Jason Foumberg

Giordano Dance Photo: Gorman Cook May 31–June 3 Festival Maifest Lincoln Square Chicago’s summer street fests are best enjoyed early in the season, before they become inescapable, and festival fatigue...

Beer Under Glass in the Garfield Park Conservatory, Chicago's finest food trucks at Lincoln Park Zoo, Macbeth at Chicago Shakes, and more.

Apr. 2 New Music Savior Loop For its new-music series MusicNow, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra produces the world premiere of composer Amy Beth Kirsten’s chamber opera Savior with her vocal-theater...

Mar. 1–Apr. 7 Theater Time Is on Our Side Lake View History, some say, is written by the victors. Not so in this R. Eric Thomas comedy about a pair...

The Chicago Cultural Center displays one of our city’s most impressive public artworks in March.

Feb. 1 Pop Cashmere Cat Uptown This Norwegian producer and DJ counts Malia Obama among his fans (many spotted the former first daughter at his 2016 Lollapalooza set). Born Magnus...

The artist’s work will be featured at the Museum of Contemporary Art this month.

Jan. 1 Recreation New Year’s Day 5K Lincoln Park Consider this rain-or-shine jaunt through Lincoln Park a down payment on your lofty New Year’s resolutions. The breakfast buffet at the...

Chicago Elite Classic Photo: Nuccio DiNuzzo/Chicago Tribune Dec. 1 Rock Bitchin Bajas Lake View After an extended stint working on collaborative albums (one with Joshua Abrams’s Natural Information Society and...

Local artists made our streets the city’s most exciting exhibition space.