The Chicago Composers Orchestra Makes a Splashy Hire
Allen Tinkham, the Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestras’ music director, will hold the reins at the new-music orchestra.
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The Top Five Things to Do in Chicago This Week
The best in theater, classical, art, and more.
Foo Fighters Are Releasing More Tickets to Their Wrigley Field Show
Seats to the formerly sold out Friendly Confines gig go on sale at 4 p.m. today.
Here's What's Happening in Chicago Culture This Week
Martin Scorsese is directing Leo’s Devil in the White City adaptation, the NFL draft is returning to Chicago, and Justine Nagan is leaving Kartemquin.
Here's the Street Artist Behind Those Raccoons in Humboldt Park
Meet Nikko Locander, a.k.a. Ali 6, who’s been spray painting across the neighborhood (and others) for years.
A Kafka–Inspired Theater Festival is Coming to Wicker Park
Local playwrights revisit the prescient writer’s work in a weeklong festival of new dramas.
The Five Craziest Things You'll See at Cirque du Soleil
The Big Top is back in town, and here are the wildest contortions you’ll see at the show.
Cellist Tomeka Reid Plays Sounds from the Soul
The cello, a jazz instrument? In the hands of this talented musician, absolutely.
Chicago Has Hit Max Festival Capacity
React Presents mounts its fourth music festival in the suburbs this fall, leaving behind it a trail of traffic jams and co-opted parkland.
Lollapalooza Confirms It: EDM Is Over
This past weekend showed how uncritical the genre has become. It’s about time.