Concepts of place evoke powerful emotions. Place can be sacred, personal, universal, and culturally significant. Artist Mary K. Connelly connects with concepts of space in intimate small-scale paintings, on view at Woman Made Gallery, through March 31, 2008.

Woman Made Gallery is proud to introduce Shelly Jyoti, a contemporary artist from Baroda, India who also delves in traditional decorative art forms. She is an international exhibiting artist and her interdisciplinary work in garment design, painting and poetry writing has appeared in solo and group exhibitions within India, Singapore and North America.

The Chicago Cubs and Chicago White Sox might be sharing a field, despite a long crosstown rivalry that still divides Chicago baseball fans.

Goodman Theatre welcomes director Harris Yulin and actor Lois Smith as they team up for The Trip to Bountiful, Horton Foote's beloved 1953 play featuring Hallie Foote and Devon Abner—Foote's eldest daughter and son-in-law, respectively-and Meghan Andrews.

Bold, provocative and sublime, the works of contemporary female artists are charting new territories and breaking established grounds. Woman Made Gallery is pleased to announce its 11th International Art Open. Each year, in celebration of Women's History Month, Woman Made Gallery invites submissions from women artists worldwide.

The Chicago History Museum explores how the presidency has affected public perception, history, and the movies. The Chicago History Museum presents a 3-part series that examines the county's highest office, the presidency. Programs will take place at the Chicago History Museum on Tuesdays March 11, 18, and 25 from 7:00 – 8:30 p.m. Each program is $10/$8 for Museum members.

Chicago Mercantile Exchange Group, the world's largest and most diverse derivatives exchange, today announced February volume averaged 13.2 million contracts per day, up 25 percent from February 2007. Total volume exceeded 264 million contracts for the month, of which a record 82 percent was traded electronically. Total electronic volume averaged 10.8 million contracts per day, up 34 percent from the prior February.

In light of today's announcement concerning firm proprietary trading activity in the Wheat futures market, CME Group confirms that MF Global has met and continues to meet its obligations to CME Clearing and remains in good standing as a clearing member of the exchange.

CME Group, the world's largest and most diverse derivatives exchange, today announced that Nancy Goble, Managing Director and Chief Accounting Officer, will retire after nearly 11 years of service, effective June 1, 2008. The company has appointed Jill Harley, formerly Chief Accounting Officer for The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT), to assume the role of Managing Director and Chief Accounting Officer effective March 1, 2008.

CME Group, the world's largest and most diverse exchange, announced that CME Globex and clearing fees will be waived for all S&P MidCap 400 and E-mini S&P MidCap 400 Index futures and options on futures for all market participants. The waivers will go into effect March 3, 2008, and continue through December of this year. The waivers in the S&P MidCap 400 products are similar to the fee waivers for the S&P SmallCap 600 products already in place.

The Chicago History Museum presents The ’68 Experience, a 3-part series celebrating 40 years from the infamous year 1968 when love, peace and rock n’ roll were in conflict with war and protests.

As part of its annual Black Creativity program, the Museum of Science and Industry opens The Magic and Science of Cinema and Television, an interactive exhibit that explores the dynamic careers, technology and star power that make your favorite news programs, television shows and blockbuster movies possible.