The 1926 movie palace marks its centennial Sept. 6 with a downtown parade, a Priscilla Presley Q&A, and a rock history revue.

Poet Fatimah Asghar keynoted the South Asia Institute's daylong debut, which packed in 23 writers and a closing DJ reception.

East Aurora High School hosts 60 touring artists on September 7 - but seating requires advance signup.

A four-panel mural now covers boarded-up windows on Otto Boulevard, part of a push to revive downtown Chicago Heights.

Thousands of LED candles and a string quintet reimagine “Bootylicious” and “Survivor” inside a hotel built for the 1893 World's Fair.

Shirley Caesar and Leela James headline the Labor Day weekend festival, which now spans nearly 300 vendor booths.

Wrigley Field lore gets the graphic-novel treatment as the Cubs join Yankees and Dodgers in a new collectible comic line.

The Akron prodigy who won at the Apollo plays a sold-out set in Fulton Market Thursday, with youth mentorship woven into his tour.

The white jersey from Chicago's record 96-54 Game 3 blowout hits JOOPITER's block next month, with previews stopping in New York and Los Angeles.

Chicago's Reeling festival opens September 17 at the Music Box with a Spanish drama starring Penélope Cruz and Glenn Close.

A Sid Luckman jersey, a Red Grange football and Elmhurst's own Travelers headline a new exhibit opening Friday.

The Sept. 18-20 festival grew out of a 2025 debut and shares a block with the nation's oldest family-run wine shop.

The Chicago-area premiere kicks off with previews starting Wednesday at the historic downtown Aurora venue.