News Entertainment and Culture Music

Kurt Elling headlines new Chicago awards event

By Bill Zwecker

Kurt Elling will be among the entertainers at the first Fifth Star Awards being held in Millennium Park Sept. 17.

Grammy winning jazz singer Kurt Elling, plus Hubbard Street Dance Chicago and The Second City improv performers will be entertaining the crowd at the inaugural Fifth Star Awards, taking place at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 17.

Presented by the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events, the free show at the Jay Pritzker Pavilion in Millennium Park is part of the presentation ceremony honoring famed choreographer and Hubbard Street Chicago founder Lou Conte, renowned sculptor Richard Hunt, Grammy-winning jazz virtuoso Ramsey Lewis, former longtime Chicago Cultural Affairs commissioner Lois Weisberg and the Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University, currently celebrating its 125th anniversary this year.

For more information go to fifthstarawards.org

Next Up In News

Netflix looks to curb password sharing, considers ads

Aiming to predict COVID, future pandemics better, CDC opens infectious diseases forecasting center

Joliet farmers wrangle cows thrown from semitrailer after crash on Interstate 80

1 killed, 3 wounded in shootings Tuesday in Chicago

Obama relatives sue Milwaukee school alleging racial bias

Unmasked transit: Pritzker ends mask mandates in public transportation, airports

Latest Stories

The Latest

Rev. Frederick Douglass Haynes III sits with Rev. Jesse Jackson at the Rainbow PUSH Convention on July 18, 2023.

Politics

Quick exit by Rev. Jesse Jackson's replacement raises questions about future of Rainbow PUSH

It’s still not clear why the Rev. Frederick Haynes III, a Texas megachurch pastor, suddenly resigned Tuesday as president of the legendary South Side social justice organization. But longtime observers say an out-of-towner was doomed from the start.

By Mitchell Armentrout

Taylor Hall

Blackhawks

With ACL recovery on track, Blackhawks' Taylor Hall used lost season to 'refresh mentally'

Hall participated in Hawks morning skate Thursday — on the last day of the season — for the first time since his surgery in November. He expects to be fully healthy for training camp next season.

By Ben Pope

Horner Dog Park_XXXXXX_02

News

Top dogs: Here are Chicago's most popular breeds

The most common dog breed in Chicago — making up about 14% of all registered dogs — is a mixed-breed dog, followed by pit bulls, Labrador retrievers and German shepherds.

By Amy Qin and Matt Kiefer

2024 Democratic National Convention

Democratic Party leaders vow Chicago is ready for convention, despite the party's divisions

Democrats are deeply focused on Wisconsin and Michigan to help bolster President Joe Biden’s re-election chances — and officials, in town for meetings hosted by the Democratic National Convention Committee, say they plan on showing voters a deep party contrast.

By Tina Sfondeles

Medical marijuana grows in the vegetative room at Illinois Grown Medicine in Elk Grove Village. File Photo. | Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times

Marijuana

4/20 is Saturday. Here's what you need to know for weed's 'high' holiday.

Read on to find out about how 4/20 came about, some frequently asked questions about Delta-8 weed alternative and a weed syndrome that causes vomiting, and some events that fall on the high holiday.

By David Struett