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Arts and Cultural Offerings in Kankakee County Keep Residents Entertained
Kankakee County is eager to showcase arts and culture options to residents and visitors. Art galleries, big names in entertainment, theaters and a rich history make Kankakee County a great place to expand your artistic mind.
Metro Centre Arts Gallery
Housed in the Metro Transit Center is the Metro Centre Arts Gallery, which opened in 2009. Headed by the Community Arts Council, the gallery's space is available to local artists or groups who are members in good standing with the council. All... Read More »
Frank Lloyd Wright Homes Side-by-Side in Kankakee, IL
Kankakee is the only city in the world where you'll find two Frank Lloyd Wright-designed homes side-by-side. Both homes have been privately owned and off limits to tourists – until now.
The nonprofit group Wright in Kankakee recently acquired the title of one of the homes, known as the Harley Bradley House, and will open it as a museum. The group is collecting donations and furniture for the house, which is perched on the bank of the Kankakee River. News of the home being opened to the... Read More »
Frank Lloyd Wright's Kankakee House Now Owned by Not-for-Profit Group
Famed architect Frank Lloyd Wright designed two Kankakee homes that were both constructed in 1900 – Hickox House and the B. Harley Bradley House. In 2012, both remain showplaces next door to each other on South Harrison Avenue in the Riverview Historic District.
Hickox House is privately owned and not open to the public, but Bradley House is owned by a not-for-profit group, Wright in Kankakee, and is open for tours on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. The one-hour tour costs $15, and the... Read More »
Kankakee Provides Natural Retreat Close to Chicago
Looking for a good reason to settle down in Kankakee County? The people who live here can give you a hundred.
“I’m in love with this place. It’s everything we wanted it to be and more‚” says Susan Crisp‚ who moved to Kankakee County from Chattanooga‚ Tenn. in February 2007 to become the director of Camp Shaw-Waw-Nas-See in Manteno. Her husband‚ Jason Robertson‚ and four-year-old son‚ Gabriel‚ came with her.
“We had opportunities to move to other areas‚ but this area had better schools for my... Read More »
