Hyde Park music venue The Promontory will close
The entertainment venue on Chicago's South Side is set to host its last performance New Year's Eve
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Aurora’s Lumenaura Festival lights up the night
Visitors to Aurora's downtown this October can interact with light-based art displays and sculptures, from illuminated snakes to LED bonfires.
A Chicago filmmaker talks about making a Western in New Mexico in the wake of the ‘Rust’ tragedy
Chicago writer-director Ned Crowley’s indie Western “Killing Faith” stars Guy Pearce and Bill Pullman. It's tough to make Hollywood movies when you live in the Midwest, he said.
The 61st Chicago International Film Festival opens with a very Chicago documentary, closes with an Elizabeth Olsen comedy
If moviegoing habits have diminished in recent years, that hasn’t adversely affected the Chicago International Film Festival.
Public art and walkable, bike-friendly streets make cities better. This film fest focuses on these efforts.
The Better Cities Film Fest Oct 9-11 showcases films about public art, alternative transportation and nature in urban environments.
Column: Hollywood is in a state of confusion, no more so than with the Glen Powell sports comedy ‘Chad Powers’
A sports comedy without any jokes, the Hulu series is based on an Eli Manning bit that wasn't funny to begin with.
Steppenwolf’s 2025 LookOut Series begins with ‘Black Girl from a White Suburb’
Spotlighting the work of Chicago’s artists whose performances run the gamut from music to storytelling to comedy and more.
Public transit can be many things — but is it funny?
Just as HBO’s “Last Week Tonight” tackles news with a satirical edge, “Save Chicago Transit: The Comedy Show” aims to do the same with the CTA's fiscal cliff.
One of the country’s most distinctive car collections goes on sale in Chicago
Klairmont Kollections Museum in Chicago is closing, with nearly 300 vehicles going up for auction this weekend and a last chance to see the museum on Friday.
In appreciation: Robert Redford’s elusiveness on screen made him a more complicated actor
Robert Redford was drawn to characters who were inscrutable to the women in their lives. No role exemplified this better than 1973’s “The Way We Were.”