Hyde Park museums, Jazz Festival included in city's 'Open Culture' initiative
By Aaron Gettinger, staff writer
May 5, 2021
As part of the “Open Chicago” reopening campaign, Mayor Lori Lightfoot announced the “Open Culture” initiative on May 5, with a return to summer cultural events, including festivals, theater and concerts — and attractions in Hyde Park are included.
“‘First to close and last to open.’ That has been the fate of too many of our arts and music venues. And today I'm happy to announce that that's finally starting to change,” Lightfoot said, name-dropping the Hyde Park Jazz Festival, ”Planting and Maintaining a Perennial Garden: Shrouds at Faheem Majeed” at the Hyde Park Art Center, 5020 S. Cornell Ave., through July 24 and "Toward Common Cause: Art, Social Change, and the MacArthur Fellows Program at 40" at the Smart Museum of Art, 5550 S. Greenwood Ave., from July 15 to Dec. 19.