How does Chicago’s cultural spending compare to other cities?

<p>New York City’s buzzy progressive mayor, Zohran Mamdani, took to social media last month to announce — <a class="Link" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/16/nyregion/mamdani-mandarin-video.html?unlocked_article_code=1.6FA.y-v3.m0wB9a7x4XGy&amp;smid=nytcore-ios-share" target="_blank" ><u>in multiple languages</u></a> — an initiative to give thousands of free Broadway tickets to local high school students.</p><p>Paired with a recent, <a class="Link" href="https://www.artforum.com/news/mamdan

Original reporting by Chicago Sun-Times · Courtney Kueppers. GridIndex is an aggregation and intelligence layer — full credit to the original publisher.