Jennifer Day

Around the area this weekend, the Haunted Halsted Halloween Parade and "House of the Exquisite Corpse" are two ways to celebrate Halloween, plus Bryan Adams in Rosemont and Show &...

Around the area this weekend, the National Museum of Mexican Art hosts an event in Harrison Park, My Morning Jacket plays at Salt Shed and the Chicago Philharmonic accompanies “Nightmare...

Around the area this weekend, country star Lainey Wilson, Gen X comics Adam Sandler and Janeane Garofalo and a toast to Nelson Algren.

Around the area this weekend, the marathon takes over downtown on Sunday, Laufey performs at the United Center on Friday, Iliza Shlesinger is at the Chicago Theatre and the Music...

Around the area this weekend, Ice Cube's “Truth to Power” tour is at the United Center, Destinos theater festival opens, and there's an after-hours escape game at the Griffin Museum...

Around the area this weekend, the Great Chicago Bed Race, the annual St. Alphonsus Oktoberfest in Lakeview and Maná at the United Center

Our picks for events in and around Chicago this weekend. Chicago River Swim Hundreds of swimmers will plunge into the Chicago River this weekend for the first competitive open-water river...

Around the area this weekend, Monster Jam in Rosemont, the Little Village Mexican Independence Day Parade on 26th Street and the Lakeview East Festival of the Arts.

Also around the area this weekend, Dua Lipa at the United Center, an Oktoberfest on Lincoln Avenue and the WWE Friday Night SmackDown arrives in Rosemont.

Also around the area this weekend, back-to-back Soldier Field concerts by My Chemical Romance and Lumineers, and a special screening of "Lurker."