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Skip to content eNewspaper Obituaries Alerts What to buy Subscribers Advertising Learn more about subscriptions Learn more about subscriptions November 15, 202133F Things to do Submit an event Events Calendar Music Movies The Theater Loop Television Books Advertisement Welcome to the home of things to do in Chicago. To submit an event, click here. Need help? How to submit a virtual event to the calendar Entertainment Writer Barry Gifford, who inspired David Lynch’s ‘Wild at Heart’ and ‘Lost Highway,’ gets a movie from his Chicago years There is nothing sentimental about this remarkable story, this film. “Roy’s World: Barry Gifford’s Chicago” screens as part of the Chicago Critics Film Festival. By Rick Kogan Nov 9, 2021 Entertainment Fantasy and Chicago Costume shops are crammed year-round with masks, ‘Game of Thrones’ outfits, cosplay and sexy Darth Vaders — but a Spirit Halloween billboard casts a shadow Spirit Halloween has become an inevitability of autumn, like alien pods, arriving one day in late summer, seemingly out of nowhere, taking up residence inside hollow husks of empty retail spaces. By Christopher Borrelli Oct 25, 2021 Entertainment Chicago Christmas tree lighting and holiday events announced for 2021 The Chicago Christmas tree will be lit in Millennium Park Nov. 19 to launch holiday events this winter, according to an announcement Thursday by Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot and the Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events. By Doug George Oct 22, 2021 Music For Afrofuturist Weekend at Elastic Arts, musicians, performers and other artists all ask, what’s next? What does an Afrofuturist world look like? That is the question at the heart of Elastic Arts’ annual Afrofuturist Weekend, which brings together artists of many stripes. By Britt Julious Oct 22, 2021 Things To Do Things to Do in Chicago this weekend: Monster trucks, Randy Rainbow and a fall-season Cider Day For Oct. 22-24, our list also includes PianoFest at Roosevelt University, a Fall Fest on the Riverwalk and vintage music by the Manhattan Dolls. By Holly Baumbach Oct 22, 2021 Museums Barbara Kruger’s ‘THINKING OF YOU’ at the Art Institute: Her words surround you, make you wince, stay with you The massive career retrospective "Thinking of You. I Mean Me. I Mean You." is at the Art Institute of Chicago through Jan. 24. It's no easy task to single out an individual phrase, but one that stuck: ADMIT NOTHING / BLAME EVERYONE / BE BITTER. By Lori Waxman Oct 20, 2021 Entertainment Statesville Haunted Prison goes out with a scream — plus Top 10 other haunted houses around Chicago for 2021 Haunted houses are now open around the Chicago region, including the brand-new Old Joliet Haunted Prison and a farewell bash for Statesville. By Darcel Rockettand Doug George Oct 14, 2021 Advertisement Most read on entertainment What Leonardo DiCaprio was really like before he got famous Feb 23, 2016 ‘The Shrink Next Door’ review: Paul Rudd plays a therapist and Will Ferrell the patient he exploits in this true story based on a podcast Nov 12, 2021 ‘Florencia en el Amazonas’ review: Inspired by Gabriel García Márquez, a Spanish-language opera finally docks at Lyric Opera Nov 14, 2021 ‘Night Court,’ ‘The Fall Guy’ actress Markie Post dead at 70 Aug 8, 2021 Johnny Crawford, who played Chuck Connors’ son on ‘The Rifleman,’ dead at 75 Apr 30, 2021 Advertisement Fun Games Daily Crossword Jumble Daily Jumble Daily in color Daily Solitaire Jewels Blitz Daily Sudoku 2020 Connect Mahjong Story Bubble Shooter HD Advertisement The Theater Loop Destinos Latino Theater Fest is back on stage: With plays from Chicago, Mexico and elsewhere, what to expect from 2021 After a year away, Destinos: Chicago International Latino Theater Festival returns to brighten Chicago stages with presenters both local and international. By Jerald Pierce Sep 23, 2021 Entertainment Art on theMart’s current ‘Footnotes’ series adds a live footwork performance Friday A one-night live event is coming to the Chicago Riverwalk Friday in conjunction with the Art on theMart series, starring a jazz band and the Era Footwork Crew of Chicago. By Doug George Sep 6, 2021 Books Dawn Turner, author of ‘Three Girls From Bronzeville,’ visits her neighborhood and remembers what lives went down what paths — or jumped off The Ledge "What does it mean to get opportunity, screw up that opportunity then hope to receive another bite from the apple? When it comes to Black folks, we often don’t get second chances." Dawn Turner will open the Printers Row Lit Fest in a conversation