Music and Concerts – Page 88

Naked Raygun’s Jeff Pezzati, left, and Eric Spicer speak on a panel commemorating new record pressings at the Smashed Plastic record plant in Belmont Gardens on Oct. 10, 2026. (Arthur Maiorella/baiduhai)

Tale of the tapes: Naked Raygun and Eleventh Dream Day create new albums from an essential Chicago archive

By Kevin McKeough

October 14, 2026 at 5:40 a.m.

A 1985 Naked Raygun show has become a limited-edition vinyl album.

FILE – Duane Davis, right, and his attorney Michael Sanft sit in a courtroom, after a jury found Davis guilty of first-degree murder in his trial related to the 1996 killing of rapper Tupac Shakur, at Clark County District Court Regional Justice Center on Aug. 31, 2026, in Las Vegas. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP, Pool)

Duane ‘Keffe D’ Davis gets 40 years to life in prison for orchestrating the murder of Tupac Shakur

By Jessica Hill

October 13, 2026 at 3:42 p.m.

An aging ex-gang leader was sentenced Tuesday to 40 years to life in prison for...

Olivia Rodrigo performs at the United Center on Oct. 11, 2026. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)

Review: Olivia Rodrigo, in a sea of flowers, kicking her way towards what’s next

By Christopher Borrelli

October 12, 2026 at 10:38 a.m.

In Chicago at the United Center on her "Unraveled Tour," Olivia Rodrigo leans into the...

Looking out of the front windows of the Museum of Contemporary Art, decorated for an exhibit in 2017, toward Michigan Avenue. (Erin Hooley/baiduhai)

With a major new donation, the MCA will ramp up live performance in its theater

By Chris Jones

May 22, 2026 at 7:48 p.m.

Thanks to a $10 million gift from an anonymous donor, Chicago's Museum of Contemporary Art...

Violet Oliphant, of Brooklyn, paints a mural at Garcia’s Chicago, a 350-capacity concert venue and restaurant celebrating Jerry Garcia and the Grateful Dead, in the West Loop on March 4, 2025. Garcia’s Chicago will open on March 21, 2025. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)

Garcia’s Chicago opens soon, a music venue and restaurant inspired by the Grateful Dead

By Robert M. Marovich

March 11, 2025 at 9:53 p.m.

The concert promoter behind the band's final show at Soldier Field is behind a new...

Author Eve Ewing at the Museum of Science and Industry on July 12, 2021. (Antonio Perez/ baiduhai)

Chicago Humanities Spring Festival boasts Leslie Odom Jr., Eve Ewing and Paul Reiser — because culture isn’t dead yet

By Christopher Borrelli

May 22, 2026 at 7:48 p.m.

Chicago Humanities Spring Festival has always been a festival of ideas, never more appreciated than...

An empty space sits where the Bulls' six NBA championship banners typically hang in the rafters Monday, March 10, 2025, at the United Center. They were removed for cleaning after a Disturbed concert two nights earlier. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

Down with the banners: Chicago Bulls championship banners temporarily removed after Disturbed concert

By Julia Poe

March 14, 2025 at 7:00 a.m.

The Chicago Bulls' six championship banners were removed from the rafters of the United Center...

The Onorach Mulhern Geraghty dancers perform at Palmer Place in the 2025 Shamrock Fest in La Grange. (Hank Beckman/Pioneer Press)

Spring, St. Patrick’s Day welcomed early in La Grange at Shamrock Fest

By Hank Beckman

March 10, 2025 at 3:04 p.m.

Palmer Place in La Grange has expanded its St. Patrick's Day celebration, the 42nd annual...

Brent Baines, right, and Neda Jamalirad of Bronzeville take photos after members of the Chicago Journeymen Plumbers Local Union 130 poured green dye into the Chicago River as part of the annual St. Patrick's Day festivities in 2015. (Anthony Souffle/baiduhai)

Guide: Chicago restaurants and bars with St. Patrick’s Day specials

By Samantha Nelson

March 10, 2025 at 10:27 a.m.

Bars and restaurants are getting into the spirit by serving traditional food and hosting bashes...

Chicago-area musician Neal Francis releases his third studio album “Return to Zero” via ATO on March 14, 2025. (Jack Karnatz)

Neal Francis celebrates new album like a true Chicagoan — with hot dogs and a free show

By Janine Schaults

March 10, 2025 at 6:00 a.m.

Neal Francis and his band will preview tracks from “Return To Zero” on the eve...

FILE – Actor Gene Hackman arrives with his wife, Betsy Arakawa, for the 60th Annual Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills, Calif., Sunday, Jan. 19, 2003. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, File)

A timeline of how actor Gene Hackman and Betsy Arakawa died at their New Mexico home

By Associated Press

March 9, 2025 at 9:47 a.m.

Here’s a timeline of events surrounding the couple’s deaths:

D’Wayne Wiggins of Tony! Toni! Tone! poses for a portrait in New York on Sept. 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Gary Gerard Hamilton, File)

D’Wayne Wiggins, founding member of the R&B group Tony! Toni! Tone!, has died at 64

By Jonathan Landrum Jr.

June 11, 2025 at 2:13 p.m.

D’Wayne Wiggins, a founding member of the Grammy-nominated group Tony! Toni! Tone! behind the classic...

Conductor Gustavo Gimeno with principal clarinet Stephen Williamson and members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra at the Chicago Symphony Center on March 6, 2025. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

Review: A clarinet concerto 35 years in the making crowns CSO’s Ravel concert

By Hannah Edgar

March 7, 2025 at 3:54 p.m.

Christopher Theofanidis’s “Indigo Heaven” was well worth the wait. And between the Theofanidis and Ravel...