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Arts Roundup: History Buff Edition

Arts Roundup: History Buff Edition

Last week we brought you some cool contemporary shows to check out. This week, we’ve rounded up a list of exhibits that look a little further to the past. more ›

City Dedicates Mag Mile's DuSable Statue

Chicago dedicated a bronze bust in honor of a man once thought of as the founder of Chicago on Saturday, according to Chicago Breaking News. Jean Baptiste Pointe DuSable was a Haitian fur trapper and the "first non-indigenous settler to the Chicago area," the report said. He was named founder of the city by the state of Illinois in 1968. The bust, which was donated by members of the city's Haitian-American community, is located on the east side of Michigan Avenue, north of the Chicago River. more ›

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