Saturday, March 3, 2012

Chicago's culture merits rave reviews Series: STATE OF THE ARTS (STANDARD)

Iron-pumping Chicago, the oldtime Mr. America of Urban Biceps,is hurdling into the 1990s as a surprise city of global culture. Andnot just physical culture, although it has plenty of that.

If London and New York are four-star capitals of the fine andpopular arts, Chicago appears to be fast approaching a robust threestars, over all.

That is the finding of a broad state-of-the-arts surveyconducted by the Chicago Sun-Times.

For the first time, the city broke through in the 1980s as aleading marketplace of painting and sculpture and an acclaimed centerof fresh theater and noted actors and directors. It also emergedmore strongly than ever as a major city of …

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