Review: What’s a ‘New Jawn’? Only Christian McBride’s hottest band yet
It's not every day Constellation's view from the street is blotted out by a tour bus wider than the venue itself. Then again, it's not every day a musician of...
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Some of the Art Institute’s prominent antiquities from Nepal likely looted, investigation says
The Art Institute of Chicago's Alsdorf collection is at the center of renewed scrutiny over repatriation claims. Donated by Marilynn Alsdorf in 1997, the Alsdorf collection comprises some 500 antiquities...
Review: With a cast like this, ‘Carmen’ at Lyric Opera is a sure thing
You know what they say about people who assume, but based on casting alone, it was hard not to expect great things from Lyric Opera's latest "Carmen." The company tapped...
Presentan la temporada 2023 del Festival de Ravinia
Vuelve el mayor festival de verano del norte de Chicago, y de qué manera. El Festival de Ravinia presentó el jueves una temporada 2023 especialmente amplia y repleta de estrellas,...
Ravinia Festival 2023: Boyz II Men with Isley Brothers, women composers with the CSO
Northern Chicagoland's biggest summer festival is back — and how. Ravinia Festival on Thursday unveiled an especially broad and star-studded 2023 season, featuring several high-profile debuts and the return of...
A decade in the making, world premiere of ‘The Life and Death(s) of Alan Turing’ arrives at COT at the right time
For as much as we know about the pioneering British computer scientist Alan Turing, we know relatively little about his death. Turing was found dead at his home in 1954,...
Her residency extended at the CSO, violinist Hilary Hahn makes music like no one’s watching
Hilary Hahn is doing what she does best: shredding a run from Sergei Prokofiev's Violin Concerto No. 1 in a world-class concert hall — in this case, the Sydney Opera...
Review: In a meeting between orchestral music’s old and young guards, Blomstedt a bright spot in a mixed CSO program
Over the past month, the musicians of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra have performed with the youngest and oldest conductors working at classical music's highest level. Three weeks ago, it was...
Separation of church and stage? Athenaeum Center’s mission shift divides former tenants and employees
After debuting a new mission statement "to revitalize the great Catholic tradition of the arts," changes at the city's oldest continuously operating off-Loop theater have generated controversy among some small...
Review: At the CSO, guest conductor Klaus Mäkelä shines with Mahler
At 28, Jean Sibelius had big plans. The Finnish composer had begun venturing into writing orchestral music just a few years before, and he already had operatic aspirations. "The Swan...