Today is the final day of the Chicago Vintage Fall Fest (19th and Blue Island), an outdoor gathering of vendors, music, and more, happening from noon-8 PM. Fabulous Freddies Italian Eatery will be selling food, and the day is stacked with DJs: DJ AuntieSocial from noon-2 PM; Angelfuk from 2-4 PM; Light of Your Vida […]
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Reopenings, discussions, and ¡WEPA!
Upcoming events and recommendations from our listings coordinator
Want live music back? Wear a mask and call Congress.
Staff from 22 Chicago music venues talk about how far they still are from normal—and what it’ll take to keep them around till we all get there.
Yuna sings and lives by her own bold rules
Malaysian singer-songwriter Yuna (Yunalis Zara’ai) has a striking stage presence: a fashion icon as well as a pop and R&B sensation, she has a personal style she describes as inspired by Audrey Hepburn and 90s Gwen Stefani. Aspects of her music bring both those icons to mind, and she also sounds a bit like Sade […]
As they head toward 50 years together, East LA icons Los Lobos continue to transform
Los Lobos have spent their nearly half-century career staying one step ahead of anyone’s expectations. Formed in 1973, the group spent their early days playing Top 40 hits and ranchera on the East LA party circuit, but by the end of the decade they’d retooled their sound for the local punk scene. In 1987, they […]
Local producers Tensei create an electronic canvas of astral soul
Local producers Tensei create an electronic canvas of astral soul, Chicago house producer Derrick “Sleezy D” Harris passes away, and more.
Nikka Costa at City Winery and more of the best things to do in Chicago this week
Black Harvest Film Festival and more goings on 8/6-8/9
Avenue Q at Mercury Theater and more of the best things to do in Chicago this weekend
Marvin Tate at Hungry Brain and more goings on 7/6-7/8
Guards at the Taj at Steppenwolf and more of the best things to do in Chicago this week
Burnham’s Dream: The White City and more goings-on 6/18-6/21.
Alvin Ailey Dance Theater and more of the best things to do in Chicago this weekend
Comedian Tom Papa and more goings-on March 9-11
Horace Mann Elementary School’s winter concert and more of the best things to do in Chicago this week
The Lincoln Lodge’s Christmas Feztacular and more goings-on about town the week of 12/18-12/21
Falling enrollments may lead to more Chicago Public Schools closings when the moratorium ends in 2018, and other Chicago news
Also, Michigan Avenue Black Friday protests smaller than in recent years.
John Becker of Vaskula on the best gothic rock being recorded today
Current musical obsessions of Vaskula’s John Becker, Plague Bringer’s Greg Ratajczak, and the Reader’s Philip Montoro
A David Bowie dance opera, Coco Picard chats, the Sugar Ball, and more things to do this weekend
Catch The King and I before it closes, satirize politics with the comedy group Capitol Steps, and more to do this weekend.