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30 Best Things to Do in Chicago and the Suburbs in November 2026
November brings the start of Chicago’s holiday season, from the Magnificent Mile Lights Festival to the Goodman Theatre’s annual A Christmas Carol. Stevie Wonder and Yo-Yo Ma lead a strong month for music, Neil deGrasse Tyson and Ina Garten take the stage for talks, and holiday…
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How Tom Stoppard’s ‘Leopoldstadt’ Brought Faith Communities Together
Writers Theatre (WT), a Make It Better Foundation 2026 Philanthropy Award winner, brought together more than 15 faith, cultural, and educational organizations through The Stoppard Series, an initiative inspired by its largest production to date: Tom Stoppard’s award-winning…
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Making Math Accessible to Every Student Can Mean Letting Them Struggle
A first-year math teacher stands in her classroom, walls covered in anchor charts that promise mistakes are welcome. She spent her summer building rich, open-ended tasks — the kind she loved in graduate school. On the first day, she learns every student’s name. She is ready.…
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Stressed by Election News? A Media Psychologist Shares 3 Ways to Stay Informed and Calm
You pick up your phone to check one thing — perhaps the weather, a text message, or the score of a game. A few minutes later, you have read three election headlines, watched a clip from a debate, skimmed dozens of comments, and somehow learned that democracy, the economy, your…
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What If We’ve Forgotten Some of Our Best Ideas? David Byrne on ‘Sleeping Beauties’ and How to Wake Them
David Byrne has worn some memorable suits onstage, most famously the oversized gray suit in Talking Heads’ concert film Stop Making Sense. But at Chicago’s Athenaeum Center for Thought and Culture on Oct. 15, there was no giant suit, no band, and no choreography. In a simple…
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Irish Dance Redefined: The Dancers Challenging Assumptions About Who Leads and Who Performs
Growing up as an Irish dancer in Denver, Chelsea Hoy was attracted to the form’s rhythms and movement. From a young age, Hoy found an unparalleled power and safety in the precision and control that the art of Irish dance requires. When Hoy was nine years old, her aunt drove her…
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Why Job Training Alone Won’t Get Young People Hired
In a year with falling job openings and sluggish hiring, economic and political instability, and an increasingly volatile job market, finding ways to connect job seekers with employers has become urgent. Many job seekers are becoming more disheartened, lacking options in a…
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Sharing a Meal Shouldn’t Require Permission: What a Legal Fight With One City Could Mean for Yours
On a chilly afternoon in Roswell, New Mexico, volunteers unfolded a few tables in a downtown plaza, poured coffee, served homemade meals, and talked with anyone who stopped. Some visitors came because they were hungry. Others came because they were lonely. Many stayed because…
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For Women Rebuilding After Trauma, the Hardest Part Is Finding Support That Lasts
For many women, the hardest part of overcoming trauma, domestic violence, substance use, poverty, or life crises is not finding the desire to change—it is finding support that lasts long enough to make change possible. When a woman walks into a Women’s Empowerment Series session…
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Here’s What Happens When Struggling Readers Read Aloud to a Dog
Imagine being a parent who does not believe they have the capacity to help their kindergartener learn to read. Or a second-grade teacher who wishes she could motivate a family to surface from chronic absenteeism. Or the librarian of a local library stocked with new resources for…