Who to See at the Chicago Jazz Festival
Here’s a pocket guide to three acts to catch at the Labor Day weekend event. Bonus: Five minutes with Willie Pickens, the piano legend who will close the fest.
Here’s a pocket guide to three acts to catch at the Labor Day weekend event. Bonus: Five minutes with Willie Pickens, the piano legend who will close the fest.
Here’s who to see in town before the Chicago Jazz Festival on Thursday.
This week: A good fare sale, a guide to travel gadgetry, and the best time to book your Thanksgiving flight.
We’re going camping, hitting the theater, doing some shopping, and seeing a few festivals this weekend.
The third annual rock festival in Twin Lakes has plenty of shows—for just $42.
May 17, 2013–More than 400 attendees joined The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society at the Fairmont Millennium Park for the culminating gala of LLS’s annual Man & Woman of the Year campaign. In the 10 weeks leading up to the gala, local leaders in the business and philanthropic communities competed to raise the most money for LLS. After an evening of dinner, auctions, inspirational messages from two young blood cancer survivors, and more, Ryan Van Pelt and Barbara Bernick were announced as the 2013 Illinois Man & Woman of the Year for their fundraising achievements. Together the 13 candidates raised more than $775,000 for cancer research and patient support services.
Our go-to film festival picks for scandal, murder, and murky lighting.
David Lang, Depeche Mode, Quickies with 12 writers, and the weekend plans of a guy behind the Music Box Theatre.
Artists like Glenn Kotche, best known as the drummer in Wilco, have helped bridge a gap to a popular, palatable new sound.
The new film by Chicago’s Joe Swanberg hits theaters this weekend, and it’s littered with local references on screen.