicago Cultural Center bubbled over to City Hall, where divisions over a pro-Palestinian protest puppet were on full display Tuesday.
Chicago ends up losing in aldermanic catfight over Cultural Center artwork
The City Council blew a chance to show the country that it's possible during this time of national division to have a ...
Three puppeteers bring to life one small puppet to tell a Booker-winning tale
But this is no ordinary actor bringing to life the main character in “The Life & Times of Michael K,” an adaptation of South ...
City Council hearing on controversial art devolves into shouting, name-calling
Tuesday’s meeting was called after a majority of the city’s alders signed onto a letter demanding the removal of the large, ...
Alderman told to leave City Council meeting after he appeared to call colleague a white supremacist
Ald. Byron Sigcho-Lopez was told to leave a committee meeting during a debate over a controversial pro-Gaza puppet display at ...
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Tempers flare during City Council debate over controversial art piece
A City Council committee hearing on a piece of artwork at the city's Cultural Center that some deemed antisemitic briefly ...
‘White supremacist’ remark sparks City Council member’s ouster from hearing on public art dubbed antisemitic
Ald. Byron Sigcho-Lopez was ejected from the meeting of the Special Events Committee by the normally affable chair, Ald. Nick ...
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Art display in Chicago center draws controversy, claims of antisemitism
A controversial art exhibit at the Chicago Cultural Center depicting Uncle Sam and Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu as ...