Brookfield Zoo Chicago unveils $500 million Century Plan to transform its campus
The new primate space set to open next spring will be followed ecoregions creating animal habitats from different parts of the world. Gateway to Africa is next.
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Review: CSO and conductor Marin Alsop open Ravinia residency with South African exchange
In grim times such as these, an all-American program can feel as much like an elegy as a celebration. So it was Friday, followed Saturday with a program headlined by...
Review: Opera Festival of Chicago hits its stride with a Dallapiccola/Menotti double bill
Luigi Dallapiccola’s “Il prigioniero” is followed by Gian Carlo Menotti’s “The Medium." Double dourness aside, it’s a wonder no one has thought to pair them before.
Review: After decade’s absence, conductor Giancarlo Guerrero delivers a powerful Grant Park Music Fest program
Rather than dive into an evening-length program, he put forward a short yet dense exploration of two pieces: Joan Tower’s “1920/2019” and Dmitri Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 5.
Review: In Strauss and Mozart, Ludovic Morlot’s Grant Park Music Festival tryout was more like a warmup
For all his credentials, the guest conductor's connection never sparked on Wednesday with our own Grant Park Festival Orchestra, which otherwise sounded as fine as ever.
Review: At the CSO, tumultuous Tchaikovsky and a sneak peek of Daniil Trifonov’s residency
This week, the Chicago Symphony closes its season with a program that looks to its future while glancing at its past.
Art Institute returns Thai artifact amid ongoing repatriation claims
The fragment, which depicts the Hindu god Krishna lifting Mount Govardhana in northern India, is from the Phanom Rung temple in northeastern Thailand — not Cambodia, as the museum originally...
Review: German string soloists buoy Grant Park Music Festival’s 90th opening week
This week, the festival notches two major anniversaries: its 90th season, and its 25th and final year led by artistic director and principal conductor Carlos Kalmar.
Review: In brilliant premiere, CSO composer-in-residence goes out with a bang while MusicNOW quiets to a whimper
“Procession” makes hard-rocking use of a drum set, more often spotted in a rock arena or jazz bandstand than a classical performance.
Museums for summer 2024: After-hours parties at the Shedd and a Holocaust Museum debut
Also on our list for the season, a Royko exhibit, music at the MSI and cicadas vs. butterflies.