Things To Do
Take advantage of everything Chicago has to offer with our highlights of events, activities and entertainment in and around the city.
“Boop! The Betty Boop Musical,” the City’s official tree lighting ceremony, and the Magnificent Mile Lights Festival area among the cool things to check out in the week ahead.
From pop icons to symphonies to holiday tunes, here’s where to see hundreds of acts live during the yuletide season.
A Jerry Seinfeld and Jim Gaffigan teamup, a stage version of ‘Emmet Otter’s Jug-Band Christmas’ and a Kesha concert are among the upcoming entertainment highlights.
Paramount Theatre’s “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,” a Dwight Yoakam concert in Gary and the Black Harvest Film Festival are among the entertainment highlights of the week to come.
A mourning widow keeps her adult children captive in Emilio Williams’ streamlined adaptation of ‘The House of Bernarda Alba’ being performed at Steppenwolf Theatre.
The Chicago debut of ‘POTUS,’ a show by Grammy winner Samara Joy and Halloween events for young and old are among this week’s entertainment highlights
A mix of cirque, cabaret and a touch of old-school vaudeville is at the core of this dinner-theater experience.
The Indiana Dunes, Illinois state parks or the city’s forest preserves offer the best views of the light show.
Arts in the Dark Halloween Parade, a relocated ‘Twelfth Night’ and a museum exhibit on Jewish delis are among the entertainment highlights this week.
A Kim Petras concert, the Frankenstein story as both ballet and comic musical, and several Halloween happenings are among the entertainment highlights of the week ahead.
iLuminate is a dance company that combines glow-in-the-dark LED suits with music, dance and comedy.
Los poseedores del pase también recibirán al entrar una taza de recuerdo anual muy codiciada.
Bonnie Raitt’s post-Grammy victory tour, a Broadway-bound Louis Armstrong musical and the Chicago Botanic Garden’s Night of 1,000 Jack-o’-Lanterns are among this week’s entertainment highlights.
There will be an open talent show starting at 5 p.m., a showing of ‘Raya and the Last Dragon’ at 7 and a full moon viewing at 9.
The ‘Destinos’ theater festival, shows by Dave Chappelle and Peter Gabriel, and the arrival of a touring 12-foot puppet are among the highlights in the week ahead.
The yearly theater festival will bring local and international productions to nearly a dozen venues across the city. Here are some highlights.
The Hyde Park Jazz Festival, the World Music Festival and Lyric Opera’s “The Flying Dutchman” are among the highlights in the week ahead.
‘It means a lot to be able to give exposure to local artists who might not get it otherwise,’ the longtime fest’s artistic director says.
The singer-songwriter on tour after surviving a life-threatening health scare.
But this touring version raises the concern that the producers now prioritize a certain level of corporatized consistency over performative inspiration.
Karol G at Soldier Field, the Goodman Theatre celebrates Pearl Cleage, and “The Lehman Trilogy” at the Broadway Playhouse are among the week’s highlights.
The local theater scene has something for everyone this fall. Here are some of the offerings across the Chicago area.
Organizers of the music festival have their pulse on some of the scene’s best new artists, who are definitely worth checking out on their journeys to possible future headliner status and beyond.
Here are highlights of the upcoming season on Chicago-area stages.
The free two-day event will have over 100 booksellers, and more than 100,000 visitors are expected. It will run from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.
The Harris Fest: Music + Dance in the Park, the return of “Hamilton” and Taste of Chicago are among the highlights in the week ahead.
Riccardo Muti returns, Lyric Opera goes to sea and Newberry Consort joins forces for the first time with Haymarket Opera Company.
The 30-mile loop runs from the Museum of Science and Industry to West Bryn Mawr Avenue.
Brandi Carlile at Ravinia, the Chicago Jazz Festival in Millennium Park and North Coast Music Fest are among the entertainment highlights in the week ahead.