Music and Concerts | Windy City Smokeout 2024: Guide to this year’s bands, barbecue and more. And nobody follows Carrie Underwood. By Bob Gendron July 8, 2024 at 6:12 p.m. Here’s a taste of what to expect for this year's Windy City Smokeout, which opens...
Things To Do | ‘Chicago Bound: The Great Migration of the Blues’ heads to Chicago’s parks to tell the story behind the music By Darcel Rockett July 4, 2024 at 5:00 a.m. If the Chicago Blues Festival in June whet your appetite for more blues this summer,...
History | Today in History: Jim Morrison of The Doors dies By Associated Press July 3, 2024 at 4:00 a.m. On July 3, 1971, singer Jim Morrison of The Doors died in Paris at age...
Motorsports | 2024 NASCAR Chicago Street Race: What to know about the 2.2-mile course around the city By Kori Rumore July 5, 2024 at 6:57 p.m. For a second straight year, Chicago will transform the Grant Park environs into a racetrack...
Music and Concerts | Review: Has Mick Jagger slowed down? Are the Rolling Stones past it? Not yet By Bob Gendron July 1, 2024 at 6:20 a.m. Questions about the Rolling Stones’ predictability, purpose and joyfulness aside, the physically fit Mick Jagger...
Music and Concerts | Review: Chrissy Chlapecka at Schubas a concert by a pop star on the rise By Britt Julious June 28, 2024 at 11:13 a.m. Watching her perform her short but sweet set on Thursday night felt like bearing witness...
Music and Concerts | Jazz Fest 2024: Amina Claudine Myers, Catherine Russell and Spanish Harlem Orchestra By Doug George July 3, 2024 at 1:59 p.m. The full musical lineup has been announced for this summer’s Chicago Jazz Festival, taking place...
Music and Concerts | Review: In Strauss and Mozart, Ludovic Morlot’s Grant Park Music Festival tryout was more like a warmup By Hannah Edgar June 27, 2024 at 12:32 p.m. For all his credentials, the guest conductor's connection never sparked on Wednesday with our own...
Crime and Public Safety | Nevada judge denies release of ex-gang leader ahead of trial in 1996 killing of Tupac Shakur By Ken Ritter June 26, 2024 at 6:42 p.m. An ailing former Los Angeles-area gang leader has been denied release from a Las Vegas...
Music and Concerts | Navy Pier announces lineup for 2024’s Chicago Live festival By Doug George June 27, 2024 at 10:59 a.m. Boasted as the largest free performing arts festival in the Midwest, headliners include Second City,...