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Wisin & Yandel in concert in Mexico City in August 2022.

Sueños Festival is back for summer 2023 with Wisin Y Yandel, Grupo Firme

January 31, 2023 at 1:04 p.m.

Sueños Festival is returning to Grant Park this summer for a second annual, two-day festival of Latin music and Reggaeton May 27-28. Headliners will be Wisin Y Yandel, Nicky Jam,...

Patrick O'Keefe, Josiah Haugen, Kevin Webb, Ryan Stajmiger and Christopher Johnson in "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street" by Kokandy Productions.

2023 Non-Equity Jeff Award nominations: Theo Ubique and Kokandy’s ‘Sweeney Todd’ lead the way

January 31, 2023 at 10:00 a.m.

The nominations are in for the most recent season of theater productions by Chicago's non-union theaters, with the list for the 49th annual Non-Equity Jeff Awards announced Tuesday by the...

Sarah Silverman in Chicago on Oct. 16, 2015. She headlines the Chicago Theatre in February.

Comedy for early 2023: Sarah Silverman, the King of Rant and a reopened iO Theater

January 20, 2023 at 5:34 p.m.

As with our previous lists for comedy in Chicago, we sweat not over what we're including, but what we didn't. So be it. Around the Chicago area from now through...

Grant Park Music Festival principal conductor Carlos Kalmar leads the Grant Park Orchestra in an Independence Day Salute at Millennium Park's Pritzker Pavilion on July 2, 2021.

Grant Park Music Festival announces 2023 summer season with Beethoven, Broadway and a new work by Jessie Montgomery

January 10, 2023 at 5:00 a.m.

Take heart, Chicago music fans, the Earth is tilting us toward summer, and lest you need a reminder, the Grant Park Music Festival on Tuesday announced its 2023 season in...

The Poetry Foundation building in Chicago on May 1, 2020.

Chicago announces search for the city’s first Poet Laureate

January 5, 2023 at 3:03 p.m.

We're a city of writers, don't we all know it. Now Chicago hopes to crown a citywide poet. Announced Wednesday by Lightfoot and the Poetry Foundation, the winner will come...

Steph Tolev is the New Year's Eve headliner at the Zanies Comedy Club in west suburban Rosemont.

Save the Seats has tickets reserved for New Year’s Eve: 22 shows for 2022

December 28, 2022 at 6:11 a.m.

What are you doing for New Year's Eve, 2022 edition? Staying home and watching Hulu was so last year. And the year before that. And OK, maybe also patches of...

The Adler Planetarium on the Museum Campus on the Chicago lakefront.

Update: Field Museum and Adler Planetarium will close due to winter storm

May 22, 2026 at 7:52 p.m.

The Adler Planetarium on the Museum Campus announced Wednesday that it would close Friday and Saturday due to the winter storm watch for Chicago. The full announcement: Due to forecasted...

Morton Arboretum announces next big sculpture show for summer 2023

May 22, 2026 at 7:52 p.m.

A next outdoor sculpture exhibition has been announced for the Morton Arboretum, to be built in spring 2023 and launched in time for summer. Titled "Of the Earth," it will...

‘Dear Evan Hansen’ is back in Chicago, with a Chicago actor as Evan. It’s as grueling a role as they say it is.

December 8, 2022 at 1:58 p.m.

"Dear Evan Hansen" recently arrived at the Nederlander Theatre in the Loop for a run through the end of December. The musical, which first opened on Broadway in 2016, has...

Joffrey Ballet’s ‘Nutcracker’ opens this weekend

December 2, 2022 at 1:20 p.m.

The Joffrey Ballet's annual production of "The Nutcracker," a Chicago favorite for the holidays, opens this weekend at the Lyric Opera House and runs through late December. The full performance...

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