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Millennium Park and Maggie Daley Park on April 26, 2023.

Chicago’s summer 2024 calendar: Taste, Jazz Fest and a birthday bash for Millennium Park

January 9, 2024 at 5:00 a.m.

The City of Chicago has announced its calendar of events for summer 2024, starting with the farmers markets in May and running through World Music Festival at the end of...

Conductor Christopher Bell takes the stage to lead the Grant Park Orchestra in a performance at Jay Pritzker Pavilion July 5, 2023, in Chicago.

Grant Park Music Festival announces 90th anniversary season, the final for conductor Carlos Kalmar

January 9, 2024 at 5:00 a.m.

Summer is on its way. The Grant Park Music Festival on Tuesday announced its 90th anniversary season, coming to Millennium Park with a 10-week series commencing June 12. Carlos Kalmar...

Katie Rose of Live Nation, left, and Chicago Park District CEO and general superintendent Rosa Escareño announce a concert with Billy Joel and Stevie Nicks during a press conference at Soldier Field in Chicago on Jan. 4, 2024.

Billy Joel, Stevie Nicks will play joint concert in June at Soldier Field

January 4, 2024 at 1:10 p.m.

Billy Joel and Stevie Nicks will perform together 7 p.m. June 21 at Soldier Field, according to an announcement Thursday morning by concert promoter Live Nation. Tickets are on sale...

The cast of "Beautiful: The Carole King Musical" at Marriott Theatre in Lincolnshire.

Save the Seats 2023: Your tickets for New Year’s Eve, from Second City to concerts to ‘Beautiful: The Carole King Musical’

December 27, 2023 at 5:00 a.m.

What are you doing for New Year's Eve, 2023 edition? Here we are, the Wednesday before the weekend and you have no tickets yet for the big night. Which is...

People watch as fireworks explode along the Chicago River moments after midnight Jan. 1, 2022, in Chicago.

New Year’s Eve fireworks will light up Chicago Riverwalk and Navy Pier

December 20, 2023 at 1:16 p.m.

Downtown Chicago will have fireworks again for New Year's Eve. According to an announcement Wednesday from Mayor Brandon Johnson's office and the Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events, both...

Sculptor Richard Hunt in his studio on Aug. 11, 2023.

Sculptor Richard Hunt, whose work made an outsize impression in Chicago and across the country, dies at 88

May 22, 2026 at 7:49 p.m.

Chicago sculptor Richard Hunt, whose abstract work includes the Ida B. Wells monument in Bronzeville and centerpieces at the Art Institute and in a Smithsonian museum, and whose art can...

Festival-goers cheer 2023 headliner Foo Fighters at Riot Fest in Chicago's Douglass Park on Sept. 15, 2023. (Chris Sweda/baiduhai)

Riot Fest announces dates and presale for 2024 festival

December 13, 2023 at 4:53 p.m.

Riot Fest on Wednesday announced dates and early ticket presales for its annual three-day music festival next year: Riot Fest 2024 will be Sept. 20-22. Presale tickets go on sale...

"Oprah Winfrey" by Chicago artist Shawn Michael Warren hangs at the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C., commissioned for the museum's permanent collection.

Oprah Winfrey painting by Chicago artist is unveiled at Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery

May 22, 2026 at 7:49 p.m.

As if Oprah Winfrey needed any more immortalizing. The Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery on Wednesday unveiled a portrait of Winfrey painted by Chicago artist Shawn Michael Warren to be part...

Carlos Tortolero, president of the National Museum of Mexican Art in Pilsen, in the permanent collection of the museum in 2006.

El fundador del Museo Nacional de Arte Mexicano, Carlos Tortolero, se jubila

April 15, 2024 at 3:39 p.m.

El Museo Nacional de Arte Mexicano anunció el lunes que su fundador, Presidente y Director General, Carlos Tortolero, se jubilará el 31 de diciembre. Deja el cargo tras más de...

National Museum of Mexican Art founder Carlos Tortolero will retire

May 22, 2026 at 7:49 p.m.

The National Museum of Mexican Art announced Monday that founder, President and CEO Carlos Tortolero will retire Dec. 31. He steps down after more than 40 years of leading the...

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