What to do in Chicago: C2E2, ‘Riverdance’ in Aurora and ‘Raiders’ in concert
Around the area this weekend, the latest "Riverdance" tour comes to the Paramount, the big comics expo opens at McCormick Place and comedian Margaret Cho plays The Vic.
Entertainment
Featured
Review: David Byrne’s ‘Theater of the Mind’ will make you see your own mind anew
As part of an audience moving through this theater experience, you are asked to reflect...
Make a note: Stationery is booming as we seek out more analog experiences
Stationerycore, as many call the culture, is having its moment, with devotees flocking to events...
Arts
Visit Norwood Park! Or Englewood! Chicago artist creates and sells tourism posters for city’s neighborhoods.
Illustrator Steve Shanabruch's retro posters suggest 1930s travel advertisements — what was once a side gig now makes up half his income.
Books
Tracy Kidder, Pulitzer-winning author who turned unlikely subjects into bestsellers, dies at 80
Tracy Kidder, an award-winning narrative nonfiction writer who turned everything from computer engineering to life in a nursing home into unexpected bestsellers, has died. He was 80.
Movies
Review: ‘They Will Kill You’ is a gonzo horror-fest of a comedy
If you only have time for one movie about a cult of elite satanists hunting down a pair of sisters, you might as well make it Kirill Sokolov’s cheerfully bonkers “They Will Kill You,” starring Zazie Beetz.
TV and Streaming
Jason Benetti, as NBC’s lead voice for ‘Sunday Night Baseball,’ will work with different analysts every week
Jason Benetti will be the voice of “Sunday Night Baseball,” which moves to NBC and Peacock after 26 seasons on ESPN.
Theater
Raven Theatre announces new producing artistic director
Jonathan Berry, a longtime Chicago director and former artistic producer at the Steppenwolf Theatre Company, will take the helm.
Restaurants, Food and Drink
Chefs of 2-Michelin-star Oriole are opening All Well, a new restaurant in the West Loop
Chefs Noah Sandoval and Larry Feldmeier are opening All Well this spring, a new restaurant offering a prix fixe menu alongside bar snacks.
Music and Concerts
Violin donated through Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra tugs Oak Forest family’s heart strings
An act of generosity by an Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra patron has inspired an Oak Forest family to pay it forward.
Travel
Chicago woman unsure of when she’ll return home from Dubai after US attacks on Iran
Shekinah Lee said she and her friends, vacationing this week in Dubai, have seen a missile and heard explosions. They’re sheltering in place at their hotel until further notice.
Museums
Chocolate Weekend at Morton Arboretum has everything you wanted to know — and taste — about cacao
The 15th annual expo in Lisle features chocolate products as well as information on flavor, texture, culture and controversies.
Home and Garden
Creeping vines can be harmful to your tree
Whether a vine growing up a tree is harmful or not will depend on the vigor of the vine and the size of the tree.
Recipes
The Kitchn: When I’m craving a Girl Scout Samoa, I make this easy dessert
Girl Scout cookie season is in full swing — and while I never was a Girl Scout myself, I definitely did partake in the cookies (Tagalongs, Thin Mints, and Samoas were my favorites). These coveted little treats are only available...
Fashion
Actress Lily Collins ‘still speechless’ after stolen engagement ring found by Chicago’s Joe the Jeweler
The star’s engagement ring was stolen about three years ago from a hotel in LA, but somehow it recently ended up at a trade show in New York, where Joe Hakimian unknowingly bought it.
Entertainment
Column: Of mansions, mahogany and the Astor Club’s new Clubhouse
It will only be a matter of time until 1516 N. Lake Shore Drive, one of seven mansions that remain on a street once lined with them, becomes a clubhouse.