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Potempa: Sinatra-themed holiday show, 'Santa Circus,' and holiday orchestra concerts ring in the season

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Ian McKellen will perform Shakespeare — and Gandalf — in Chicago

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Best classical and jazz of 2025: Our top 10 included a tasty concept at Ravinia, improv and a 'moving' performance at the CSO

19 hours ago

Barack Obama visits Chicago to check on his center's progress — and makes a surprise school visit

1 day ago

Frank Gehry, architect of Millennium Park pavilion and some of world's most imaginative buildings, dies at 96

6 days ago

Holiday gifts from museum shops let you wrap a bow on Chicago culture

7 days ago

Clarendon Hills gets its first poet laureate in two-year post

9 days ago

Long-lost Rubens painting depicting crucifixion sells for $2.7M

11 days ago

Potempa: This Broadway 'Phantom' living stage dream

15 hours ago

Column: Nick Digilio is surviving the movie critic world and has '40 Films' to prove it

19 hours ago

Biblioracle: Takeaways from a talk with Percival Everett

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Holiday book guide 2025: The best gift books of the season, paired to some very specific people

6 days ago

Column: Photographer Sandro Miller's new book celebrates 50 years of faces

8 days ago

Review: The intriguing horror of 'Dust Bunny' slowly reveals itself

19 hours ago

Review: 'Ella McCay' is a confounding film from James L. Brooks

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Golden Globe snubs and surprises: 'Wicked,' Julia Roberts, Sydney Sweeney and more

3 days ago

'One Battle After Another' leads Golden Globe nominations, while 'Wicked: For Good' falters

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Bad reviews didn't scare off the 'Five Nights at Freddy's 2' audience. It even broke a record.

4 days ago

CBS appoints Tony Dokoupil as anchor of its flagship 'CBS Evening News' broadcast

1 day ago

Joe Buck gets Hall of Fame's Ford C. Frick Award and joins Jack to become 1st father-son duo to earn honor

1 day ago

Column: WTTW's Geoffrey Baer takes a look at Chicagoans at work

2 days ago

Today in History: 'A Charlie Brown Christmas' airs

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Netflix to acquire Warner Bros. studio and streaming business for $72 billion

6 days ago

Best theater of 2025: Storefront shows and Court Theatre reign in our top 10

1 day ago

Best dance of 2025: From Joffrey to Trinity, a year of big swings for Chicago dance

1 day ago

Original 'Rent' star will appear in 'Follies' by Porchlight Music Theatre

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Review: 'Gaslight' by Northlight Theatre is more Ibsen than Agatha Christie

2 days ago

Review: In 'Marjorie Prime' on Broadway, the disquieting robot future is here

3 days ago

Christmas 2025: 34 Chicago-area restaurants offering holiday specials

3 days ago

Restaurant news: Rosca makes Mexican everything at bagel cafe by chef Felix Zepeda in Pilsen

2 days ago

Hanukkah 2025: 21 Chicago-area restaurants offering holiday specials, including latkes and sufganiyot

3 days ago

The Kitchn: Royal icing is the secret to the easiest cookie decorating

1 day ago

Oreo is bringing zero-sugar cookies to the US

2 days ago

Best rock, pop and hip hop of 2025: Amid a jammed year of concerts, this top 10 stood out

19 hours ago

Review: Jeff Tweedy and Gary Louris lead a welcoming evening of Golden Smog at Vic Theatre

1 day ago

Today in History: Otis Redding killed in plane crash

1 day ago

Tinley Park's Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre adds parking charges for the 1st time in venue history

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Homewood middle school student musicians to record at Chicago in studio that hosted the Foo Fighters, Cheap Trick

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Rick Steves' Europe: Tivoli: For 2,000 years, Rome's great escape

2 days ago

Rick Steves' Europe: Oslo, where Norway's nature, history and culture mix it up

9 days ago

Travelers without Real ID will incur $45 fee, TSA says

2 days ago

Airlines work to fix software glitch on A320 aircraft and some flights are disrupted

2 days ago

Bruce Goff is having a moment

12 days ago

Column: In 'American Prophets,' how writers feel about religion and spirituality

15 days ago

'Wizard of Oz' collection goes on display at the Driehaus museum

22 days ago

Walking in the Loop? Look down. You may be passing new markers of city's Race Riot of 1919.

1 month ago

Fedora man unmasked: Meet the teen behind the Louvre mystery photo

1 month ago

Aurora Public Art debuts "The Unbroken Thread: Native and Indigenous Art" showcase

15 days ago

Choose your holiday poinsettia carefully

4 days ago

Good tools make good gifts

5 days ago

Give thanks for all that trees give us

11 days ago

Consider Tillandsia for unique plant gift

12 days ago

Protect oaks and elms by pruning only in winter

18 days ago

The Kitchn: Peppermint martinis go down extra smooth during the holidays

2 days ago

Tribune's 2025 Holiday Cookie Contest: Get the winning recipes

8 days ago

2025 Holiday Cookie Contest winners: Pracny, eggnog crème brûlée and mandelbread recipes come out on top

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The Kitchn: This 1-ingredient upgrade for baked potatoes makes them impossibly fluffy

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The Kitchn: The secret to impossibly fluffy Southern-style biscuits

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International fashion boutique Mango opens 2-story location on Magnificent Mile

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Answer Angel: Just the necessities

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Answer Angel: Sequins all the time? Sure!

3 days ago

Prada Group says it has purchased fashion rival Versace in a deal worth nearly $1.4 billion

9 days ago

Answer Angel: Is the hat fashionable or silly?

13 days ago

What to do in Chicago: 'Manual Cinema's Christmas Carol,' a Cirque holiday show and Rod Wave's 'Redemption'

19 hours ago

John Corkery, a Chicago attorney and 'performer at heart,' dies at 82

3 days ago

Trump hosts Kennedy Center Honors recognizing Sylvester Stallone, Kiss, Gloria Gaynor and others

3 days ago

Review: In its 10th year, the Joffrey Ballet's 'Nutcracker' is the best version of itself

5 days ago

Review: 'Elf' at the Auditorium Theatre has a fine Buddy in a middling musical

6 days ago