WATCH: Black artists featured in live art studio at Navy Pier Children’s Museum
By Kierstin Lindkvist Medill Reports During Black History Month, local Black artists have been featured at the Navy Pier Chicago Children’s Museum showing off their art and giving kids a glimpse at live painting. One of these artists is Dana Todd Pope: a mother of two whose art is all about painting the types of images she wanted […]
Q&A: Lisa Cole, mother of Chicago women’s football, reflects on sport’s 20th anniversary
By John Volk Medill Reports Lisa Cole is George Halas — that is, if the Chicago Bears founder and owner were a 29-year-old gay woman with a penchant for blue jeans. Two decades ago, Cole, now 49, founded the Chicago Force, the city’s first professional women’s tackle football team. A Massachusetts native and marketing specialist […]
