Here's your local news at a glance for Saturday, the 17th of October.
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🎭 Culture
Museum officials broke ground Tuesday, Oct.
13, on a $22 million project to reopen the Griffin Museum’s historic south entrance on 5700 S. DuSable Lake Shore Drive — the renovation will add an accessible entrance, elevators, a cafe, and a terrace and is set to finish by December.
UIC Disability Cultural Center, Disabled People of Color Coalition and UIC Institute for the Humanities will host Chicago Showcase of Superfest Disability Film Festival 2026 at an accessible UIC venue.
The event will show short films (animation, documentary, musical) and finish with an audience vote while following COVID safety guidelines.
🎓 Education
Candidates for Chicago Board of Education president faced off at the Logan Center for the Arts on Wednesday in a forum hosted by the Hyde Park Herald, Chalkbeat Chicago, and the University of Chicago's Institute of Politics - voters will weigh their views ahead of the Nov.
3 election.
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