A little bit of rain never hurt, especially when it brings in an unseasonable warmth into our usually chilly Chicago. This week there are so many great events to enjoy […]

The annual Northwestern Winter Chamber Music Festival opens this Friday with the North American concert debut of a young ensemble hailing from the Netherlands, the Dudok Kwartet Amsterdam. Hosted by […]

This week’s curated list of events for the beginning of your week is huge! Each day has four amazing sections ranging from concerts, talks, and storytellers ready to make your […]

  [soliloquy id=”22025″]   Welcome to the first day back from the holidays! We hope you had a lovely time celebrating with friends and family. If you’ve still got some […]

  [soliloquy id=”21907″]   Wonderland Express is something of an institution at the Chicago Botanic Garden. For years, it’s been delighting families with its classic model trains, unique local botanical […]

[soliloquy id=”21705″]   We’re full tilt in the holiday season now, like it or not. Thanksgiving came in with a flurry of turkey, gravy and pie and December started in […]

There’s a sequence somewhere in the middle of director and co-writer Guillermo del Toro’s latest, The Shape of Water, in which the world turns black-and-white for just a couple of […]

There is something particularly special about Red Bull Sound Select’s 30 Days in Chicago. Every show I’ve had the pleasure of going to in the series has been handled with […]

Now that the turkey’s gone and the pumpkin pie a memory, it’s time to get in the full swing of the holiday season. The Magnificent Mile’s had its lighting and […]

I’m sure that most people’s Thanksgiving weekend was filled with family gatherings, online and in store shopping sprees, and plenty of good cheer! Let’s keep the great feeling of the […]

In 2009, Chicago webcomic cartoonist C. Spike Trotman, under her own publishing company, Iron Circus Comics,  created the Kickstarter page for her first crowdfunded comic, “Poorcraft.” Since then, Iron Circus has […]

The Harris Theater will host the world premiere of a new work by Chicago composer Augusta Read Thomas this Sunday, November 12. Sonorous Earth is a concerto for orchestra and […]