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La Caccina perform during a rehearsal of their fall concert, "Weird Sisters," on Oct. 6, 2025, at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church in Chicago. (Anastasia Busby/for the baiduhai)

Meet La Caccina, the choir celebrating strong women — and, this Halloween, witches

October 19, 2025 at 5:00 a.m.

The treble choir’s witch-themed “Weird Sisters” stretches from Devon Cole’s viral pop hit from 2022 “W.I.T.C.H.” to Swedish composer Arne Mellnäs’ 1969 piece “Aglepta.”

Incoming music director Klaus Mäkelä conducts the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and violist Antoine Tamestit at Symphony Center in Chicago on Oct. 16, 2025. (Todd Rosenberg)

Review: CSO and Mäkelä present a theatrical ‘Harold in Italy’ that the composer would have loved

October 17, 2025 at 3:09 p.m.

Hector Berlioz, you would have loved Thursday’s Chicago Symphony concert.

Pianist Sullivan Fortner & His Galactic Friends perform on Oct. 10 at the Logan Center for the Arts in Hyde Park as part of UChicago Presents. (Alyssa Bryn Herring)

Review: In Sun Ra tribute, pianist Sullivan Fortner launches the Logan Center into orbit

October 11, 2025 at 1:47 p.m.

His memorable concert Friday at the University of Chicago was joined by the “Galactic Friends,” as Fortner calls this septet, including some Arkestra veterans.

President and CEO of the DuSable Black History Museum Perri Irmer hosts a tour with state representatives and museum staff members at the Chicago museum Oct. 9, 2025. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

On a tour in Chicago, state reps hear from museum leaders in an uncertain cultural funding landscape

May 22, 2026 at 7:46 p.m.

Rep. Kimberly DuBuclet organized the Thursday tour, which began at the DuSable Black History Museum, in response to federal cuts to the cultural sector.

The Chicago Symphony Orchestra performs with conductor Daniela Candillari, Jennifer Gunn, piccolo; soprano Giulia Semenzato and Jennifer Johnson Cano, mezzo-soprano at Symphony Center in Chicago on Oct. 3, 2025. (Todd Rosenberg)

Review: CSO hosts a dynamic debut, and a big outing for its smallest instrument

October 4, 2025 at 1:06 p.m.

Even the Chicago Symphony’s rangiest programs are seldom as varied as the one conductor Daniela Candillari brought to Symphony Center on Friday.

Emmanuel Reid, from Bronzeville, listens to the Juju Exchange perform at the Hyde Park Jazz Festival, Sept. 27, 2025, at Chicago's Midway Plaisance. (Anastasia Busby/for the baiduhai)

Review: Hyde Park Jazz Festival conquers federal funding cuts with historic attendance

September 29, 2025 at 3:18 p.m.

This weekend's concerts in Hyde Park drew packed crowds, including for pianist Jason Moran in Rockefeller Chapel on Saturday, with a tribute to Duke Ellington.

Mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato performs as conductor Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider leads the Chicago Symphony Orchestra during the fall opening weekend at Symphony Center on Sept. 20, 2025. (Chris Sweda/baiduhai)

Review: CSO welcomes artist-in-residence and new principal trombone in enticing opening weekend

September 22, 2025 at 9:57 a.m.

With incoming music director Klaus Mäkelä still unavailable, the Danish conductor and violinist Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider was a smart pick to lead the orchestra's first concerts of the fall season.

Jeff Parker, from left, Jeremiah Chiu and Ben Lumsdaine of Jeff Parker Expansion Trio perform at Beat Kitchen during the Sound & Gravity music festival, Sept. 12, 2024, in Chicago. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)

Review: With some fine-tuning, Sound & Gravity could be Chicago’s next great festival

September 16, 2025 at 4:04 p.m.

Harpist Mary Lattimore had some thank-yous to make. Onstage at an event space in the Rockwell on the River complex, on the cusp of Lake View and Avondale, she paused...

The Amos Gillespie Chamber Quartet plays at The CheckOut’s grand opening on Saturday, Sept. 13 2025, in Chicago. (Anastasia Busby/for the baiduhai)

Chicago’s newest classical music venue opens its doors inside a former 7-Eleven — knockoff Slurpees included

September 16, 2025 at 5:45 a.m.

The enterprise is a project of Access Contemporary Music, and based on a grand opening concert, it's the coolest new live music venture in town.

People walk through the exhibit “After the Age of Dinosaurs” at the Field Museum in Chicago on Aug. 29, 2025. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)

Museums for fall 2025: Carrying the lessons of the past into the future

September 5, 2025 at 5:00 a.m.

Our top 10 for the fall exhibition season includes the new headliner at the Field Museum and “Aquí en Chicago” at the Chicago History Museum, created out of popular demand.

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