Beginning Sept. 23, the Smart Museum of Art in will open a landmark mid-career retrospective of Theaster Gates’ far-flung art practices.
Major Theaster Gates retrospective to open at the Smart Museum this fall
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Theater for summer 2025: Our top 10 from ’42 Balloons’ on Navy Pier to Amy Morton back at Steppenwolf
What’s on Chicago stages this summer? Our list also includes “Billie Jean” at Chicago Shakespeare and a new play by Kristofer Diaz.
‘Mountainhead’ review: A movie from ‘Succession’ creator Jesse Armstrong covers familiar territory
The cruelty and sad ridiculousness of the uber-wealthy are once again at the center of his latest project.
Column: In the new ‘Mission: Impossible,’ Rolf Saxon is the secret weapon, a ‘coffee guy’ no more
Three decades after his bit part got banished to the tundra, veteran actor Rolf Saxon returns to the “M:I” franchise, like a boss.
Column: Jazz singer Elaine Dame takes a new road with ‘Reminiscing’
The Chicago artist’s career has spanned multiple albums as well as theater acting, both here and in Los Angeles.
Review: In ‘Endgame’ at Facility Theatre, reality and dystopia wash together
Don’t miss a rare chance to see Samuel Beckett’s 1957 play, directed here by Yasen Peyankov.
Demi Lovato marries singer-songwriter Jordan “Jutes” Lutes in California
Demi Lovato tied the knot with Canadian singer-songwriter Jordan “Jutes” Lutes, 34, on Sunday in California, as first exclusively reported by Vogue.
At the 2025 Sueños Music Festival, Chicago artists get their moments alongside Shakira and Peso Pluma
Ramiro Medina, lead singer of the Chicago band Lemanz, last attended the annual festival in Grant Park as a music fan. This year, he’s a performer on the new La Plaza stage.
AC/DC at Soldier Field: They’re still at the top if you wanna rock ‘n’ roll
After a bit of a slow start, and with a lineup a touch past their prime, their stadium-geared “Power Up” concert still threw one punch to the solar plexus after another.
Cannes awards Palme d’Or to Iranian revenge drama ‘It Was Just an Accident’
Iranian dissident filmmaker Jafar Panahi won the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival on Saturday for his revenge thriller “It Was Just an Accident,″ handing the festival’s top prize to a director who had been banned from leaving Iran for more than 15 years.