Review: Grant Park Music Festival opens with Latin dances and a multitasking conductor
Guest conductor Andrew Litton devised a sufficiently show-stopping opener on Wednesday by conducting and playing “Rhapsody in Blue.”
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Whose libretto is it, anyway? Chicago opera company takes on improv
What if you took that very Chicago comedy form and made it Mozart? Chicago Fringe Opera’s “Op*erratic” finds out every Wednesday at Borelli’s Pizzeria.
Review: ‘She Who Dared’ lovingly fact-checks civil rights history
Chicago Opera Theater’s world-premiere about the 1950s Montgomery bus boycotts tells the real story, usually a one-liner in history books, if that.
CSO hires a new chorus director; cancels next season’s MusicNOW series
Donald Palumbo is only the third director of the Chicago Symphony Chorus. But the "pause" for MusicNOW leaves the CSO without a contemporary music series for the moment.
Chicago’s museums for summer 2025: ‘Reptiles’ at the Field, brews at the zoos and ‘Spider-Man’ the exhibit
Experiences, not exhibitions, are coaxing folks off their couches and into cultural institutions. Here are some worth checking out.
Classical and jazz for summer 2025: From concert halls to the open air of Millennium Park
Chicago summer looks to be as busy as ever, with classical and jazz programming packed with blockbusters.
Intuit Art Museum has its big reopening: ‘I don’t want this to be a traditional art museum’
With a landmark renovation, the Intuit in West Town has also rebranded to eliminate the divisive "outsider art" terminology.
The sweeping art survey ‘First Homosexuals’ returns to Chicago, and a changed world
With more than 350 artworks taking over the entire venue at Wrightwood 659, the exhibit is back at the scale the curator Jonathan Katz intended.
Andy’s Jazz Club, a River North institution, rings in 50 years with a ‘time capsule’
The three brothers who run Andy's say they learned it all from their dad. They're celebrating a half century with a special concert series. But pro tip: Don't say you...
Cellist Lia Kohl finds music in the everyday. She’ll soon take a Union Station rush hour by surprise.
The cellist and composer says she thrives on collaborations, even if that means with train announcements. Plus, look for her soon at Constellation and Hungry Brain.