Our picks for live music have the boldface names — Beyoncé, AC/DC, Lady Gaga and Oasis — as well as club dates and music festivals.
100 concerts for Chicago summer 2025 — starting with music this weekend
Category: Entertainment
‘A Working Man’ review: Jason Statham solves a Chicago sex trafficking problem
Ridiculous, bloodthirsty and, because it’s a Jason Statham movie, super-scowly, “A Working Man” has its vicious charms.
What to do in Chicago: Deftones, Shemekia Copeland and a flower show at Garfield Park Conservatory
Also around the area this weekend, a new musical about The Kinks is now in previews on Navy Pier and Snow Patrol plays at Salt Shed.
Review: ‘Picture of Dorian Gray’ on Broadway stars Sarah Snook in a production unlike anything you’ve seen
The actress known for her work on “Succession” is the powerful solo performer in this very digital adaptation of the Oscar Wilde horror story.
Lyrical Lemonade Summer Smash 2025: Young Thug, Don Toliver, Yeat, Future and Chance
The three-day festival of hip hop will be June 20-22 on the campus of SeatGeek Stadium in Bridgeview.
‘Mid-Century Modern’ review: ‘Golden Girls’ ripoff featuring gay besties pushes the jokes too hard
A blatant if unsuccessful ripoff of “The Golden Girls” stars Nathan Lane, Matthew Bomer and Nathan Lee Graham as gay besties.
‘Death of a Unicorn’ review: A dark comedy with more splatter than glitter
Haven’t the rich suffered enough in the movies? Nope! “Death of a Unicorn” stars Paul Rudd and Jenna Ortega, but Tea Leoni’s the standout.
Column: Clint Eastwood made a movie about soldier Ira Hayes, and the propaganda machine
In “Flags of Our Fathers” director Clint Eastwood and Iwo Jima flag-raiser Ira Hayes shared a disdain for phony patriotism.
Today in History: Will Smith slaps Chris Rock at the Oscars
On March 27, 2022, Will Smith slapped Chris Rock on stage at the 94th Academy Awards ceremony, winning the Oscar for best actor just minutes later. (Smith later resigned from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and received a 10-year ban from the Oscars.)
Marvel announces Avengers: Doomsday cast
Chris Hemsworth’s Thor, Anthony Mackie’s Captain America, Sebastian Stan’s Bucky Barnes, Paul Rudd’s Ant-Man and Tom Hiddleston’s Loki are all back in the Avengers ensemble, where they’ll be joined by several of cinema’s original X-Men.