about her memoir Sept. 11. By Christopher Borrelli Sep 3, 2021 Entertainment Update: Printers Row Lit Fest has a new headliner: Colson Whitehead Printers Row Lit Fest will be back in Chicago’s Printers Row neighborhood this Sept. 11-12 after take a year off due to the pandemic, headlined for 2021 by National Book Award winner Ta-Nehisi Coates, who is the winner of this year’s Harold Washington Literary Award. By Doug George Sep 2, 2021 Entertainment A Chicago photographer reaches her late-in-life prime, even as her late husband Art Paul’s work gets a show in Evanston Suzanne Seed, the widow of the Playboy artist Art Paul, has her own photography career and will follow her late husband with an exhibit at Evanston’s Noyes Cultural Arts Center. By Rick Kogan Sep 2, 2021 The Theater Loop Theatre Y’s ‘You Are Here’ invites audiences to walk with the theater and each other through Chicago’s South and West Sides — a 6-hour experiment that’s new each time On a blistering Sunday afternoon, a walk around North Lawndale as part of Theatre Y’s “You Are Here” series perfectly encapsulated both the promise and the potential pitfalls of the theater company’s ambitious move to the West Side neighborhood. By Jerald Pierce Sep 1, 2021 Lake County News-Sun Michael Winslow, ‘Man of 10,000 Sound Effects’ and ‘Police Academy’ fame brings his cast of characters to Genesee stage Michael Winslow will appear at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 9 at the Genesee Theatre in Waukegan. By Annie Alleman Aug 30, 2021 Latest on chicagotribune.com Billy Donovan gets creative with his lineup and DeMar DeRozan gets emotional in the Chicago Bulls’ 100-90 victory over the Los Angeles Clippers 2h Ask Amy: Pandemic stress is a risk to health 2h At rarely opened Bishop’s Mausoleum, Cardinal Bernardin remembered on the 25th anniversary of his death 4h Jimmy Lake is fired as Washington football coach in his 2nd season, a week after getting suspended for shoving a player on the sideline 5h As work on the Obama Presidential Center progresses, South Shore residents and organizers call on city for protectionAs work on Obama Center progresses, South Shore residents and organizers call on city for protection Nov 14, 2021 Advertisement Chicago Tribune Articles group 6 Shop Top-Selling Items from Our Holiday Gift Guide! -Shop Now Challenge yourself with online puzzles games. Play now Exclusive Merchandise from Tribune Publishing's Election Coverage -Shop Now No-nonsense advice for better living delivered to your inbox every morning. Explore now Music Chicago Summer Music Series is back in Millennium Park Monday with ‘I’m Every Woman: Divas Through the Decades’ The series kicks off with “I’m Every Woman: Divas Through the Decades with Akenya Friends” with a lineup of Chicago musicians and vocalists covering music by women artists. "Bring your dancing shoes. You are not going to be just laying out in the lawn." By Britt Julious Jul 31, 2021 Entertainment ‘Art of Banksy’ has new Chicago venue and opening date “The Art of Banksy” will open Aug. 14 on State Street, according to an announcement Friday from presenter Starvox Entertainment. By Doug George Jul 23, 2021 Museums Shedd Aquarium celebrates ‘Shark Week’ with virtual feeding tours and more: ‘It’s a great opportunity for us to really dispel some of the myths’ "Shark Week" comes to the Shedd Aquarium, with (virtual) shark-feeding tours, programs for kids and teens. By Nara Schoenberg Jul 13, 2021 Entertainment Fireworks are back for Fourth of July 2021: All the Chicago and suburban shows Where can you celebrate the Fourth? The booms are back for Chicago and these 75 towns and suburbs around the area for Independence Day 2021. By Doug George Jul 2, 2021 Entertainment Free show ‘Chicago: Where Comics Came to Life’ at the Cultural Center is 82 jam-packed walls by Chris Ware and pal What's black and white and color on Sundays? And owes a deep debt to Chicago? The art of comic strips comes alive in a free new exhibit at the Chicago Cultural Center, curated by artist Chris Ware and historian Tim Samuelson. Spoiler alert: The Chicago Tribune is a major player. By Christopher Borrelli Jul 1, 2021 Entertainment ‘Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel’ is on display now at Oakbrook Center, minus the neck cramps If you’ve never made a trip to Italy to see the original, this may be the next best thing. Unlike the recent “Immersive Van Gogh” in Chicago, “Sistine Chapel” in west suburban Oak Brook is not a digital projection. You get textured, tactile reproductions of the frescos. By Doug George Jun 25, 2021 The Theater Loop ‘Hummingbird’: UIC debuts virtual-reality play, allowing audience to participate in the story 'Hummingbird,' a new virtual-reality play designed for younger tech-savvy audiences, debuts at UIC with plans to move to the Goodman Theatre this fall. By Darcel Rockett Jun 22, 2021 Advertisement What to watch What to watch: ‘Starstruck’ on HBO Max, ‘Shrill’ on Hulu, docuseries on mental illness Watch this. Eat that: Anthony Bourdain documentary at Doc10 film festival demands a roadtrip What are YOU watching? Send us your streaming suggestions. How ‘In the Heights’ rose up to movie size: A talk with Lin-Manuel Miranda, director Jon M. Chu and star Anthony Ramos My worst moment: ‘House’ and ‘The Kominsky Method’ star Lisa Edelstein on an early taste of fame thanks to a NYT profile of her college nightlife Catch up on all of the news, drama surrounding ‘Windy City Rehab’ ‘Donkey Hodie’ on PBS: Go behind the scenes of new Fred Rogers show with Chicago’s Rudman brothers Can AMC Theatres CEO Adam Aron ensure a future for the world’s largest movie theater chain? Stray dogs from Istanbul to Greece just looking for human connection in new documentary, pet blog ‘Ida B. the Queen’ author has dedicated much of her life to her great-grandmother Ida B. Wells’ legacy — but is ready to be known by her own name too Music Music
TLC brings ‘Celebration of CrazySexyCool’ tour to Tinley Park with new dancers and a year of pent-up energy
Like many working musicians, TLC had major plans last year: 2019 marked the 25th anniversary of their beloved, Grammy Award-winning sophomore album, “CrazySexyCool,” and the celebrated girl group had plans to embark on a national tour. By Britt Julious Sep 14, 2021 Ranking the top 10 female rappers of all time Aug 10, 2020 Why Maria Altmann fought for the 'Woman in Gold' Apr 4, 2015 40 songs about the coronavirus pandemic. Listen here. May 4, 2020 TELEVISION Television
‘Muhammad Ali’ is the latest from Ken Burns, with WTTW highlighting the boxer’s deep Chicago connections
Ken Burns' eight hour documentary film on Muhammad Ali looks at how Ali challenged Americans’ racial prejudices, religious biases and notions about what roles celebrities and athletes play in society. Chicago was pivotal in his trajectory, according to the series. By Darcel Rockett Sep 17, 2021 My worst moment: ‘Evil’ star Aasif Mandvi says some ill-considered small talk with Margo Martindale got him in big trouble Aug 31, 2021 Emmy-winning actor Ed Asner, star of ‘The Mary Tyler Moore Show’ and ‘Lou Grant’ dies at age 91 Aug 29, 2021 ‘Chicago is destined for a hometown hero’: Bachelorette contestant Andrew Spencer reflects on his time on the show, and those rumors he’s to be the next ‘Bachelor’ Aug 13, 2021 Movies Movies
What Leonardo DiCaprio was really like before he got famous
Leonardo DiCaprio as an adult is a heartthrob, a smooth-talker, a romancer of supermodels. Leonardo DiCaprio as a teenager was so nervous around girls that he turned to his "Growing Pains" co-star Alan Thicke for flirting advice. By By Emily Yahr Feb 23, 2016 Why God is a curvy, black woman in 'The Shack' and some Christian critics say it's 'heresy' Dec 21, 2016 Advertisement The Theater Loop The Theater Loop
'Hamilton' timeline: From Miranda's 'joke' to Obama's White House to Broadway to Chicago
Timeline of the musical "Hamilton," from creator Lin-Manuel Miranda reading Ron Chernow's 2004 book to the recording-breaking Broadway musical. It comes full circle in Chicago in 2019, where the show creators are opening "Hamilton: The Exhibition" about the first treasury secretary. By Doug George Apr 18, 2019 Video: A duet from 'The Barber of Seville' Feb 11, 2014 What did I just see? Sarah Squirm tops a long, strange, funny night at Empty Bottle Feb 13, 2018 Review: At Lyric Opera of Chicago, ‘Magic Flute’ is a chilly Berlin import, with digital animation than can upstage the singers Nov 4, 2021 Books Books
What We’re Reading: 4 Korean American memoirs, from personal stories to an unsettling confrontation on identity and assimilation
Cathy Park Hong writes that whenever she hears someone say that “‘Asians are next in line to be white,’ I replace the word ‘white’ with ‘disappear.’ Asians are next in line to disappear.” By Christopher Borrelli Nov 11, 2021 Writer Barry Gifford, who inspired David Lynch’s ‘Wild at Heart’ and ‘Lost Highway,’ gets a movie from his Chicago years Nov 9, 2021 Column: Publishing works like an ecosystem, which is why Penguin Random House shouldn’t eat Simon Schuster Nov 8, 2021 What We’re Reading: Kevin Boyle and Ron Howard both wrote books about the forgotten parts of the 1960s Nov 4, 2021