After just two weeks in theaters, “A Minecraft Movie” is already the highest grossing Hollywood release of 2025.
‘A Minecraft Movie’ stomps to $80.6 million in second weekend
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Calculate your garden needs for savvy shopping
The garden buying season is about to begin in earnest, and with a few calculations in mind, it’ll be easy for you to purchase the right amounts.
With the Tony-winning costumes in “Moulin Rouge! The Musical,” over-the-top extravagance is just right
The touring musical based on the 2001 Baz Luhrmann movie travels with about 500 costumes in all. “It’s got to be glittery.”
The Tribune’s Quotes of the Week quiz for April 12
Think you know what went on in the world of Chicago politics, sports and pop culture this week? Take our quiz to test yourself.
Biblioracle: Joe Dunthorne explores his family’s history in ‘Children of Radium’
Joe Dunthorne unravels the story of his great-grandfather Siegfried Merzbacher, a German Jewish chemist who left behind a 2,000-page memoir.
Chicago Palestine Film Festival looks at more than the war in Gaza to showcase ‘Palestinian joy’
Resistance takes many forms, said one filmmaker featured at the 24th annual event, and “one of the more impactful ways is film.”
After a server at a Pilsen restaurant was attacked, a community wants justice
As police continue the search for the two aggressors, the images of the beating over a $50 check still haunt some of the other workers at the restaurant.
Get your rosebushes ready for beautiful bloom
Here are some tips from the Plant Clinic for a spring rose tune-up.
‘Breakfast Club’ is reuniting at C2E2. What do Gen-Zers at John Hughes’ school think of the Gen-X movie?
We asked some students at Glenbrook North, the school depicted in John Hughes’ movie, to watch it for the first time. SO MUCH in the film wouldn’t fly today, they said, but one big part remains spot-on.
What to do in Chicago: C2E2, J Balvin and a very different kind of bingo
Also around the area this weekend, Ani DiFranco plays Thalia Hall and Gallagher Way hosts a watch party for the Masters Tournament.