Here’s a look at what “Conclave” does get right — and wrong — about conclaves.
So you saw ‘Conclave’ the movie. Here’s what it got right – and wrong – about real-life conclaves.
Category: Music and Concerts
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 […]
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 […]
On ‘Totality,’ Natural Information Society and Bitchin Bajas become sonic soulmates — again
The Chicago bands are playing an album release concert this week at Constellation.
Kanye West reveals past incestuous relationship with male cousin
Kanye West detailed a years-long, incestuous relationship with an unnamed cousin in his latest social media outburst.
Jazz bassist Matt Ulery returns to his roots with ‘Mother Harp’ and a release concert at Hungry Brain
Since moving to Chicago 25 years ago, Rockford-born bassist Matt Ulery has put out 15 albums of originals. His next is “Mother Harp.”
Would you perform with your dad? Sure — when he’s Jeffrey Kahane
Jeffrey and Gabriel Kahane will perform together in a rare duo recital at Northwestern University.
Prosecutor says Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ lawyers are looking for reasons to delay his May trial
A federal prosecutor in New York said Monday that lawyers for music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs are looking for reasons to delay a sex trafficking trial slated to start in three weeks.
Police seek public’s help in finding violin worth $10,000 stolen on Blue Line
The Chicago Police Department is seeking the public’s assistance in finding a violin that was worth $10,000 stolen on a CTA Blue Line train in the Loop.
CSO gives a sneak peek of its big Amsterdam trip with upcoming Mahler concerts
Ahead of the Mahler Festival in Amsterdam, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra will play Mahler’s Sixth and Seventh symphonies at Symphony Center.