Review: ‘Sondheim’s Old Friends’ on Broadway is a don’t-miss chance to revisit his music
With a company that includes stars like Bernadette Peters who first sang in Stephen Sondheim's musicals, shows like this won't come around again.
Entertainment
Featured
Triton College’s WRRG set to celebrate 50 years on the air
Radio personality Wendy Snyder is among the DJ alumni of WRRG, Triton College's radio station,...
Auditorium’s 2025-26 dance season includes Ensemble Español and Trinity Irish Dance
The five performances, all by female-led dance companies, conclude next spring with the annual visit...
Arts
New museum in Pullman to recognize role of Black women in labor movement
A Ladies Auxiliary Women’s History Museum is planned near the National A. Philip Randolph Pullman Porter Museum in Pullman.
Books
Biblioracle: Ron Currie Jr.’s latest novel is the dark but inviting ‘Savage, Noble Death of Babs Dionne’
Babs Dionne's world is much smaller than the planet, but to her it's everything, and her death is truly a combination of savage and noble, a perfect description of the novel itself.
Movies
Hollywood lands a much-needed box office hit with ‘A Minecraft Movie’
Hollywood needed “A Minecraft Movie” to be a hit, and it delivered in its opening weekend, significantly narrowing this year’s box office deficit.
TV and Streaming
Jay North, TV’s mischievous Dennis the Menace, dies at 73
Jay North, who starred as the towheaded mischief maker on TV’s “Dennis the Menace” for four seasons starting in 1959, has died. He was 73.
Theater
Review: ‘Boop! The Musical’ opens on Broadway as a retro song-and-dance celebration
Director Jerry Mitchell’s sing-and-smile-along musical opens in New York, vastly improved from its Chicago tryout and starring the talented Jasmine Amy Rogers as Betty Boop.
Restaurants, Food and Drink
Restaurant review: M’daKhan, Middle Eastern food by way of backyard barbecues in Little Palestine near Chicago
The bestselling smoked beef ribs, a pair piled high on a platter, explores the convergence of culinary cultures.
Music and Concerts
Carolina Chauffe bring her music to Chicago’s Empty Bottle as hemlock
Carolina Chauffe, who performs as hemlock, has made a name for herself by embracing a free-spirited and loose approach to her music and her everyday life.
Travel
Montevideo, Uruguay: 50,000 steps in a city where the sidewalk never ends
The nearly 14-mile waterside promenade La Rambla serves as an outdoor living room for locals and as an antidote to visitors' winter blues.
Museums
Chicago historian Shermann ‘Dilla’ Thomas planning future with DuSable Museum after being laid off by ComEd
Thomas is starting to settle into a new role as the brand ambassador and chief of social media for the Washington Park institution.
Home and Garden
Should I spray my trees after magnolia scale infestation?
Many gardeners had issues with magnolia scale last year, and it’s a pest to watch closely for in 2025.
Recipes
The Kitchn: The ridiculously simple 15-minute dinner I make at least once a week
As much as I love a double-digit-step recipe with more ingredients than I can count on my two hands (looking at you, Beef Wellington), that’s not realistic for every night (let alone weekly!). Sometimes you just need a simple recipe...
Fashion
These NCAA Tournament styles stand out in a sea of coaches in team polo shirts and quarter-zip pullovers
The styles of Notre Dame's Niele Ivey, LSU’s Kim Mulkey, Alabama’s Nate Oaks and South Carolina’s Dawn Staley stand out in a sea of coaches in team polo shirts and quarter-zip pullovers.
Entertainment
Column: As circuses change, the Chicago Circus & Performing Arts Festival keeps the magic alive
How long has it been since you have been to a circus? Over the last decades, what we once knew has changed.