51 Things to Do in Chicago in January
Chicago Sketch Comedy Festival, Ling Ma, a Cubs Convention, and more ways to stay busy this month
Contributors: Catey Sullivan
You Should Know Isaac Gomez
Photo: Juli Del Prete The 27-year-old playwright and DePaul lecturer grew up in El Paso, Texas, just across the border from Ciudad Juárez. The unsolved murders of hundreds of women in that Mexican city serve as the backdrop for his new play, La Ruta, about two mothers looking for their missing daughters. It runs December … Read more
53 Things to Do in Chicago in December
Thom Yorke, Cendrillon, Danc(e)volve, and more picks selected by our culture critics
51 Things to Do in Chicago in September
This month’s best art, music, theater, dance, festivals, and more, as picked by Chicago‘s critics.
50 Things to Do in Chicago in August
The Chicago Duck Derby, Beyoncé and Jay-Z, the Fly Honey Show, and more
78 Things to Do in Chicago in June and July
Giordano Dance Photo: Gorman Cook May 31–June 3 Festival Maifest Lincoln Square Chicago’s summer street fests are best enjoyed early in the season, before they become inescapable, and festival fatigue sets in. This German celebration toasts the arrival of summer with cold beer, dancing, and more lederhosen-clad septuagenarians than you can imagine. Details:Lincoln and Leland. … Read more
60 Things to Do in Chicago in May
Beer Under Glass in the Garfield Park Conservatory, Chicago’s finest food trucks at Lincoln Park Zoo, Macbeth at Chicago Shakes, and more.
64 Things to Do in Chicago in April
Apr. 2 New Music Savior Loop For its new-music series MusicNow, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra produces the world premiere of composer Amy Beth Kirsten’s chamber opera Savior with her vocal-theater ensemble Howl and CSO musicians. Details:Harris Theater. 7 p.m. $15–$28. cso.org Apr. 2–June 7 Dance Stomping Grounds Various neighborhoods This annual fest, celebrating international forms … Read more
Why Stacy Osei-Kuffour Put a Hanged Man on Stage
The Glenwood native’s world premiere upends the lynching-story stereotype.
62 Things to Do in Chicago in March
Mar. 1–Apr. 7 Theater Time Is on Our Side Lake View History, some say, is written by the victors. Not so in this R. Eric Thomas comedy about a pair of Philadelphia podcasters who reinterpret local lore through a queer lens. Their endeavor gets thrown for a loop when one of them finds a family … Read more