17+ hour, 56+ min ago   (352+ words) Mexican Independence Day festivities will bring a weekend full of culture, flavor and music to downtown Chicago this weekend. El Grito Chicago returns to Grant Park's Butler Field both Saturday and Sunday, encouraging attendees to "dance, eat, and feel that…...

2+ day, 5+ hour ago   (29+ words) The marquee of the Chicago Theatre is a dazzling icon of the city that has hosted film premieres, film festivals, fashion shows, vaudeville entertainment, concerts, musicals and even memorials....

3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (131+ words) The deadline to submit School Applications for the 2027 Illinois High School Musical Theatre Awards is Wednesday, September 16, 2026. Get all the top news & discounts for Chicago & beyond. No password required. Broadway In Chicago is inviting high schools across the State of…...

4+ day, 14+ hour ago   (152+ words) Stevie Wonder has announced a “Songs In The Key of Life: 50th Anniversary” world tour on Tuesday, including a concert at the United Center. Stevie Wonder announced a “Songs in the Key of Life: 50th Anniversary” world tour on Tuesday, including a…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (415+ words) Some 30 years ago, Sheldon Epps had a cool idea for a hot show. Why not fuse the music of Duke Ellington with the plot of William Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night” and set the whole thing in swinging 1930s Harlem? “My idea was…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (480+ words) How did the Chicago History Museum — an institution focused on the history of our city and the region — end up with an impressive array of clothing worn by our earliest presidents, including some who never stepped foot in Illinois? Unfortunately,…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (155+ words) “Dirty Dancing” has a new tour arriving in Chicago and its distinguished director, Lonny Price, says it is a whole new treatment of how Baby gets out of her corner. The show has toured before, but in the past it…...

2+ week, 20+ hour ago   (264+ words) Chicagoans gathered at Grant Park on Friday for a dance party at the Chicago House Music Festival and Conference. The park was filled with music, dancing, and performances that celebrated the city’s deep-rooted house music culture. Several DJs kept the…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (337+ words) Robert Falls is returning to directing in the Chicago theater, this time not at the Goodman, his artistic home for decades, but at Redtwist Theatre, a tiny venue located at 1044 W. Bryn Mawr Ave. with fewer than 50 seats. Casting has not…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (1054+ words) “This band started on the south side of Chicago!” exclaimed Styx keyboard player Lawrence Gowan earlier this month on stage during a homecoming performance at Allstate Arena. “You are the people that have kept this music alive for decades now…...