Chicago Sun-Times27d
City Council majority demands removal of artwork that it calls antisemitic at Cultural Center
Debra Silverstein (50th), the City Council’s ... named “U.S.-Israel War Machine” that sits in a gallery at the Chicago Cultural Center. Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Sun-Times Instead, Hedspeth ...
Chicago Sun-Times26d
Peoples Gas is doing its job with pipeline replacement project
The energy pipes running under Chicago’s streets date back as ... incarcerated along with the people he provoked. To: Ald. Debra Silverstein (50th), who has been slapping the “antisemitic ...
WBEZ27d
City Council majority demands removal of artwork that it calls antisemitic at Cultural Center
Debra Silverstein (50th), the City Council’s ... named “U.S.-Israel War Machine” that sits in a gallery at the Chicago Cultural Center. Instead, Hedspeth agreed to take down the sign bearing ...
ABC 7 Chicago28d
Alderpersons call for removal of controversial puppet art at Chicago Cultural Center
CHICAGO (WLS) -- An exhibit at the Chicago ... The effort was spearheaded by Alderwoman Debra Silverstein. "I believe in freedom of speech and freedom of expression, but I think this crosses ...
WGN-TV28d
Majority of Chicago’s alders demand removal of ‘antisemitic’ art at cultural center
CHICAGO — A majority of the city’s alders ... Conway is among 27 alders who have signed a letter sent by Ald. Debra Silverstein (50th Ward), the council’s only Jewish member, to the mayor ...
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Council members engaged in heated debate over a controversial piece of artwork
A controversial piece of artwork at a City-owned facility sparked some heated rhetoric at a City Council hearing Tuesday. Alderwoman Debra Silverstein (50th), the council’s only Jewish member, raised ...
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 exhibit "Potential Energy: Chicago Puppets Up Close"—which is described as a ...
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 ...
Chicago Tribune28d
Aldermen blast Cultural Center display as antisemitic, call on Mayor Brandon Johnson to remove it
Ald. Debra Silverstein, 50th, center, attends a celebration of Kwanzaa and Hanukkah organized by the group Cook County United Against Hate at the County Building in Chicago on Dec. 19, 2024.
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 the Chicago Cultural Center.
WTTW13d
City Clerk Briefly Removed Video of Contentious City Council Committee Meeting at Mayor’s Office Request
City Clerk Anna Valencia said Wednesday that her office briefly removed a video of a contentious Chicago City Council meeting that took place Tuesday after what she called an improper request from the ...