Art Institute announces $50 million conservation center, with the public welcome to watch the work
The Grainger Center for Conservation and Science, due to open in 2027, will occupy prime real estate in the museum's former Regenstein Hall.
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With its own home base, Asian Improv Arts Midwest and its jazz festival are here to stay
If a building represented Tatsu Aoki’s life, it would look like the Asian Improv Arts Midwest dojo, on Elston Avenue. After years of renting space from the Japanese American Service...
Review: Haymarket Opera and Newberry Consort link up for a rare ‘Euridice’
Jacopo Peri’s “Euridice,” composed for a Medici court wedding in 1600, holds the title of the oldest extant opera.
Review: Back and bigger than ever, 2025’s Ear Taxi is a smooth ride
Against all odds, the Ear Taxi Festival is back — and how.
Meet La Caccina, the choir celebrating strong women — and, this Halloween, witches
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.”
Review: CSO and Mäkelä present a theatrical ‘Harold in Italy’ that the composer would have loved
Hector Berlioz, you would have loved Thursday’s Chicago Symphony concert.
Review: In Sun Ra tribute, pianist Sullivan Fortner launches the Logan Center into orbit
His memorable concert Friday at the University of Chicago was joined by the “Galactic Friends,” as Fortner calls this septet, including some Arkestra veterans.
On a tour in Chicago, state reps hear from museum leaders in an uncertain cultural funding landscape
Rep. Kimberly DuBuclet organized the Thursday tour, which began at the DuSable Black History Museum, in response to federal cuts to the cultural sector.
Review: CSO hosts a dynamic debut, and a big outing for its smallest instrument
Even the Chicago Symphony’s rangiest programs are seldom as varied as the one conductor Daniela Candillari brought to Symphony Center on Friday.
Review: Hyde Park Jazz Festival conquers federal funding cuts with historic attendance
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.