In Evanston, a rare breed emerges: a new jazz listening room
Local Note founder Kurt Schauer says “the pendulum is starting to swing back to analog.”
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Chicago History Museum has one of the most valuable collections of presidential items outside DC
Olivia Mahoney retired as a senior curator in 2018. But she's back for “Threads of a Nation: Preserving Presidential Clothing."
Museums for fall 2026: Science at the MSI, women all-stars at Art Institute and the annual architecture Open House
Whether you like architecture, history, science or maybe bugs, museums around the Chicago area have your thing this fall.
Review: A monumental finale for the Grant Park Music Festival’s summer
Classics, yes, but it was the 21st century works that reigned in a season-capping concert by conductor Giancarlo Guerrero and the Grant Park Orchestra and Chorus in Millennium Park.
Chicago DIY is changing — but Sooper Records, hitting a decade of ‘genre-combusting freak music,’ is here to stay
To understand Sooper Records, the anything-goes local label, you have to understand the 2010s DIY world from whence it came.
Review: Mäkelä makes grand symphonic statements with the CSO at Ravinia. Will he scale the opera world next?
The CSO plays its heart out for its new boss, and these concerts — the orchestra’s finest in Pavilion 2.0 so far — were no exception.
Bill McGlaughlin, longtime host of ‘Exploring Music,’ dies at 82
Bill McGlaughlin — a multi-hyphenate who composed, conducted and played trombone and piano — hosted “Exploring Music” from 2003 to 2025.
The barrier-breaking Marin Alsop takes a bow, departing as Ravinia chief conductor
After helming the CSO’s summer residency for six formative seasons, Alsop departs Ravinia this year. But she’ll be back, including to complete a Mahler symphony cycle.
Review: Ravinia unveils $70 million Pavilion with Lizzo and CSO — how does it sound?
Lizzo, pianist Yunchan Lim and the CSO officially opened what is now the Hunter Pavilion on Saturday night. The acoustics are much changed, but audiences probably will notice the improved...
Column: No fair weather Americans at Grant Park’s Independence Day concert
This concert always balances silliness with solemnity, as traditions include both conductor Christopher Bell's absurd costumes and a tribute to U.S. military members with the Armed Forces Salute.