Dance
The latest rhythm and movement in Chicago’s dance scene.
Fiesta del Sol, a festival of improv performers and a Barry Manilow concert are among the local entertainment highlights in the week ahead.
“Savor” offers a dazzling roster of dance numbers that range from tango, rhumba and waltz to disco and burlesque.
The country sounds and grilled delicacies of the Windy City Smokeout, a Jerry Seinfeld show in Indiana and the launch of the Millennium Park summer film series are some of the Chicago area’s entertainment highlights in the week ahead.
‘Savor After Hours,’ the African/Caribbean International Festival of Life, the Chicago Craft Beer Fest and Keith Urban in concert at NASCAR Chicago are among the highlights in the week ahead.
The Rolling Stones, the annual Chicago Pride Parade and the opening of Illuminarium on Navy Pier are among the highlights of things to see and do in the week ahead.
Meher Dance Company is one of a number of dance groups offering lessons at various locations around the city during SummerDance 2024.
In celebration of the holiday, the Juneteenth Jumpoff, an annual cabaret-burlesque show, takes the stage on two nights — Tuesday and Wednesday — at the Baton Show Lounge and the Den Theatre, and allows Black performers to express themselves for “Jubilee Day.”
Janet Jackson at the United Center, Wilco at the Salt Shed, the return of Chicago SummerDance and Sundays on State are among the entertainment highlights in the week ahead.
The city’s big house and gospel music festivals and the return of ‘Six’ are among this week’s entertainment highlights.
Neil Young & Crazy Horse in concert, Circus Vazquez, the 35th Rhinoceros Theater Festival, and a 3-day Belmont-Sheffield Music Festival are among the highlights in the week ahead.
A pair of Megan Thee Stallion concerts, the return of the “Beetlejuice” musical and an exhibit of Chicago protest art are among the entertainment highlights of the week ahead.
“Bluey’s Big Play” featuring Bluey, Bingo, Bandit and Chilli at the Auditorium Theatre, the Chicago Critics Film Festival, the Rooftop Cinema Club, and Mexico Fest at Navy Pier are among the highlights in the week ahead.
Despite its familiar-seeming title, this piece has no connection with Shakespeare. Instead, it goes its own distinctive direction, paying homage to the summer solstice and the centuries-old Scandinavian Midsummer holiday.
Amy Hall Garner’s “Century” and Elizabeth Roxas-Dobrish’s “Me, Myself and You” elicited great cheers from the audience Thursday night at the Auditorium Theatre.
Concerts by Nicki Minaj, Leslie Odom Jr. and Suzanne Vega, the CineYouth Film Festival and Congo Square Theatre’s staging of “How I Learned What I Learned” are among the entertainment highlights in the week ahead.
The play uses “hay” — actually raffia, derived from palm leaves — to cover the stage for each performance.
Expo Chicago, a Kane Brown concert and the Chicago Latino Film Festival are among the entertainment highlights of the week ahead.