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Category: Entertainment
So you saw ‘Conclave’ the movie. Here’s what it got right – and wrong – about real-life conclaves.
Here’s a look at what “Conclave” does get right — and wrong — about conclaves.
‘Drink the Past Dry’ by Ghostlight Ensemble is a time travel story set in a Chicago bar
This world premiere puts a science fiction twist on the otherwise familiar setting of a Chicago bar. At this watering hole, if you sit on the right stool and order a particular drink, you can travel in time.
What to do in Chicago: EXPO Chicago, Charli XCX and Theaster Gates live
Also around the area this weekend, Ivan Cornejo at the United Center, the Doc10 Film Festival and “The Goonies in Concert.”
Review: ‘Pirates! The Penzance Musical’ is a delightful bit of Gilbert and Sullivan, back on Broadway
This new adaptation by Roundabout Theatre Company may get a bit much in moments, but it has David Hyde Pierce as its secret weapon.
Art Institute of Chicago told to surrender drawing to heirs of man killed in Nazi concentration camp
A judge in New York ruled on Wednesday that the Art Institute of Chicago must surrender a 1916 drawing by Egon Schiele to investigators who plan to return it to the heirs of a Jewish cabaret entertainer from Vienna who was murdered in a Nazi concentration camp in 1941.
Riot Fest announces 20 bands will play full album sets for 2025
Twenty bands will play full album sets for Riot Fest’s 20th anniversary this summer, the music festival announced Thursday. The full list includes: Weezer: “The Blue Album” Sex Pistols: “Never Mind The Bollocks …” Alkaline Trio: “Maybe I’ll Catch Fire” Bad Religion: “Suffer” The Pogues: “Rum Sodomy and the Lash” The Hold Steady: “Separation Sunday” The Academy Is …: “Almost […]
Column: Doc10’s Anthony Kaufman on why documentary film are imperiled — and why they’ll survive
From the Ukraine front lines to a Chinese “mistress dispeller,” the films in this year’s Doc10 fest in Chicago cast a wide net.
‘Étoile’ review: A dance of egos, hookups and ballet backstage drama — and it’s funny!
In the latest from Amy Sherman-Palladino, New York and Paris ballet companies swap dancers.
Riot Fest 2025: Green Day, Blink-182 and Weird Al Yankovic, plus a new deal to stay in Douglass Park
Riot Fest headliners for 2025 will be Green Day, Blink-182, Weezer and Jack White, along with sets by the Sex Pistols and The Beach Boys (current lineups), Weird Al Yankovic, Idles, Alkaline Trio and All Time Low. The three-day festival of punk and alternative music will be back in Douglass Park this summer with an […]