The one-act opera adaptation by composer Jake Heggie and librettist Gene Scheer tells the story of a man who was the heir to an art fortune worth millions.
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Diddy admits beating ex-girlfriend Cassie
Sean Diddy Combs admitted Sunday that he beat his ex-girlfriend Cassie in a hotel hallway in 2016 after CNN released video of the attack.
David Sanborn, Grammy-winning saxophonist who played on hundreds of albums, dies at 78
David Sanborn, the Grammy-winning saxophonist who played lively solos on such hits as David Bowie’s “Young Americans” and James Taylor’s “How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)” and enjoyed his own highly successful recording career as a performer of melodic, contemporary jazz, has died at age 78.
Review: In jam-packed Chicago Theatre concert, Craig David picks up where he left off
Playing to a crowd of millennial fans, his songs slid into each other as if we were listening to an upbeat, high-energy DJ set.
Column: Kids like to swear. Do I blame Olivia Rodrigo? Or do I blame myself?
I turned to the parent next to me at the United Center and asked what she was going to do about all the, you know … all of the swearing.
Swiss fans get ready to welcome Eurovision winner Nemo back home
Swiss Eurovision fans were getting ready Sunday to give a hero’s welcome to singer Nemo, who won the 68th Eurovision Song Contest with “The Code,” an operatic pop-rap ode to the singer’s journey toward embracing a nongender identity.
Today in History: Bob Marley dies at 36
On May 11, 1981, legendary reggae artist Bob Marley died in a Miami hospital at age 36 of acral lentiginous melanoma, a skin cancer that is rare but the most common type found among people of color.
Steve Albini, legendary Chicago music producer, dies at 61
Steve Albini, a rock musician and revered audio engineer who played a singular role in the development of the sound of alternative rock music in the 1980s, the ’90s and beyond while becoming an outspoken critic of the music industry, died Tuesday at his home in Chicago. He was 61.
Police investigating shooting outside Drake’s mansion that left security guard wounded
Police are investigating a shooting outside rapper Drake’s mansion in Toronto that left a security guard seriously wounded.
Sierra Ferrell, Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy and others announced for first-time Evanston Folk Festival
The festival will run Sept. 7-8 in the lakefront Dawes Park with music on three stages. Tickets are now on sale.