Thursday’s announcement from DCASE also included other summer favorites, including the Chicago Air and Water Show, Jazz Fest and the Millennium Park Summer Film Series.
Category: Entertainment
Column: At 50, ‘Dog Day Afternoon’ shows us what’s missing now from true-crime movies
I recently re-watched this 1975 movie starring Al Pacino with a roomful of young college students in Urbana-Champaign. They were riveted.
‘Dark Winds’ review: In Season 3, a dark night of the soul for Lt. Leaphorn
AMC’s moody and atmospheric procedural returns for a third season, following Lt. Joe Leaphorn of the Navajo Tribal Police .
Review: ‘Mickey 17,’ with Robert Pattinson (and clone) tackling the worst job in the universe
Coming off the masterly “Parasite,” Bong Joon Ho’s “Mickey 17” feels uncertain tonally and a little harried in its adaptation.
Steve Carell surprises Southern California high school students with free prom tickets
Actor Steve Carell is sending Southern California high school students affected by the devasting wildfires in Los Angeles to the prom for free.
CSO’s 2025-26 season sees Mäkelä and Muti split duties — plus our short list of unmissables
It’s hard to believe, for all the hubbub around Klaus Mäkelä’s hiring as the 11th music director of the Chicago Symphony, that next season will mark just the halfway point between his tenure and Riccardo Muti’s. The orchestra’s 2025-26 season, announced Wednesday, at least reflects the passing of the baton far better than the current. […]
In Teatro La Plaza’s ‘Hamlet,’ a cast with Down syndrome gives the Danish prince a whole new life
Chicago Shakespeare Theater hosts the North American debut of a production that has been celebrated worldwide.
Column: ‘American Masters’ brings jazz giant Hazel Scott out of the shadows
“American Masters: The Disappearance of Miss Scott” tells the story of a jazz great with immense musical talent.
Review: A still indie Regina Spektor revisits her album ‘Songs’ at Thalia Hall
Could the concert have benefited from better preparation? Probably, but her genuine spontaneity in playing the decades-old album was worth every rough moment.
Column: 7 thoughts on the Oscars, including the how and why of ‘Anora’
Did “Wicked” deserve better? Did “Anora” deserve less? Has Adrien Brody gotten to the end of his Oscar acceptance speech yet?