Memorial Day marks the unofficial start of summer, but also offer the opportunity to mark the holiday by supporting veterans and service members.
Memorial Day 2025: 15 restaurant and bar specials in Chicago, including seafood boils and drag brunches
Category: Entertainment
Review: Tom Cruise holds the key to ‘Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning’
“Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning” is a bulky, sentimental, slightly pious but nonetheless satisfying capper to an eight-film franchise.
Column: AC/DC and the underrated art of doing the same thing forever
Mark Rothko had more of a thing for Schubert than Australian metal. But if they found themselves at the same table at a wedding, AC/DC guitarist Angus Young and Rothko could have bonded. That sounds like a cool table.
Andy’s Jazz Club, a River North institution, rings in 50 years with a ‘time capsule’
The three brothers who run Andy’s say they learned it all from their dad. They’re celebrating a half century with a special concert series. But pro tip: Don’t say you “know Andy.”
Today in History: Prince Harry weds Meghan Markle
On May 19, 2018, Britain’s Prince Harry wed American actor Meghan Markle in St. George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle.
‘Hamilton’ will return to Chicago in 2026 following Kennedy Center cancellation
The musical will play Chicago’s CIBC Theatre from March 4 to April 26, 2026, roughly the same dates it was scheduled for Washington, D.C.
Scarlett Johansson brings 50th season of ‘SNL’ to a low-key close
Scarlett Johansson set a record for a woman with her seventh appearance as host of “Saturday Night Live” during the 50th anniversary season finale.
Austria’s JJ wins Eurovision Song Contest with pop-opera song ‘Wasted Love’
The world’s largest live music event reached its glitter-drenched conclusion with a grand final in Basel, Switzerland that offered pounding electropop, quirky rock and outrageous divas, at a celebration of music and unity ruffled by discord over Israel’s participation.
Review: Hubbard Street Dance closes season with hopeful optimism — and Fosse
Hubbard Street Dance Chicago’s season finale coinciding with Beyoncé’s Chicago dates is perhaps just a happy accident.
Review: An intimate, optimistic ‘Sweet Charity’ from Blank Theatre Co.
When it comes to optimism, Charity Hope Valentine bests ever other character in a Broadway musical.