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Notable celebrity and newsmaker deaths of 2025

11 hours ago

Appreciation: In David Lynch's dreams, cinema cracked open a little wider

12 hours ago

'September 5' review: The 1972 Olympics hostage crisis goes live, again, in a tense docudrama

20 hours ago

Tony Award-winning British actor Joan Plowright, widow of Laurence Olivier, dies at 95

18 hours ago

Review: 'Kid Prince and Pablo' by Lifeline Theatre adds hip hop score to a classic Twain tale

2 days ago

Return to Taipei: A mom-and-daughter trip to Taiwan's relaxed capital city highlights its creature comforts

2 days ago

Review: In 'Hitt Records' at Black Ensemble Theater, connections in a Chicago record shop

3 days ago

Review: The best part of this 'Uncle Vanya' is the cast, not the staging in a factory

4 days ago

5 concerts for Martin Luther King Jr. Day weekend in Chicago

1 day ago

Sam Moore, who sang 'Soul Man' in Sam & Dave duo, dies at 89 because of surgery complications

5 days ago

'A misunderstood psychology job': Chicago DJs say reading a crowd is key to setting the vibe for any event

6 days ago

Anita Bryant, a popular singer who became known for opposition to gay rights, dies at 84

7 days ago

This rock band's lyricist? Homer.

7 days ago

'Juuuust a bit outside!' Bob Uecker's acting — and broadcasting — ability came together in 'Major League.'

17 hours ago

David Lynch, visionary filmmaker behind 'Twin Peaks' and 'Mulholland Drive,' dies at 78

1 day ago

The rise and fall and rise again of Richard Pryor — Criterion releases a new edition of 'Jo Jo Dancer'

1 day ago

'Wolf Man' review: Like father, like son in a grim and serious horror remake

2 days ago

Review: 'One of Them Days' is a Los Angeles comedy with unexpected poignancy — and Keke Palmer

2 days ago

Naperville's Matrix chef challenged to use beef intestine and camel meat on Food Network's 'Chopped'

1 day ago

'Severance' review: In Season 2, more of the same

1 day ago

DirecTV will launch bundle aimed at sports viewers, with CHSN and Marquee add-ons available 'soon' in Chicago

2 days ago

Column: The SoCal fires are yet another devastating hit to Hollywood's behind-the-scenes workers

3 days ago

Rachel Maddow returning to MSNBC five nights a week for early Trump days

4 days ago

What to do in Chicago: Cubs Convention, Puppet Fest and an MLK concert

20 hours ago

Donald Trump vows to help 'troubled' Hollywood with Mel Gibson, Jon Voight and Sylvester Stallone

1 day ago

An outsider no more, Intuit Art Museum opens this spring after $10 million makeover

2 days ago

2024 Readers' Choice Food Awards: It's time to nominate your favorite food spots from across Chicagoland

2 days ago

Mad Men's Jon Hamm is named Hasty Pudding's Man of the Year

3 days ago

Elmhurst Art Museum exhibit examines our relationship with the land

3 days ago

Art for winter 2025: 10 shows, from revisionist surveys to unusual solos

3 days ago

Museums for winter 2025: Our top picks around Chicago for the chilly months

3 days ago

Evergreen Park art teacher's work gets national attention

9 days ago

Art Institute announces upcoming shows through a summer Impressionist headliner

11 days ago

Biblioracle: My New Year's reading resolution is to visit more independent bookstores

13 days ago

The 'wildly impractical' career of Chicago book critic Donna Seaman

18 days ago

How co-writing a book threatened the Carters' marriage

18 days ago

Biblioracle: Concluding my 2024 Biblioracle Book Awards for fiction

20 days ago

Heidi Stevens: Happiness, hope and some hurdles — 24 things from 2024 that I'm carrying into the new year

18 days ago

2 dead and 18 injured in Southern California plane crash

9 days ago

Booking ahead: Astro tourism, cooler destinations and a passion for pickleball are trending for travel in 2025

16 days ago

Dreaming of a white Christmas? Chicago forecast narrows already slim chances

9 days ago

Love or hate: Travelers have fiercely strong opinions about cruises

30 days ago

US judge rejects Boeing's plea deal in a conspiracy case stemming from fatal plane crashes

9 days ago