National Museum of Mexican Art announces new president
The National Museum of Mexican Art has a new leader, announcing on Tuesday that José Ochoa will be its new president and CEO. Ochoa comes to the museum after serving as president...
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Chicago’s summer 2024 calendar: Taste, Jazz Fest and a birthday bash for Millennium Park
The City of Chicago has announced its calendar of events for summer 2024, starting with the farmers markets in May and running through World Music Festival at the end of...
Grant Park Music Festival announces 90th anniversary season, the final for conductor Carlos Kalmar
Summer is on its way. The Grant Park Music Festival on Tuesday announced its 90th anniversary season, coming to Millennium Park with a 10-week series commencing June 12. Carlos Kalmar...
Billy Joel, Stevie Nicks will play joint concert in June at Soldier Field
Billy Joel and Stevie Nicks will perform together 7 p.m. June 21 at Soldier Field, according to an announcement Thursday morning by concert promoter Live Nation. Tickets are on sale...
Save the Seats 2023: Your tickets for New Year’s Eve, from Second City to concerts to ‘Beautiful: The Carole King Musical’
What are you doing for New Year's Eve, 2023 edition? Here we are, the Wednesday before the weekend and you have no tickets yet for the big night. Which is...
New Year’s Eve fireworks will light up Chicago Riverwalk and Navy Pier
Downtown Chicago will have fireworks again for New Year's Eve. According to an announcement Wednesday from Mayor Brandon Johnson's office and the Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events, both...
Sculptor Richard Hunt, whose work made an outsize impression in Chicago and across the country, dies at 88
Chicago sculptor Richard Hunt, whose abstract work includes the Ida B. Wells monument in Bronzeville and centerpieces at the Art Institute and in a Smithsonian museum, and whose art can...
Riot Fest announces dates and presale for 2024 festival
Riot Fest on Wednesday announced dates and early ticket presales for its annual three-day music festival next year: Riot Fest 2024 will be Sept. 20-22. Presale tickets go on sale...
Oprah Winfrey painting by Chicago artist is unveiled at Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery
As if Oprah Winfrey needed any more immortalizing. The Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery on Wednesday unveiled a portrait of Winfrey painted by Chicago artist Shawn Michael Warren to be part...
El fundador del Museo Nacional de Arte Mexicano, Carlos Tortolero, se jubila
El Museo Nacional de Arte Mexicano anunció el lunes que su fundador, Presidente y Director General, Carlos Tortolero, se jubilará el 31 de diciembre. Deja el cargo tras más de...