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A demonstrator participates in an early January protest at the studio of singer R. Kelly. The protest called for a boycott of his music after allegations of sexual abuse against young girls were raised on the highly-rated Lifetime mini-series "Surviving R. Kelly."

Allegations against R. Kelly have been reported on in Chicago for 20 years. Why did it take TV to turn the tide?

February 4, 2019 at 2:13 p.m.

For almost two decades, allegations of sexual abuse of women and girls by singer R. Kelly have been part of the public record. So why did it take a TV...

What’s on for Chicago’s museums in early 2019: Legos, fashion and wildlife photos

May 22, 2026 at 8:15 p.m.

Lots of Legos, lots of fashion and lots of wildlife photography, plus the usual bevy of orchids, are among the more intriguing items on the calendar for Chicago’s museums and...

Elizabeth Glassman, CEO of Chicago's Terra Foundation in the "Modern by Design: Chicago Streamlines America" exhibit at the Chicago History Center.

Chicagoan of the Year: Terra’s Elizabeth Glassman brought Chicago visual arts into sharp focus

May 22, 2026 at 8:15 p.m.

Elizabeth Glassman, one mid-December weekday, spent the day with colleagues, zipping from one area museum to another. People tend to do this in a city like Chicago, with its depth...

A Crescent Chainless bicycle from 1899 is on display in the "Keep Moving: Designing Chicago's Bicycle Culture" exhibit Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2018, at Expo 72 in Chicago.

Best in Chicago museums 2018: Danish trolls, Mexican art and Sue’s new digs at the Field make the top 10

May 22, 2026 at 8:15 p.m.

Chicago’s museums and nature parks always have a lot going on, but the year that is about to pass has been an unusually vibrant one. Major institutions celebrated milestone anniversaries,...

The revised Stanley Field Hall at the Field Museum now has a titanosaur named Maximo, as well as hanging gardens and other exhibits.

First look: Sue’s new digs at the Field Museum are smaller, but much more T. rexy

May 22, 2026 at 8:15 p.m.

The largest and most intact T. rex ever found has known two stable homes since the animal died beside a river 67 million years ago: that sandy bank, which gradually...

Chance the Rapper, Renee Fleming pair up for January public talk

February 4, 2019 at 2:14 p.m.

Chance the Rapper has collaborated with fellow musicians including Big Sean, Lil Wayne and Kanye West. But opera diva Renee Fleming? A Chance-Fleming pairing will become a reality — in...

Chris Hayes on "All In with Chris Hayes" on MSNBC.

MSNBC host Chris Hayes sees echoes of the Chicago way in Trump’s brazenness

December 11, 2018 at 3:12 p.m.

Chris Hayes, right now, is in the thick of some very thick things. His nightly show on MSNBC, “All in with Chris Hayes,” wrestles with questions of political ethics and...

Josh Leckrone, 37, looks through work on the wall at the "African American Designers in Chicago: Art, Commerce, and the Politics of Race" exhibit in the Chicago Cultural Center on Dec. 4.

How the look of the 20th century came from Chicago and its African-American designers. Have a 7UP?

May 22, 2026 at 8:15 p.m.

Two exhibitions, two looks at 20th century design in Chicago. One, a well-stuffed assembly of mostly ephemera at the Cultural Center, surveys for the first time the range of design...

Chicago music venues join ranks to battle plans for Live Nation in Lincoln Yards

January 8, 2019 at 9:57 a.m.

A group of Chicago independent music venues has banded together to ask the city to slow down the $5 billion Lincoln Yards development and its proposed “three to five” concert...

A rat crawls around the stairway from the Michigan Avenue bridge down to the Chicago River near Wacker Drive.

Chicago rat study: Rats like trash, and the most rats are in places with the most complaints

May 22, 2026 at 8:15 p.m.

Urban rat science, according to the people at Lincoln Park Zoo who’ve been studying Chicago’s vermin, needs more work. But a new study they released Wednesday helps flesh out the...

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